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| having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful: an indolent person. |
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| to go or move away; retreat; go to or toward a more distant point; withdraw |
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| removing or capable of removing hostility, suspicion, etc., as by being charming: a disarming smile. |
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| Something which makes life easier |
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| to lengthen out in time; extend the duration of; cause to continue longer: to prolong one's stay abroad. |
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1.a general breakup or dispersion; sudden downfall or rout: The revolution ended in a debacle.
2.a complete collapse or failure.
3.a breaking up of ice in a river. Compare embacle.
4.a violent rush of waters or ice. |
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| not prudent; lacking discretion; incautious; rash. |
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| to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill |
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| anxious or concerned (usually fol. by about, for, etc., or a clause): solicitous about a person's health. |
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| not variable; not changing or capable of being changed; static or constant. |
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| serving to divert; entertaining; amusing. |
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| causing or being a subject for grief or regret; lamentable: the deplorable death of a friend. |
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| dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood. |
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| the influence of a particular feeling, mental state, etc.: to act under a generous impulse; to strike out at someone from an angry impulse. |
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| to thrust forward; cause to project. |
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