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bargain
(noun) a mutual agreement or contract in which parties settle on what should be given or done by each; something offered, bought or sold at a price favorable to the buyer; (verb) to discuss details of transaction to get best possible terms; to try to get cheaply
prolong
(verb) to lengthen or extend in time or space
lavish
(adj) very generous in giving or spending, often extravagantly; more than enough, abudant; (verb) to give or spend generously
fable
(noun) a fictitious story meant to teach a moral lesson: the characters are usually talking animals; myth or legend; a story that is not true
seek
(verb) to try to find, search for, look for; to go to, resort to; to try to get or find out by asking or searching; to request; pursue
weary
(adj) tired, worn out; without further liking, patience, tolerance, zeal; bored with; tiring; tedious, tiresome
scythe
(noun) a tool with a long, single-edged blade set at an angle on a long curved handle used in cutting long grass, grain, etc. by hand
brood
(noun) offspring; all the children in a family; a group of a particular breed or kind; (verb) to sit on and hatch eggs, to hover over protect offspring; to keep thinking about something in a distressed or troubled way; worry; to hover or loom
gaudy
(adj) bright, showy, but lacking in good taste; cheaply brilliant and ornate
luxury
(noun) extravagance, excess; the use and enjoyment of the best and most costly things that offer the most physical comfort and satisfaction; anything contributing to such enjoyment; the unusual pleasure or comfort derived from some specified thing or the thing that produces such pleasure or comfort
gawk(noun) a clumsy stupid fellow; simpleton; (verb) to start stupidly like a gawkstingy(adj) giving or spending grudgingly or only through necessity; mean; miserly; less than needed or expected; scantyglimmer(verb) to give a faint, flickering light; to appear or be seen faintly or dimly; (noun) a faint flickering light; a faint manifestation or dim perceptionsquat(verb) to crouch so as to sit on the heels with knees bent and weight resting on the balls of the feet; to settle on land without right or title; to occupy illegally an empty or abandoned building; (adj) short, heavy or thickglum(adj) feeling or looking gloomy, sullen or moroselitter(noun) a stretcher for carrying sick and wounded; straw or hay used as bedding for animals or covering for plants; granular clay used for absorbing cat waste; young born at one time by a dog, cat or other animal; rubbish; untidiness, disorder; (verb) to make messy with things scattered carelesslymope(verb) to make gloomy, dull, apathetic; (noun) a person who mopes or is inclined to mope; low spiritsextravagant(adj) straying beyond bounds; wandering; going beyond reasonable limits; excessive or unrestrained; too ornate or showy; costing or spending too much; wastefulglance(verb) to strike a surface obliquely and go off at an angle; to make an indirect or passing reference; to flash or gleam; to look suddenly and briefly; take a quick lookpursue(verb) to follow in order to overtake, capture; chase; to follow or continue with; to try to find, get, win; strive for; devote oneself to; continue to annoy or distress; houndlush(adj) tender and full of juice; of luxuriant growth; rich growth of vegetation; richness, abundance, or extravagance, often tending to the excessveto(verb) to prevent a bill from becoming law; to forbid; prohibit; refuse consent to; (noun) an order prohibiting some proposed or intended act; prohibition; power of ruler, legislative body or President to reject bills passed by other areas in governmentextend(verb) to stretch out or draw out to a certain point; to enlarge in area, scope, influence, meaning, effect; widen, broaden; expand; spread; to stretch or thrust forth; hold out, proffer; to make oneself work or try very harddreaded(adj) something anticipated with anxiety, alarm, or apprehension; feared intensely; faced with reluctance; (noun) intense fear esp. of something that may happen; fear mixed with awe or reverence; reluctance and uneasinessglower(verb) to stare, gape; to stare with sullen anger; scowl; (noun) a sullen, angry stare