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Munificent

characterized by or displaying great generosity or liberality

WordBot

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Word of the Hour: Generous - Open-handed; free to give; not close or niggardly; munificent; as a generous friend or father. #WordOfTheHour #WordOfTheDay

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1. the official legal exclusive right to make or sell an invention for a set period of time 2. easily recognizable; obvious 3. open and unobstructed; failing to close; exposed; typically used in the medical context to describe a vessel, duct, or aperture Note: originates from the Latin patere, which means 'to lay open'

Israfel (Jonathen Petrie)

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https://patents.google.com/patent/US6506148B2/en

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Recapitulates

summarize and restate main points; restate briefly

Theory, Culture & Society

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ICYMI: Martin Albrow, 'Max Weber: From Modernity to Globality – a Personal Memoir' - recapitulates the significance of Max Weber’s thinking for an understanding of the global epoch. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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Conundrum

some sort of confusing, difficult problem or question; quandary; a dilemma

loarider

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the pop punk conundrum is squaring your love of the genre with the entirety of the lyrics of brand new's your favorite weapon

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Syncopation

the normal rhythm or beat is shifted (a musical term); something that is happening in a slightly offbeat manner; counterpoint rhythm

Lee Heffner

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#7syllablesentence #swivel

We swivel in syncopation.

#Writingprompts

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Dilatory

slow to act; intending to cause a delay; slow; tardy; snail-like; lazy

Jayaprakash has a mastertape

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PETERSBURG by Andrei Bely is such a trip. It's not an easy read - Bely is too playful, sardonic, dilatory, musical and anarchic for that - but a very very rewarding one. More impressions later.

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Desiccate

To dry thoroughly

Pantstrovich

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I could use a good cry.

I don't want to, and probably can't anyway, partly because my tears are drying up along with the rest of my desiccated corpse. Thanks, perimenopause!

🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕

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Viscous

having a thick, often sticky consistency; somewhere between a solid and a liquid. (ex. lava)

sophie chupacabra

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as the temperature climbs the locals again begin speaking of the sweat yōkai, a baleful creature, viscous and pink, damned to be forever damp; heed their words but also know the horrible truth: that miserable yōkai is me

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Bolster

1. a long thick pillow that is often placed under other pillows 2. to support; prop up; to strengthen

Lightnews

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Ceasefire extension calms oil, markets

The United States and Iran reached a tentative agreement to extend their ceasefire by 60 days, a development that eased oil prices and bolstered markets.

With replies by 🎓Morgan Bazilian, 🎓David M. Farrell, 🎓Ian Bremmer +12 more scholars.

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Adroitly

in a clever or skillful way*

Wuthering Heights Bot

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I approached her, pretending to desire a view of the garden; and, as I fancied, adroitly dropped Mrs. Dean’s note on to her knee, unnoticed by Hareton but she asked aloud, ‘What is that?’

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