unutterably
- adverb to an inexpressible degree
unspeakably; indescribably; ineffably.
- she was looking very young tonight, and, as usual, indescribably beautiful, in a simple strapless dress of a green and white silky cotton
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monotony
- noun the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety
humdrum; sameness.
- he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work
- he was sick of the humdrum of his fellow prisoners
- he hated the sameness of the food the college served
- noun constancy of tone or pitch or inflection
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moorland
- noun open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss
moor.
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insupportable
- adjective satellite incapable of being justified or explained
unwarranted; unjustifiable; unwarrantable; indefensible.
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vacuity
- noun the absence of matter
vacuum.
- noun a region that is devoid of matter
vacuum.
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unspeakably
- adverb to an inexpressible degree
unutterably; indescribably; ineffably.
- she was looking very young tonight, and, as usual, indescribably beautiful, in a simple strapless dress of a green and white silky cotton
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solitude
- noun a state of social isolation
purdah.
- noun the state or situation of being alone
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ineffably
- adverb to an inexpressible degree
unutterably; unspeakably; indescribably.
- she was looking very young tonight, and, as usual, indescribably beautiful, in a simple strapless dress of a green and white silky cotton
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monotony
- noun the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety
humdrum; sameness.
- he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work
- he was sick of the humdrum of his fellow prisoners
- he hated the sameness of the food the college served
- noun constancy of tone or pitch or inflection
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indescribably
- adverb to an inexpressible degree
unutterably; unspeakably; ineffably.
- she was looking very young tonight, and, as usual, indescribably beautiful, in a simple strapless dress of a green and white silky cotton
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vacuity
- noun the absence of matter
vacuum.
- noun a region that is devoid of matter
vacuum.
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insufferable
- adjective satellite used of persons or their behavior
unsufferable; impossible; unacceptable.
- impossible behavior
- insufferable insolence
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steeple
- noun a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top
spire.
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intolerably
- adverb to an unacceptable degree
unacceptably.
- The percentage of lead in our drinking water is unacceptably high
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monotone
- noun an unchanging intonation
droning; drone.
- noun a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts)
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stagnancy
- noun inactivity of liquids; being stagnant; standing still; without current or circulation
stagnation.
- noun a state of inactivity (in business or art etc)
doldrums; stagnation.
- economic growth of less than 1% per year is considered to be economic stagnation
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chatterer
- noun an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker
prater; spouter; magpie; chatterbox; babbler.
- noun passerine bird of New World tropics
cotinga.
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greyness
- noun a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
grayness; gray; grey.
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wilderness
- noun (politics) a state of disfavor
- he led the Democratic party back from the wilderness
- noun a wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where bloody but inconclusive battles were fought in the American Civil War
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sameness
- noun the quality of being alike
- sameness of purpose kept them together
- noun the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety
humdrum; monotony.
- he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work
- he was sick of the humdrum of his fellow prisoners
- he hated the sameness of the food the college served
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slog
- verb work doggedly or persistently
keep one's shoulder to the wheel; peg away; plug away; keep one's nose to the grindstone.
- She keeps plugging away at her dissertation
- verb walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
footslog; tramp; trudge; plod; pad.
- Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone
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singularly
- adverb in a singular manner or to a singular degree; he acquired three wives and fourteen children during his Portuguese embassy alone"
- Lord T. was considered singularly licentious even for the courts of Russia and Portugal
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moorland
- noun open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss
moor.
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dreadfully
- adverb of a dreadful kind
horribly; awfully.
- there was a dreadfully bloody accident on the road this morning
- adverb in a dreadful manner
dismally.
- as he looks at the mess he has left behind he must wonder how the Brits so often managed to succeed in the kind of situation where he has so dismally failed
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monotone
- noun an unchanging intonation
droning; drone.
- noun a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts)
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hoot
- noun a loud raucous cry (as of an owl)
- noun a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
razz; boo; razzing; Bronx cheer; hiss; raspberry; bird; snort.
