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pablum \PAB-luhm\, noun:
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Something (as writing or speech) that is trite, insipid, or simplistic.
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execrable \EK-sih-kruh-buhl\, adjective:
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1. Deserving to be execrated; detestable; abominable.
2. Extremely bad; of very poor quality; very inferior. |
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gloaming \GLOH-ming\, noun:
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Twilight; dusk.
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soporific \sop-uh-RIF-ik; soh-puh-\, adjective:
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1. Causing sleep; tending to cause sleep.
2. Of, relating to, or characterized by sleepiness or lethargy. noun: A medicine, drug, plant, or other agent that has the quality of inducing sleep; a narcotic. |
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repast \rih-PAST\, noun:
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Something taken as food; a meal.
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assiduous \uh-SIJ-oo-uhs\, adjective:
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1. Constant in application or attention; devoted; attentive.
2. Performed with constant diligence or attention; unremitting; persistent; as, "assiduous labor." |
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inure \in-YOOR\, transitive verb:
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To make accustomed or used to something painful, difficult, or inconvenient; to harden; to habituate; as, "inured to drudgery and distress."
intransitive verb: To pass into use; to take or have effect; to be applied; to serve to the use or benefit of; as, "a gift of lands inures to the heirs." |
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logorrhea \law-guh-REE-uh\, noun:
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Excessive talkativeness or wordiness
"a touch of logorrhea." |
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subterfuge \SUB-tur-fyooj\, noun:
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A deceptive device or stratagem.
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redivivus \red-uh-VY-vuhs; -VEE-\, adjective:
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Living again; brought back to life; revived; restored.
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