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tallow verbena tarry aplenty stingy

tallow

tal·low /ˈtæləʊ $ -loʊ/ noun [uncountable]

hard animal fat used to make candles

verbena

马鞭草

tarry

tar·ry1 /ˈtæri/ [intransitive] literary

  1. to stay in place, especially when you should leave SYN linger
  2. to delay or be slow in going somewhere

aplenty

a·plen·ty /əˈplenti/ adjective [only after noun] literary

in large amounts, especially more than you need

  • THere was food aplenty

stingy

stin·gy /ˈstɪndʒi/ adjective

  1. informal not generous, especially with money SYN mean
    1. She's too stingy to give money to charity.
  2. a stingy amount of something, especially food, is too small
    1. a stingy portion of vegetables
  • stingily adverb
  • stinginess noun [uncountable]