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maverick
What does maverick mean?
maverick (noun): someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use maverick in a sentence?
- Among historians he was a maverick because of his belief that history is meaningless. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce maverick?
/ˈmævəɹɪk/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
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What does “maverick” mean?
someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action
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a feeling of anger or annoyance caused by something offensive
Not quite: that's what umbrage means.
a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual
Not quite: that's what enchantment means.
a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something
Not quite: that's what affirmation means.
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