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rangy |
adj: -tall and thin (a person) [a rangy girl] -having a long body (animal) -tall and having few leaves (a plant) -able to range considerable distances; having great scope ("a speech that took a rangy look at the problems facing the university") |
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ponderous |
adj: -very boring or dull [a ponderous lecture] -of great weight -unwieldy or clumsy because of weight or size |
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impecunious |
adj: -having little or no money (they were so impecunious that they could not afford to buy each other gifts) |
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leaden |
adj: -having a dull gray color -feeling having and difficult to move; sluggish -not lively or exciting |
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slake |
verb: 1) to quench or satisfy (one's thirst): [slake your thirst with some water] 2) to satisfy (desires): [the writers of tv scripts work to slake viewers obsession with high drama] |
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gumshoe |
noun: -a person whose job is to find information about someone or something; private detective [the man hired a gumshoe to follow his partner] |
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effete |
adj: -lacking strength, courage, or spirit -resembling a woman -soft or delicate |
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bevel |
noun: -a slopping surface or edge verb: -to reduce a square edge on an object to a sloped edge |
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eructation |
noun: -a belch |
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mete |
verb: -to give out by measure; to dole—usually used with out [to mete out punishment] noun: -a boundary; a boundary stone |
