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dilatory |
tending to cause delay |
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enervate |
to weaken the strength or vitality of |
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indolent |
lazy |
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listless |
lacking energy |
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sedentary |
not migratory; involving much sitting; settled |
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soporific |
causing sleep or sleepiness |
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stupor |
a state of reduced or suspended sensibility |
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torpor |
laziness; inactivity; dullness |
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paucity |
an extreme lack of |
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ebullience |
lively or enthusiastic expression |
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farce |
a rediculous or empty show |
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frenetic |
frenzied or crazed |
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garrulous |
given to excessive, rambling talk |
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gratuitous |
given freely; unearned; unwarranted |
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insipid |
uninteresting; unchallenging |
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ponderous |
a great weight; dull |
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sonorous |
having or producing sound; imposing or impressive |
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squalor |
a filthy condition or quality |
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superfluous |
extra; unnecessary |
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specious |
having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually being false |
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slander |
false charges and malicious oral statements or reports about someone |
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ruse |
a crafty trick |
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egregious |
conspicuously bad or offensive |
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facetious |
playfully humorous |
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pander |
to cater to the tastes and desires of others or exploit their weaknesses |
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propriety |
appropriateness of behaviour |
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wry |
dryly humorous, often with a touch of irony |
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lampoon |
(n) a broad satirical piece; (v) to broadly satire |
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parody |
an artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect |
