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impecunious - Lacking money; penniless.
Synonyms: hard up, in straitened circumstances, penniless,
penurious, poor
Usage: Although the young man was impecunious and always in
debt, he was optimistic about his prospects.
nonpareil - Having no equal; peerless.
Synonyms: nonesuch, nonsuch, apotheosis, ideal, paragon, saint
Usage: An 'Only' is a nonpareil, the feller that does one kind
of a turn better'n any other feller.
ersatz - Being an imitation or a substitute, usually an
inferior one.
Synonyms: artificial, substitute
Usage:
He was fairly sure that no coffee beans had been involved in its
production, but he was tired enough to drink the ersatz coffee anyway.
spurious - Lacking authenticity or validity in essence or
origin; not genuine.
Synonyms: specious, unauthentic
Usage: The professor explained to the student that her essay
had received a "C" due to numerous examples of spurious reasoning.
percutaneous - Passed, done, or effected through the skin.
Synonyms: transcutaneous, transdermal, transdermic
Usage:
The doctor explained that the medication would pass through her skin
and into her bloodstream in a process called percutaneous absorption.
