Term
Listless (list' lis)
adjective
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1) Having or showing no interest in what is going on, as because of illness, weariness, sadness, etc.
DERIVATIVES: listlessness, listlessly
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Term
Rout (rout)
noun, intransitive verb
SYNONYMS: conquer
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1) A disorderly crowd; rabble
2) A disorderly fight, as of defeated troops
3) An overwhelming defeat
4) A group of people; company
1) To poke or rummage about
2) To expose to view |
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Term
Smidgen (smig' en)
noun
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Term
Sunder (sun' dęr)
transitive verb
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Definition
1) To break apart; seperate; split
DERIVATIVES: sunderable, sunderance, asunder |
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Term
Deplete (di plēt')
transitive verb
SYNONYMS: drain, exhaust, bankrupt, impoverish
ANTONYMS: full |
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1) To empty of a principal substance
2) To lessen markedly in quantity, content, power, or value
DERIVATIVES: depletion, depleted, depletable, depleting, depletive |
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Term
Charlatan (shär' le t'n)
noun
SYNONYMS: fake
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1) One who pretends to have extra knowledge or skill that s/he does not have at all
DERIVATIVES: charlantism, charlantry |
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Term
Morose (mę- 'rōs)
adjective
SYNONYMS: sullen, moody
ANTONYMS: energetic |
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1) Having a sullen and gloomy disposition
2) Marked by or expressive of gloom
DERIVATIVES: moroseness, morosely, morosity |
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