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• JEALOUS, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• INDIFFERENT, adj. Imperfectly sensible to distinctions among things.
  "You tiresome man!" cried Indolentio's wife, "You've grown indifferent to all in life....
• CAPITAL, n. The seat of misgovernment. That which provides the fire, the pot, the dinner, the table and the knife and fork for the anarchi
  he part of the repast that himself supplies is the disgrace before meat....
• INTERREGNUM, n. The period during which a monarchical country is governed by a warm spot on the cushion of the throne.
  The experiment of letting the spot grow cold has commonly been attended by most unhappy results from the zeal of many worthy persons to make it warm again....
• FORK, n. An instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting dead animals into the mouth.
  Formerly the knife was employed for this purpose, and by many worthy persons is still thought to have many advantages over the other tool, which, however, they do not altogether reject, but use to assist in charging the knife....
• Bore, n.: A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• INGRATE, n. One who receives a benefit from another, or is otherwise an object of charity.
  "All men are ingrates," sneered the cynic. "Nay," The good philanthropist replied...