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Attenuate

To weaken; make less strong; to reduce in force, intensity, quantity or even value; to make thin or slender

BehavEcolPapers

@behavecolpapers.bsky.social

Attenuation of cell-cell movement of tobamoviruses by the C-terminal GPI signal peptide of arabinogalactan protein FLA8 CurrentBiology

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Meretricious

apparently attractive but in reality not having any value; tawdry (can be used on both physical and non-physical things)

🤖 Machine Rhetorics Bot 🤖

@machinerhetorics.bsky.social

The primary reasons for the cancellation of the W74 were the obsolete technology used and high cost. Indian rhetoric utilizes systems of categorization. It is used to describe "claptrap or meretricious attempts to catch popular favor or applause."

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Gambol

to run or jump about in a playful way (implies a general joy); frolic; skip; dance; leap; prance;

karoshibee.tez

@karoshibee.bsky.social

I've no time for lamb, they are all gamboling addicts

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Ambivalence

having mixed feelings; contradictory ideas about something or someone; doubt; hesitancy; unsureness; uncertainty

@simonport.bsky.social

A note on the profound ambivalence in worldview and style in the essays of Walter Benjamin - astrofella.wordpress.com/2026/05/06/w...

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Mar

to damage (slightly); to spoil; to disfigure or deface

Brennan Center

@brennancenter.org

Clarence Thomas is set to become the second-longest-serving justice on the Supreme Court. His legacy is marred by ethics scandals that highlight the lack of accountability for justices. It's past time to reform the Court.
bit.ly/42Ql6qg

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Lumber

to move clumsily or heavily

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@icepicks.bsky.social

Our lumbering bodies
that we have to feed, put to
bed, take to the bathroom.

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Multifarious

having many different parts; numerous and varied

Jax Romana is all bare teeth and raw nerves🌹🌈

@rufflejax.bsky.social

"would you still love me if I was a worm" I ask and she says yes of course

but I'm actually asking her if she would still love me if I turned into a multifarious corpse-being with the head of a man and a body composed of armored zeks enclosing dead Biosphere against flesh and blood communities for-

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Inert

having no action; doesn't do anything; a person that can't do anything

Cam Walker

@walks30.bsky.social

“The greatest menace to freedom is an inert people.”

- Louis D. Brandeis

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Antipathy

a deep-seated dislike; extremely strong repugnance

Des Fitzgerald

@desfitzgerald.bsky.social

Not my circus, but I think UK universities would find the path clearer if at some point they accepted that the root of political and media antipathy towards them is ideology.
wonkhe.com/blogs/three-...

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Listless

lacking energy; exhausted; lifeless; lethargic; enervated; spiritless; sluggish; languorous; inactive

Faye Valentine

@fayevalentine99.bsky.social

About to do a gig even I don’t feel great. I fainted last night, which honestly I do sometimes, something with my vagus nerve, but it left me sort of listless today. But I pounded some caffeine hopefully that helps, so ok let’s do this

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