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  • 93close — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. compact, dense, firm; stifling, oppressive, muggy, stale, stuffy; stingy, tight fisted, niggardly; taut; confining, constrictive; near, intimate; secretive, reticent, reserved; approximate. See… …

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  • 94mean — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I adj. humble; ignoble; in significant; stingy, miserly; sor did, niggardly. See parsimony, servility, badness. II Midway Nouns mean, medium; average, normal, rule, balance; mediocrity, generality;… …

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  • 95niggardly — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. cheap, stingy, miserly, close, parsimonious, ungenerous; grudging; tight; mean. See parsimony, unimportance. Ant., generous. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. miserly, parsimonious, stingy; see greedy 1 …

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  • 96penurious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. stingy, mean, miserly. See parsimony. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. stingy, mean, frugal, niggardly; see stingy . See Synonym Study at stingy . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. miserly, stingy,… …

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  • 97cheap — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Low in relative price] Syn. inexpensive, low priced, reasonable, economical, affordable, moderate, family size, economy size, economy, budget, utility (grade), reduced, marked down, discounted, depreciated, slashed,… …

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  • 98miserly — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. stingy, covetous, parsimonious, close fisted; see stingy . See Synonym Study at stingy . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. hoarding, cheap, penny pinching, tight, money grubbing, misanthropic, stingy, parsimonious,… …

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  • 99parsimonious — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. stingy, selfish, tight, frugal; see greedy 1 , stingy . See Synonym Study at stingy . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [PAR suh MOH nee us] miserly, stingy. The parsimonious old fool recycled… …

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  • 100nipping — nip·ping || nɪpɪŋ n. pinching; nibbling adj. biting; pinching; pungent, hot nɪp n. pinch; frosty chill; small sip; small bite; sharp or spicy flavor v. squeeze tightly between two surfaces, pinch, bite; break off by pinching; sip (especially …

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