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monotonously
- adverb in a monotonous manner
- the history of the play throughout the latter part of the eighteenth century is monotonously uneventful
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grayness
- noun a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
gray; greyness; grey.
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midnight
- noun 12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night
- young children should not be allowed to stay up until midnight
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drizzle
- noun very light rain; stronger than mist but less than a shower
mizzle.
- verb rain lightly
mizzle.
- When it drizzles in summer, hiking can be pleasant
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unbelievably
- adverb not easy to believe
incredibly; implausibly; improbably.
- behind you the coastal hills plunge to the incredibly blue sea backed by the Turkish mountains
- adverb in an unbelievable manner
- he was unbelievably angry
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wasteland
- noun an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
barren; waste.
- the barrens of central Africa
- the trackless wastes of the desert
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wild
- noun a wild primitive state untouched by civilization
natural state; state of nature.
- he lived in the wild
- they collected mushrooms in the wild
- noun a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition
wilderness.
- it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers
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dismally
- adverb in a cheerless manner
drearily.
- in August 1914 , there was a dismally sentimental little dinner, when the French, German, Austrian and Belgian members of the committee drank together to the peace of the future
- adverb in a dreadful manner
dreadfully.
- as he looks at the mess he has left behind he must wonder how the Brits so often managed to succeed in the kind of situation where he has so dismally failed
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whimsicality
- noun the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment
arbitrariness; whimsy; capriciousness; whimsey; flightiness.
- I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory
- noun the trait of behaving like an imp
mischievousness; puckishness; impishness.
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interminably
- adverb all the time; seemingly without stopping
endlessly.
- a theological student with whom I argued interminably
- her nagging went on endlessly
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expanse
- noun a wide scope
sweep.
- noun the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary
surface area; area.
- the area of a rectangle
- it was about 500 square feet in area
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sublimely
- adverb completely; in a lofty and exalted manner
- awaking in me, sublimely unconscious, interest and energy for tackling these tasks
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yon
- adjective satellite distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal)
yonder.
- yonder valley
- the hills yonder
- what is yon place?
- adverb at or in an indicated (usually distant) place (`yon' is archaic and dialectal)
yonder.
- the house yonder
- scattered here and yon"- Calder Willingham
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drooping
- adjective satellite weak from exhaustion
flagging.
- verb droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
flag; swag; sag; droop.
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trudge
- noun a long difficult walk
- verb walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
footslog; tramp; plod; slog; pad.
- Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone
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awfully
- adverb used as intensifiers
awful; terribly; frightfully.
- terribly interesting
- I'm awful sorry
- adverb of a dreadful kind
horribly; dreadfully.
- there was a dreadfully bloody accident on the road this morning
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impossibly
- adverb to a degree impossible of achievement
- long thought to be an impossibly difficult operation
- impossibly far from sources of supply
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drivel
- noun a worthless message
garbage.
- noun saliva spilling from the mouth
drool; dribble; slobber.
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terribly
- adverb used as intensifiers
awful; frightfully; awfully.
- terribly interesting
- I'm awful sorry
- adverb in a terrible manner
rottenly; abominably; awfully; atrociously; abysmally.
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abode
- noun any address at which you dwell more than temporarily
residence.
- a person can have several residences
- noun housing that someone is living in
dwelling house; dwelling; domicile; habitation; home.
- he built a modest dwelling near the pond
- they raise money to provide homes for the homeless
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horribly
- adverb of a dreadful kind
dreadfully; awfully.
- there was a dreadfully bloody accident on the road this morning
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incredibly
- adverb not easy to believe
implausibly; improbably; unbelievably.
- behind you the coastal hills plunge to the incredibly blue sea backed by the Turkish mountains
- adverb exceedingly; extremely
fantastically; fabulously.
- she plays fabulously well
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chore
- noun a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
job; task.
- estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars
- the job of repairing the engine took several hours
- the endless task of classifying the samples
- the farmer's morning chores
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hopelessly
- adverb in a hopeless manner
- the papers were hopelessly jumbled
- he is hopelessly romantic
- adverb in a dispirited manner without hope
dispiritedly.
- the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances
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waste
- noun any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
waste material; waste matter; waste product.
- they collect the waste once a week
- much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers
- noun useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
dissipation; wastefulness.
- if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste
- mindless dissipation of natural resources
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pretty
- adjective satellite pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
- pretty girl
- pretty song
- pretty room
- adjective satellite (used ironically) unexpectedly bad
- a pretty mess
- a pretty kettle of fish
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bivouac
- noun temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
encampment; camp; cantonment.
- wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling
- noun a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
encampment; camping site; campsite; camping area; camping ground; campground.
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downright
- adjective satellite characterized by plain blunt honesty
- a downright answer
- a downright kind of person
- adjective satellite complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
sheer; rank; right-down; out-and-out; absolute.
- absolute freedom
- an absolute dimwit
- a downright lie
- out-and-out mayhem
- an out-and-out lie
- a rank outsider
- many right-down vices
- got the job through sheer persistence
- sheer stupidity
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somewhat
- adverb to a small degree or extent
slightly; more or less.
- his arguments were somewhat self-contradictory
- the children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other
- adverb to a moderately sufficient extent or degree
fairly; pretty; passably; reasonably; moderately; jolly; middling.
- pretty big
- pretty bad
- jolly decent of him
- the shoes are priced reasonably
- he is fairly clever with computers
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benumb
- verb make numb or insensitive
blunt; dull; numb.
- The shock numbed her senses
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otherwise
- adjective satellite other than as supposed or expected
- the outcome was otherwise
- adverb in other respects or ways
- he is otherwise normal
- the funds are not otherwise available
- an otherwise hopeless situation
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foreboding
- noun a feeling of evil to come
boding; presentiment; premonition.
- a steadily escalating sense of foreboding
- the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case
- noun an unfavorable omen
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doubly
- adverb to double the degree
double; twice.
- she was doubly rewarded
- his eyes were double bright
- adverb in a twofold manner
in two ways.
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dungeon
- noun the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress
donjon; keep.
- noun a dark cell (usually underground) where prisoners can be confined
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utterly
- adverb completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
absolutely; perfectly; dead.
- an absolutely magnificent painting
- a perfectly idiotic idea
- you're perfectly right
- utterly miserable
- you can be dead sure of my innocence
- was dead tired
- dead right
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beguile
- verb influence by slyness
juggle; hoodwink.
- verb attract; cause to be enamored
capture; entrance; bewitch; fascinate; enamour; trance; captivate; charm; catch; becharm; enchant; enamor.
- She captured all the men's hearts
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waiting
- noun the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
wait.
- the wait was an ordeal for him
- verb stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
wait.
- I had to wait on line for an hour to get the tickets
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infinitely
- adverb without bounds
immeasurably; boundlessly.
- adverb continuing forever without end
endlessly.
- there are infinitely many possibilities
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solitude
- noun a state of social isolation
purdah.
- noun the state or situation of being alone
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expensively
- adverb in an expensive manner
- an expensively dressed little man turned a corner and approached her
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endlessly
- adverb continuing forever without end
infinitely.
- there are infinitely many possibilities
- adverb with unflagging resolve
incessantly; ceaselessly; unceasingly; continuously; unendingly.
- dance inspires him ceaselessly to strive higher and higher toward the shining pinnacle of perfection that is the goal of every artiste
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desolation
- noun the state of being decayed or destroyed
devastation.
- noun a bleak and desolate atmosphere
bareness; bleakness; nakedness.
- the nakedness of the landscape
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litany
- noun any long and tedious address or recital
- the patient recited a litany of complaints
- a litany of failures
- noun a prayer consisting of a series of invocations by the priest with responses from the congregation
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endless
- adjective satellite tiresomely long; seemingly without end
interminable; eternal.
