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elide collapse: leave or strike out; "This vowel is usually elided before a single consonant"

languor collapse: inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy; "the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends"; a feeling of lack of interest or energy; a relaxed comfortable feeling

starvation collapse: the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine; "the besiegers used starvation to induce surrender"; "they were charged with the starvation of children in their care"; a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period

stingy collapse: unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"

magnification collapse: the act of expanding something in apparent size; the ratio of the size of an image to the size of the object

glimmering collapse: shining softly and intermittently; "the glimmering mist of a spring rain splashed by sun and streaked by rainbow"- Claudia Cassidy; "glimmering candlelight"

ballyhoo collapse: blatant or sensational promotion; advertize noisily or blatantly

permissiveness collapse: a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior

attenuate collapse: reduced in strength; "the faded tones of an old recording"; become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude

humiliation collapse: depriving one of self-esteem; an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect; "he had to undergo one humiliation after another"; state of disgrace or loss of self-respect

rare collapse: not widely distributed; "rare herbs"; "rare patches of green in the desert"; not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness; "a rare word"; "rare books"; (of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside; "rare roast beef"; recurring only at long intervals; "a rare appearance"; "total eclipses are rare events"; marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind; "what is so rare as a day in June"-J.R.Lowell; "a rare skill"; "an uncommon sense of humor"; "she was kind to an uncommon degree"; having low density; "rare gasses"; "lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air"

sneer collapse: a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls; a contemptuous or scornful remark; smile contemptuously; "she sneered at her little sister's efforts to play the song on the piano"; express through a scornful smile; "she sneered her contempt"

fragile collapse: vulnerably delicate; "she has the fragile beauty of youth"

laxness collapse: the quality of being lax and neglectful; the condition of being physiologically lax; "baths can help the laxness of the bowels"

excess collapse: immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits; a quantity much larger than is needed; more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy"

frail collapse: a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs); the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds; physically weak; "an invalid's frail body"

shallowness collapse: the quality of lacking physical depth; "take into account the shallowness at that end of the pool before you dive"

ethereal collapse: characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy; "this smallest and most ethereal of birds"; "gossamer shading through his playing"; of or containing or dissolved in ether; "ethereal solution"

immaterial collapse: not consisting of matter; "immaterial apparitions"; "ghosts and other immaterial entities"; (often followed by `to') lacking importance; not mattering one way or the other; "whether you choose to do it or not is a matter that is quite immaterial (or indifferent)"; "what others think is altogether indifferent to him"; of no importance or relevance especially to a law case; "an objection that is immaterial after the fact"

subsistence collapse: minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting; "social security provided only a bare subsistence"; the state of existing in reality; having substance; a means of surviving; "farming is a hard means of subsistence"

brittle collapse: caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets; having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped; "brittle bones"; "glass is brittle"; "`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal"; (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured; lacking warmth and generosity of spirit; "a brittle and calculating woman"

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