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Definition: (adjective) unenthusiastic, routine, or mechanical.
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varve  audio  (värv) KEY 

NOUN:
A layer or series of layers of sediment deposited in a body of still water in one year.
ETYMOLOGY:
Swedish varv, layer, from varva, to bend, from Old Norse hverfa


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