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Grotesque
odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre.
Synonyms: distorted, deformed, weird, antic, wild.
The story is too dark, the plot too twisted, and the main character far too grotesque.
Emit
1.to give or send forth; discharge: the pipe emitted a stream of water
2.to give voice to; utter: she emitted a shrill scream
3(physics) to give off (radiation or particles)
4.to put (currency) into circulation
Between agriculture, landfills, and energy excavation, we now emit hundreds of millions more tons of methane into the atmosphere.
Absorb
1.to suck up or drink in (a liquid); soak up: A sponge absorbs water.
2.to swallow up the identity or individuality of; incorporate:
The empire absorbed many small nations.
3.to involve the full attention of; to engross or engage wholly: so absorbed in a book that he did not hear the bell.
4.to occupy or fill: This job absorbs all of my time.
5.to take in and utilize: 6.The market absorbed all the computers we could build. Can your brain absorb all this information? Synonyms: assimilate, consume, devour, engulf.
Place the finished pancakes on a plate or tray lined with paper towels to absorb the excess oil.
Stoic/ Stoical
(Adj) characterised by impassivity or resignation
Synonyms: imperturbable, cool, indifferent.
And from Beryl, inasmuch as that young lady affected a stoical indifference to the holiday, she could get little sympathy.
Depraved though he was, he would not consent to such a sacrifice, and he met his fate with stoical fortitude.
Vigour
1. active strength or force.
2.healthy physical or mental energy or power; vitality.
3.energetic activity; energy; intensity:The economic recovery has given the country a new vigour.
4.force of healthy growth in any living matter or organism, as a plant.
5.active or effective force, especially legal validity.
Synonyms: drive, force, strength.
In 1834 he lost his wife, but his work of composition proceeded with vigour.
Rational
1.agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible:a rational plan for economic development.
2.having or exercising reason, sound judgement, or good sense:a calm and rational negotiator.
3.being in or characterised by full possession of one's reason; sane;lucid:The patient appeared perfectly rational.
4.endowed with the faculty of reason:rational beings.
5.of, relating to, or constituting reasoning powers:the rational faculty.
6.proceeding or derived from reason or based on reasoning:a rational explanation.
Synonyms: intelligent, wise, judicious, sagacious, enlightened.
In other words, our rational sides are simply not equipped to make complexand far-reaching decisions like when to get married.
Loiter
1.to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place:to loiter around the bus terminal.
2.to move in a slow, idle manner, making purposeless stops in the course of a trip, journey, errand, etc.:to loiter on the way to work
3.to waste time or dawdle over work:He loiters over his homework until one in the morning.verb (used with object)
4.to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):to loiter away the afternoon in daydreaming.
to loiter outside a building.
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