Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
RAREFIED
exalted, elevated, sublime, grand, high-flown, high-minded, lofty, rarefied, rarified, idealistic, noble-minded
(adjective) of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; “an exalted ideal”; “argue in terms of high-flown ideals”- Oliver Franks; “a noble and lofty concept”; “a grand purpose”
rare, rarefied, rarified
(adjective) having low density; “rare gasses”; “lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air”
RAREFY
rarefy, attenuate
(verb) weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance)
rarefy, sublimate, subtilize
(verb) make more subtle or refined
rarefy
(verb) lessen the density or solidity of; “The bones are rarefied”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
rarefied (comparative more rarefied, superlative most rarefied)
Distant from the lives and everyday concerns of ordinary people; esoteric, exclusive, select.
Elevated in style or nature, sublime; of high intellectual or moral value.
(of a gas etc.) Less dense than usual; thin.
Verb
rarefied
simple past tense and past participle of rarefy
Source: Wiktionary
RAREFY
Rar"e*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rarefied; p. pr. & vb. n. Rarefying.] Etym: [F. raréfier; L. rarus rare + -ficare (in comp.) to make; cf. L. rarefacere. See -fy.]
Definition: To make rare, thin, porous, or less dense; to expand or enlarge without adding any new portion of matter to; -- opposed to condense.
Rar"e*fy, v. i.
Definition: To become less dense; to become thin and porous. "Earth rarefies to dew." Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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EARTHSHAKING
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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