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  • 41Melmoth (comics) — Melmoth Cover to the Melmoth collection (Aardvark Vanaheim, 1991) Publisher Aardvark Vanaheim …

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  • 42stare — verb ADVERB ▪ fixedly, hard, intently, unblinkingly ▪ I could see a man staring at me intently. ▪ steadily ▪ impassively …

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  • 43vaguely — Synonyms and related words: absently, aimlessly, ambiguously, anarchically, broadly, chaotically, confusedly, confusingly, detachedly, dimly, dispersedly, distantly, distractedly, dreamily, generally, idly, illegibly, indecisively, indefinably,… …

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  • 44vacant — va|cant [ veıkənt ] adjective * 1. ) a place that is vacant is available, because no one else is using it: The room on the first floor is vacant. This house has been vacant since early spring. a vacant seat/chair/table: The only vacant seats are… …

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  • 45vacant — (adj.) late 13c., from O.Fr. vacant, from L. vacantem (nom. vacans), prp. of vacare to be empty (see VAIN (Cf. vain)). Related: Vacantly …

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  • 46expressionlessly — adv. with no facial expression, vacantly, blankly …

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  • 47glassily — adv. vacantly, blankly, in an expressionless manner, dully …

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  • 48vacuously — adv. vacantly; in a meaningless manner; without content; idly, without occupation …

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  • 49gander-mooner —    obsolete English    a husband copulating outside marriage    The month after the birth of a child was known as the gander month or gander moon, from the month during which the goose is sitting when the gander looks lost and wanders vacantly… …

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  • 50vacant — adjective 1》 not occupied; empty.     ↘(of a position) not filled. 2》 showing no intelligence or interest. Derivatives vacantly adverb Origin ME: from OFr., or from L. vacant , vacare remain empty …

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