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.
SHIRK
shirk
(verb) avoid dealing with; “She shirks her duties”
fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick
(verb) avoid (one’s assigned duties); “The derelict soldier shirked his duties”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
shirk (third-person singular simple present shirks, present participle shirking, simple past and past participle shirked)
(transitive) To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from.
Synonym: Thesaurus:shirk
(intransitive) To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.
(transitive) To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.
Noun
shirk (plural shirks)
One who shirks, who avoids a duty or responsibility.
Synonym: dodger
Etymology 2
Noun
shirk (uncountable)
(Islam) The unforgivable sin of idolatry.
Anagrams
• Krish
Proper noun
Shirk (plural Shirks)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Shirk is the 4754th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7448 individuals. Shirk is most common among White (95.56%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Krish
Source: Wiktionary
Shirk, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shirked; p. pr. & vb. n. Shirking.] Etym: [Probably the same word as shark. See Shark, v. t.]
1. To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation. You that never heard the call of any vocation, . . . that shirk living from others, but time from Yourselves. Bp. Rainbow.
2. To avoid; to escape; to neglect; -- implying unfaithfulness or fraud; as, to shirk duty. The usual makeshift by which they try to shirk difficulties. Hare.
Shirk, v. i.
1. To live by shifts and fraud; to shark.
2. To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away. One of the cities shirked from the league. Byron.
Shirk, n.
Definition: One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
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