- endless debates
- an endless conversation
- the wait seemed eternal
- eternal quarreling
- an interminable sermon
- adjective satellite infinitely great in number
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morass
- noun a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
mire; quag; slack; quagmire.
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russet
- noun a reddish brown homespun fabric
- adjective satellite of brown with a reddish tinge
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flatlands
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dull
- verb make dull in appearance
- Age had dulled the surface
- verb become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness
- the varnished table top dulled with time
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drabness
- noun having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance
dowdiness; homeliness.
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dungeon
- noun the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress
donjon; keep.
- noun a dark cell (usually underground) where prisoners can be confined
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massively
- adverb to a massive degree or in a massive manner
- tonight the haddock were shoaling massively in three hundred fathoms
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scrubs
- noun protective garment worn by surgeons during operations
gown; surgical gown.
- noun dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes
bush; scrub; chaparral.
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peculiarly
- adverb uniquely or characteristically
particularly.
- these peculiarly cinematic elements
- a peculiarly French phenomenon
- everyone has a moment in history which belongs particularly to him"- John Knowles
- adverb in a manner differing from the usual or expected
curiously; oddly.
- had a curiously husky voice
- he's behaving rather peculiarly
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interminable
- adjective satellite tiresomely long; seemingly without end
eternal; endless.
- endless debates
- an endless conversation
- the wait seemed eternal
- eternal quarreling
- an interminable sermon
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heath
- noun a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers
- noun a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation
heathland.
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untimely
- adjective satellite badly timed
unseasonable; wrong; ill-timed.
- an ill-timed intervention
- you think my intrusion unseasonable
- an untimely remark
- it was the wrong moment for a joke
- adjective satellite uncommonly early or before the expected time
premature.
- illness led to his premature death
- alcohol brought him to an untimely end
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deadlock
- noun a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible
dead end; impasse; standstill; stalemate.
- reached an impasse on the negotiations
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decidedly
- adverb without question and beyond doubt
emphatically; in spades; unquestionably; by all odds; definitely.
- it was decidedly too expensive
- she told him off in spades
- by all odds they should win
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dirge
- noun a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
coronach; threnody; requiem; lament.
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brighten
- verb make lighter or brighter
lighten; lighten up.
- The paint will brighten the room
- verb become clear
clear up; clear; light up.
- The sky cleared after the storm
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bleakness
- noun a bleak and desolate atmosphere
bareness; desolation; nakedness.
- the nakedness of the landscape
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trifle
- noun a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate
- noun a detail that is considered insignificant
technicality; triviality.
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morass
- noun a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
mire; quag; slack; quagmire.
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dawn
- noun the first light of day
sunup; daybreak; break of day; dawning; aurora; morning; break of the day; first light; dayspring; cockcrow; sunrise.
- we got up before dawn
- they talked until morning
- noun the earliest period
morning.
- the dawn of civilization
- the morning of the world
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barrenness
- noun the state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children
- noun the quality of yielding nothing of value
fruitlessness; aridity.
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monotonous
- adjective satellite tediously repetitious or lacking in variety; all work and no play"
humdrum.
- a humdrum existence
- nothing is so monotonous as the sea
- adjective satellite sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
flat; monotonic; monotone.
- the owl's faint monotonous hooting
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lifelessness
- noun a state of no motion or movement
motionlessness; stillness.
- the utter motionlessness of a marble statue
- noun not having life
inanimateness.
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look
- noun the feelings expressed on a person's face
facial expression; expression; aspect; face.
- a sad expression
- a look of triumph
- an angry face
- noun the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
looking; looking at.
- he went out to have a look
- his look was fixed on her eyes
- he gave it a good looking at
- his camera does his looking for him
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expanse
- noun a wide scope
sweep.
- noun the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary
surface area; area.
- the area of a rectangle
- it was about 500 square feet in area
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