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JEJUNE
ji-joon |
Lacking the quality of being interesting
Lacking maturity Lacking nutritional value |
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WAYWORN
wā'wôrn |
Wearied by traveling
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BRACKISH
a as in apple |
adj
Having a somewhat salty taste, especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water: "You could cut the brackish winds with a knife/Here in Nantucket" (Robert Lowell). Distasteful; unpalatable |
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Parse
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Verb
To examine closely or subject to detailed analysis, especially by breaking up into components: "What are we missing by parsing the behavior of chimpanzees into the conventional categories recognized largely from our own behavior?" |
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Jeremiad
jěr'ə-mī'əd |
a long and mournful complaint: "a jeremiad against any form of government"
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Nuptial
nŭp'shəl |
adj
Of or relating to marriage or the wedding ceremony |
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Levity
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1. feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness [ant: gravity
2. a manner lacking seriousness |
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Abed
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In bed
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Diaphanous
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so thin as to transmit light
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Aggress
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To initiate an attack, war, quarrel, or fight
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