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Adjectives
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rare
not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness
“a rare word”
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“rare books”
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rare
recurring only at long intervals
“a rare appearance”
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“total eclipses are rare events”
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rare
not widely distributed
“rare herbs”
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“rare patches of green in the desert”
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rare
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rarefied
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rarified
having low density
“rare gasses”
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“lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air”
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rare
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uncommon
marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind
“what is so rare as a day in June” (J.R.Lowell)
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“a rare skill”
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“an uncommon sense of humor”
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“she was kind to an uncommon degree”
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rare
(of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside
“rare roast beef”
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