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adjective | having or showing little or no interest in anything; languid; spiritless; indifferent: a listless mood; a listless handshake. |
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| weariness of body or mind from strain, oppressive climate, etc.; lack of energy; listlessness; languor. |
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| a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money. |
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| slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning: servile flatterers. |
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| characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning: an obsequious bow. |
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| pleased, esp. with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied: |
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| to sparkle; flash: a mind that scintillates with brilliance. |
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| extremely or impassably steep: precipitous mountain trails. |
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| making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking: strident insects; strident hinges. |
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| using or showing judgment as to action or practical expediency; discreet, prudent, or politic: judicious use of one's money. |
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| deserving praise; praiseworthy; commendable: Reorganizing the files was a laudable idea. |
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| to pretend illness, esp. in order to shirk one's duty, avoid work, etc. |
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| causing or tending to cause sleep |
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| a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, esp. a funeral song or a lament for the dead. |
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| delicate ornamental work of fine silver, gold, or other metal wires, esp. lacy jewelers' work of scrolls and arabesques. |
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| to feel or express sorrow or regret for: to lament his absence. |
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| a woman who flirts lightheartedly with men to win their admiration and affection; flirt. |
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| harmful or injurious to health or physical well-being: noxious fumes. |
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| marked by or attended with ignominy; discreditable; humiliating: an ignominious retreat. |
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| abounding in vitality; extremely joyful and vigorous. |
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| knowledge of things before they exist or happen; foreknowledge; foresight. |
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| to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing: to abet a swindler; to abet a crime. |
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| craving or consuming large quantities of food: a voracious appetite. |
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| insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity. |
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| extreme poverty; destitution. |
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| of or pertaining to a practical point of view or practical considerations. |
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| any maneuver by which one seeks to gain an advantage. |
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| appearance, esp. the look or expression of the face: a sad countenance. |
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| to show clearly; make evident or manifest; prove |
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| to entertain lavishly or agreeably; delight. |
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| to afford justification for; justify: Subsequent events vindicated his policy. |
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| to widen in scope; increase in size or intensity; enlarge; extend. |
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| to anticipate and prevent or eliminate (difficulties, disadvantages, etc.) by effective measures; render unnecessary: |
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| to show to be false; contradict: His trembling hands belied his calm voice. |
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| lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy. |
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| telling lies, esp. habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful: a mendacious person. |
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| fierce; cruel; savagely brutal |
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| in agreement; agreeable; in accord; consistent (usually fol. by to or with): behavior consonant with his character. |
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| Habitual laziness; sloth. |
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| favorable to or promoting health; healthful. |
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| commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: |
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| to denounce or berate severely; |
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| understood without being openly expressed; implied |
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| to praise highly; laud; eulogize |
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| the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness: The candor of the speech impressed the audience. |
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| devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite: a banal and sophomoric treatment of courage on the frontier. |
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| to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.). |
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