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Definition: (adjective) unenthusiastic, routine, or mechanical.
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ghoul  audio  (gl) KEY 

NOUN:
  1. One who delights in the revolting, morbid, or loathsome.
  2. A grave robber.
  3. An evil spirit or demon in Muslim folklore believed to plunder graves and feed on corpses.
ETYMOLOGY:
Arabic l, from la, to seize, snatch; see wl in Semitic roots

OTHER FORMS:
ghoulish(Adjective), ghoulish·ly(Adverb), ghoulish·ness(Noun)


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