Plain brewed coffee contains almost no calories, while coffee with dairy products, sugar, and other flavorings is much higher in calories. An espresso has 20 calories. A nonfat latte has 72, while a flavored one has 134.
GRITTING
GRIT
grit
(verb) clench together; “grit one’s teeth”
grit
(verb) cover with a grit; “grit roads”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
gritting
present participle of grit
Noun
gritting (plural grittings)
The act by which something is gritted.
[…] many were the grins, and not few the grittings of his blackened teeth he had to smother at their swagger.
Source: Wiktionary
GRIT
Grit, n. Etym: [OE, greet, greot, sand, gravel, AS. greót grit, sant, dust; akin to OS griott, OFries. gret gravel, OHG. grioz, G. griess, Icel. grjot, and to E. groats, grout. See Groats, Grout, and cf. Grail gravel.]
1. Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles.
2. The coarse part of meal.
3. pl.
Definition: Grain, esp. oats or wheat, hulled and coarsely ground; in high milling, fragments of cracked wheat smaller than groats.
4. (Geol.)
Definition: A hard, coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; as, millstone grit;
– called also gritrock and gritstone. The name is also applied to a finer sharp-grained sandstone; as, grindstone grit.
5. Structure, as adapted to grind or sharpen; as, a hone of good grit.
6. Firmness of mind; invincible spirit; unyielding courage; fortitude. C. Reade. E. P. Whipple.
Grit, v. i.
Definition: To give forth a grating sound, as sand under the feet; to grate; to grind. The sanded floor that grits beneath the tread. Goldsmith.
Grit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gritted; p. pr. &, vb. n. Gritting.]
Definition: To grind; to rub harshly together; to grate; as, to grit the teeth. [Collog.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TEMPORIZE
(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”
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