Vocabulary

Some meaning of the previous section words:

LASSITUDE

- A feeling of lack of interest or energy.

- Weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy

- A state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)

- (syn) inanition; languor; lethargy; listlessness; slackness; sluggishness

ABRASION

- The wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water, wind or ice

- Erosion by friction

- An abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off

Derived:

- abrade (v.)

- abrasive (adj.)

Synonyms:

- attrition; corrasion; detrition; excoriation; grinding; scrape; scratch

MISER

- A stingy hoarder of money and possessions (often living miserably)

e.g. A grasping of old miser (grasping means understanding with difficulty; immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth)