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ascetic collapse: practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James; "a desert nomad's austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence"; pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline; "ascetic practices"

bass collapse: nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes; the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments; the lowest part of the musical range; the lowest adult male singing voice; the lowest part in polyphonic music; an adult male singer with the lowest voice; having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range; "a deep voice"; "a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice"; "a bass clarinet"

frank collapse: a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll; a member of the ancient Germanic peoples who spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire in the 4th century; clearly manifest; evident; "frank enjoyment"; exempt by means of an official pass or letter, as from customs or other checks

nondescript collapse: a person is not easily classified and not very interesting

pictorial collapse: a periodical (magazine or newspaper) containing many pictures; pertaining to or consisting of pictures; "pictorial perspective"; "pictorial records"

honest collapse: not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; "honest lawyers"; "honest reporting"; "an honest wage"; "honest weight"; marked by truth; "gave honest answers"; without pretensions; "worked at an honest trade"; "good honest food"; without dissimulation; frank; "my honest opinion"

unambiguous collapse: having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; "As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous"- Mario Vargas Llosa

candid collapse: openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness; "his candid eyes"; "an open and trusting nature"; "a heart-to-heart talk"; informal or natural; especially caught off guard or unprepared; "a candid photograph"; "a candid interview"

lean collapse: not profitable or prosperous; "a lean year"; lacking in mineral content or combustible material; "lean ore"; "lean fuel"; containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance"; rely on for support; "We can lean on this man"; cause to lean or incline; "He leaned his rifle against the wall"; to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister"

classicist collapse: an artistic person who adheres to classicism; a student of ancient Greek and Latin

matter of fact collapse: a matter that is an actual fact or is demonstrable as a fact

degage collapse: showing lack of emotional involvement; "adopted a degage pose on the arm of the easy chair"- J.S.Perelman; "she may be detached or even unfeeling but at least she's not hypocritically effusive"; "an uninvolved bystander"; free and relaxed in manner; "rather degage after the nervousness he had shown at dinner"- Edmund Wilson

asceticism collapse: rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint; the doctrine that through renunciation of worldly pleasures it is possible to achieve a high spiritual or intellectual state

roll out collapse: flatten or spread with a roller; "roll out the paper"; straighten by unrolling; "roll out the big map"

explicate collapse: elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"

plebeian collapse: one of the common people; of the common people of ancient Rome; "a plebeian magistrate"

distinct collapse: recognizable; marked; "noticed a distinct improvement"; "at a distinct (or decided) disadvantage"; easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined; "a distinct flavor"; "a distinct odor of turpentine"; "a distinct outline"; "the ship appeared as a distinct silhouette"; "distinct fingerprints"; (often followed by `from') not alike; different in nature or quality; "plants of several distinct types"; "the word `nationalism' is used in at least two distinct senses"; "gold is distinct from iron"; "a tree related to but quite distinct from the European beech"; "management had interests quite distinct from those of their employees"

mundane collapse: belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; "not a fairy palace; yet a mundane wonder of unimagined kind"; "so terrene a being as himself"; concerned with the world or worldly matters; "mundane affairs"; "he developed an immense terrestrial practicality"

buggy collapse: a small lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horse; infested with bugs

Bohemian collapse: a nonconformist writer or artist who lives an unconventional life; a native or inhabitant of Bohemia in the Czech Republic; unconventional in especially appearance and behavior; "a bohemian life style"; of or relating to Bohemia or its language or people

perfectly collapse: in a perfect or faultless way; "She performed perfectly on the balance beam"; "spoke English perfectly"; "solved the problem perfectly"

sincere collapse: open and genuine; not deceitful; "he was a good man, decent and sincere"; "felt sincere regret that they were leaving"; "sincere friendship"

clear-cut collapse: clearly or sharply defined to the mind; "clear-cut evidence of tampering"; "Claudius was the first to invade Britain with distinct...intentions of conquest"; "trenchant distinctions between right and wrong"; having had all the trees removed at one time; "clear-cut hillsides are subject to erosion"; remove all the trees at one time; "clear-cut an acre of forest"

limpid collapse: (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable; "writes in a limpid style"; "lucid directions"; "a luculent oration"- Robert Burton; "pellucid prose"; "a crystal clear explanation"; "a perspicuous argument"

trombone collapse: a brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide

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