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fertile, producing or capable of producing an abundance of offspring or new growth
fertile-ness (noun form of fertile) |
fecund
fecundity |
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(figurative)- deprive (something) of its essential content
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eviscerate
myriad little concessions that would eviscerate the project. |
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conducive to success; favorable; giving of being a sign of future success. characterized by success, prosperous
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auspicious
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no conducive to success, unfavorable, not a sign of future success.
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inauspicious
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a fine, filmy substance consisting of cobwebs spun by small spiders, which is seen esp. in autumn.
• used to refer to something very light, thin, and insubstantial or delicate : in the light from the table lamp, his hair was blond gossamer. |
gossamer
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a complete or impressive collection of things :
a deliciously inventive panoply of insults. • a splendid display : all the panoply of Western religious liturgy. |
panoply
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concerned with tasting or the sense of taste : gustatory delights.
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gustatory
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insolent or impertinent behavior : one juror had the effrontery to challenge the coroner's decision. See note at temerity .
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effrontery
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excessive confidence or boldness; audacity : no one had the temerity to question his conclusions.
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temerity
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with great speed or immediacy : she would go posthaste to England.
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posthaste
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• figurative esoterically distant from the lives and concerns of ordinary people : debates about the nature of knowledge can seem very rarefied.
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rarefied
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lively and noisy festivities, esp. when these involve drinking a large amount of alcohol : sounds of revelry issued into the night | New Year revelries.
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revelry
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(n) drunken revelry.
the Roman festival of Bacchus. |
Bacchanalia
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talkative
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loquacious
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using very few words
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laconic
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abrupt, sparing in the use of words
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terse
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