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Usage

• vicarious

  A vicarious pleasure or feeling is experienced by watching or reading about another person's doing something rather than by doing it yourself.

• annular

  A thing shaped like a ring is annular, such as a doughnut or other circular object with a hole in its center.

• insular

  If someone is insular, they are either unwilling to meet anyone outside their own small group or they are not interested in learning new ideas.

• vernacular

  A vernacular is the ordinary and everyday language spoken by people in a particular country or region that differs from the literary or standard written language of that area.

• titular

  If a person holds a titular position, they have a title but no real power.

• jocular

  Someone who is jocular is cheerful and often makes jokes or tries to make people laugh.

• crepuscular

  If something is crepuscular, it is dim, indistinct, and not easily visible; this word usually refers to twilight.

• gregarious

  A gregarious person is friendly, highly social, and prefers being with people rather than being alone.

• avuncular

  An avuncular person is either someone's uncle or has the qualities of an uncle.

• polarization

  Polarization between two groups is a division or separation caused by a difference in opinion or conflicting views.

• secular

  Secular viewpoints are not religious or spiritual but pertain to worldly or material aspects of life.

• irregular

  Something that is irregular does not follow a normal pattern or rule, but rather is uneven, unusual, or does not act as expected.

• circular

  A circular shape is round or in the form of a ring.

• similar

  Something that is similar to something else is almost or nearly like it but not quite the same as it.

• particular

  A particular thing or person is one thing or person you pick out of many other ones.

• familiar

  If something is familiar to you, you are aware of it, know about it, or recognize it.

• dissimilar

  When one thing is dissimilar to another thing, it is not like it or is not the same as it.