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perfunctory
Definition: (adjective) unenthusiastic, routine, or mechanical.
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ad·it  audio  (dt) KEY 

NOUN:
An almost horizontal entrance to a mine.
ETYMOLOGY:
Latin aditus, access, from past participle of adre, to approach : ad-, ad- + re, to go; see ei- in Indo-European roots


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