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Tending to talk a lot
The garrulous parakeet dostracted its owner with its continuous talking
Synonyms: effusive; loquacious |
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Causing grief or sorrow; serious and distressing
Maude and Bertha sobbed loudly throughout the grievous event.
Synonyms: dire; dolorous; grave; mournful |
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To humble oneself in a demeaning way
Thor groveled to his ex-girlfriend, hoping she would take him back
Synonyms: bootlick; cringe; fawn; kowtow; toady |
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To glare or stare angrily and intensely
The cranky waiter glowered at the indecisive customer.
Synonyms: frown; lower; scowl |
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Easily deceived
The con man pretended to be a bank officer so as to fool gullible bank customers into giving him their account information
Synonyms: credulous; exploitable; naive |
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Deceit; trickery
Since he was not fast enough to catch the roadrunner on foot, the coyote resorted to guile in an effort to trap his enemy
Synonyms: artifice; chicanery; connivery; duplicity |
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Process ocurring by regular degrees or stages; variation in color
The paint store offersso many different gradations of read that it's impossible to choose amound them
Synonyms: nuance; shade; step; subtlety |
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Outgoing; sociable
She was so gregarious that when she found herself alone she felt quite sad
Synonyms: affable; communicative; congenial; sociable |
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Fluent in an insincere manner; offhand; casual
The slimy politician managed to continue gaining supporters because he was a glib speaker
Synonyms: easy; superficial |
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Growth process from conception to birth
The longe the gestation period of an organism, the more developed the baby is at birth
Synonyms: development; gravidity; pregnancy |
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To gather and store
The director managed to garner financial backing from several different sources for his next project
Synonyms: amass; acquire; glean; harvest; reap |
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To dance or skip around playfully
From her office, Amy enviously watched the playful puppies gambol around Central Park
Synonyms: caper; cavort; frisk; frolic; rollick; romp |
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