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unselfish, concerned, devoted to others
ant: egoism |
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o coadjutor (n)
coadjutant (adj/n) |
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old age, senility, the way you become feeble minded due to old age
also, excessive fondness or foolishly affectionate |
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the whole scale, the full/entire range
"to run the gamut" --> to go through all the emotions, all the experiences |
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o innocuous (adj)
-ly, -ness, innocuity |
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| harmless, not injurious, inoffensive, it has no intent to harm but also no effect of exciting |
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low point, often figurative.
for ex: the nadir of a career, the low point of the career
zenith/acme = high point
nadir= low point |
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a smallness, an insufficiency, a scarcity
pauces verbis = of few words |
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testy, discontented, peevish, petulant, complaining, bitchy
latin: to complain |
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+ sonorous (adj)
sonority
sonorously, -ness |
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resonant, rich, full in sound
usually literal, referring to a musical sound |
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- uxorious (adj)
-ly, -ness |
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overly submissive towards your wife, doting on your wife, foolishly affectionate towards wife
not uxorial (adj): duties of/befitting a wife |
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o amalgamate (v)
amalgamable, amalgamation, amalgamator |
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to join, combine
more mechanical |
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o coalesce (v)
coalescence, coalescent |
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to unite, to fuse, to grow or flow together
more organic, natural |
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daily, active by day
a newspaper is diurnal
ant: nocturnal |
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+ fortitude (adj)
fortitudinous, fortitudinously |
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| strength, endurance, patience + courage under stress, moral fiber |
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innocent, genuine, candid, open, sincere, naive, natural
ant: disingenuous(ness) |
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o metamorphosis (n)
metamorphose, metamorphic, metamorphism |
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a change in form, transformation
ant: stasis (never changing) |
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periphery (n)
peripheries, peripheral |
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the boundary, the external area, the circumference
peripherousness: to beat around the bush |
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- rapacious (adj)
-ly, -ness, rapacity |
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| greedy, predatory, grasping, voracious, |
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o/- somnolent (adj)
-ly, somnolence |
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near sleep, drowsy, slumberous, sleepy, tired
NOT sonniferous: sleep-inducing |
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| emptiness, vacancy, blankness, unproductivity |
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