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| indigent | adj. suffering from indigence : IMPOVERISHED; poor |
| languid | adj. 1 : drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : WEAK 2 : sluggish in character or disposition : LISTLESS 3 : lacking force or quickness of movement : SLOW |
| propitious | adj. 1 : favorably disposed : BENEVOLENT 2 : being a good omen : AUSPICIOUS <propitious sign> |
| expunge | v. 1 : to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion 2 : to efface completely : DESTROY 3 : to eliminate (as a memory) from one's consciousness |
| voracious | adj. 1 : having a huge appetite : RAVENOUS 2 : excessively eager : INSATIABLE <a voracious reader> |
| nebulous | adj. INDISTINCT, VAGUE; unclear |
| altruistic | adj. 1 : unselfish regard for or devotion to the welfare of others |
| opulent | adj. : having a large estate or property : WEALTHY <hoping to marry an opulent widow> b : amply or plentifully provided or fashioned often to the point of ostentation <living in opulent comfort> synonyms see RICH |
| jaded | adj. 1 : fatigued by overwork : EXHAUSTED 2 : made dull, apathetic, or cynical by experience or by surfeit <jaded network viewers> <jaded voters> |
| livid | adj. 1 : discolored by bruising : BLACK-AND-BLUE 2 : ASHEN, PALLID 3 : REDDISH 4 : very angry : ENRAGED <was livid at his son's disobedience> |
| insipid | adj. 1 : lacking taste or savor : TASTELESS <insipid food> 2 : lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge : DULL, FLAT <insipid prose> |
| irascible | adj. : marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |
| histrionic | adj. 1 : deliberately affected : THEATRICAL 2 : of or relating to actors, acting, or the theater synonyms see DRAMATIC |
| gibberish | n. : unintelligible or meaningless language: a : a technical or esoteric language b : pretentious or needlessly obscure language |
| gregarious | adj. : unintelligible or meaningless language: a : a technical or esoteric language b : pretentious or needlessly obscure language |
| multitudinous | adj. 1 : including a multitude of individuals : POPULOUS <the multitudinous city> 2 : existing in a great multitude <multitudinous opportunities> 3 : existing in or consisting of innumerable elements or aspects <multitudinous applause> |
| gossamer | n. 1 : a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather 2 : something light, delicate, or insubstantial <the gossamer of youth's dreams — Andrea Parke> |
| culminate | v. 2 a : to rise to or form a summit b : to reach the highest or a climactic or decisive point transitive verb : to bring to a head or to the highest point |
| iridescent | adj. 1 : a lustrous rainbowlike play of color caused by differential refraction of light waves (as from an oil slick, soap bubble, or fish scales) that tends to change as the angle of view changes 2 : a lustrous or attractive quality or effect <the agglomeration of power which . . . gives them a certain iridescence of glamor and superiority — Margaret Landon> |
| apotheosis | n. elevation to divine status : DEIFICATION |
