Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
BLATE
bashful, blate
(adjective) disposed to avoid notice; āthey considered themselves a tough outfit and werenāt bashful about letting anybody know itā; (āblateā is a Scottish term for bashful)
bleat, blate, blat, baa
(verb) cry plaintively; āThe lambs were bleatingā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
blate (comparative blater, superlative blatest)
(Scotland, Northern England) Bashful, sheepish.
(Scotland, Northern England) Dull, stupid.
Etymology 2
Verb
blate (third-person singular simple present blates, present participle blating, simple past and past participle blated)
Archaic form of bleat.
Anagrams
• ablet, bleat, table
Source: Wiktionary
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CRITICAL
(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; āa critical readingā; āa critical dissertationā; āa critical analysis of Melvilleās writingsā
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