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weak, feeble, frail, fragile, infirm, decrepit, debilitated.
These adjectives mean lacking or showing a lack of strength.
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wet, damp, moist, dank, humid.
These adjectives mean covered with or saturated with liquid.
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wit, humor, sarcasm, irony.
These nouns are compared as they denote forms of expression that elicit
amusement or laughter.
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work, labor, toil, drudgery, travail.
These nouns refer to the exertion of physical or mental faculties in order to
accomplish something, contrasted with play or recreation.
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yearn, long, pine, hanker, hunger, thirst.
These verbs mean to have a strong desire for something.
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yield, relent, bow, defer, submit, capitulate.
These verbs all mean to give in to what one can no longer oppose or resist.
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