There are four varieties of commercially viable coffee: Arabica, Liberica, Excelsa, and Robusta. Growers predominantly plant the Arabica species. Although less popular, Robusta tastes slightly more bitter and contains more caffeine.
DESPERATE
desperate, heroic
(adjective) showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort; “made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber”; “the desperate gallantry of our naval task forces marked the turning point in the Pacific war”- G.C.Marshall; “they took heroic measures to save his life”
desperate, dire
(adjective) fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless; “a desperate illness”; “on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel”- G.C.Marshall; “a dire emergency”
desperate
(adjective) showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire; “felt a desperate urge to confess”; “a desperate need for recognition”
despairing, desperate
(adjective) arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope; “a despairing view of the world situation”; “the last despairing plea of the condemned criminal”; “a desperate cry for help”; “helpless and desperate--as if at the end of his tether”; “her desperate screams”
desperate, do-or-die
(adjective) desperately determined; “do-or-die revolutionaries”; “a do-or-die conflict”
desperate
(adjective) (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair; “a desperate criminal”; “taken hostage of desperate men”
desperate
(noun) a person who is frightened and in need of help; “they prey on the hopes of the desperate”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
desperate (comparative more desperate, superlative most desperate)
In dire need of something.
Being filled with, or in a state of despair; hopeless.
Without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious.
Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable.
Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous.
Extremely intense.
Noun
desperate (plural desperates)
A person in desperate circumstances or who is at the point of desperation, such as a down-and-outer, addict, etc.
Anagrams
• departees
Source: Wiktionary
Des"per*ate, a. Etym: [L. desperatus, p. p. of desperare. See Despair, and cf. Desperado.]
1. Without hope; given to despair; hopeless. [Obs.] I am desperate of obtaining her. Shak.
2. Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable; past cure, or, at least, extremely dangerous; as, a desperate disease; desperate fortune.
3. Proceeding from, or suggested by, despair; without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious; as, a desperate effort. "Desperate expedients." Macaulay.
4. Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous; -- used to mark the extreme predominance of a bad quality. A desperate offendress against nature. Shak. The most desperate of reprobates. Macaulay.
Syn.
– Hopeless; despairing; desponding; rash; headlong; precipitate; irretrievable; irrecoverable; forlorn; mad; furious; frantic.
Des"per*ate, n.
Definition: One desperate or hopeless. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SOAK
(noun) the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid); “a good soak put life back in the wagon”
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