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Worse :: Worse (compar.) Bad, ill, evil, or corrupt, in a greater degree; more bad or evil; less good; specifically, in poorer health; more sick; -- used both in a physical and moral sense..

Beggar :: Beggar (v. t.) To cause to seem very poor and inadequate.

Poorly :: Poorly (adv.) In a poor manner or condition; without plenty, or sufficiency, or suitable provision for comfort; as, to live poorly..

Rhymer :: Rhymer (n.) One who makes rhymes; a versifier; -- generally in contempt; a poor poet; a poetaster.

Workhouse :: Workhouse (n.) A house where the town poor are maintained at public expense, and provided with labor; a poorhouse..

Poor-spirited :: Poor-spirited (a.) Of a mean spirit; cowardly; base.

Macerate :: Macerate (v. t.) To subdue the appetites of by poor and scanty diet; to mortify.

Swiped :: Swipe (n.) Poor, weak beer; small beer..

Resistance :: Resistance (n.) A certain hindrance or opposition to the passage of an electrical current or discharge offered by conducting bodies. It bears an inverse relation to the conductivity, -- good conductors having a small resistance, while poor conductors or insulators have a very high resistance. The unit of resistance is the ohm..

Impart :: Impart (n.) To bestow a share or portion of; to give, grant, or communicate; to allow another to partake in; as, to impart food to the poor; the sun imparts warmth..

Eleemosynary :: Eleemosynary (a.) Supported by charity; as, eleemosynary poor..

Inferior :: Inferior (a.) Poor or mediocre; as, an inferior quality of goods..

Impoor :: Impoor (v. t.) To impoverish.

Poor :: Poor (superl.) Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek.

Garreteer :: Garreteer (n.) One who lives in a garret; a poor author; a literary hack.

Poor :: Poor (superl.) Destitute of property; wanting in material riches or goods; needy; indigent.

Outdoor :: Outdoor (a.) Being, or done, in the open air; being or done outside of certain buildings, as poorhouses, hospitals, etc.; as, outdoor exercise; outdoor relief; outdoor patients..

Steerage :: Steerage (n.) Properly, the space in the after part of a vessel, under the cabin, but used generally to indicate any part of a vessel having the poorest accommodations and occupied by passengers paying the lowest rate of fare..

Deacon :: Deacon (n.) An officer in Christian churches appointed to perform certain subordinate duties varying in different communions. In the Roman Catholic and Episcopal churches, a person admitted to the lowest order in the ministry, subordinate to the bishops and priests. In Presbyterian churches, he is subordinate to the minister and elders, and has charge of certain duties connected with the communion service and the care of the poor. In Congregational churches, he is subordinate to the pastor, and

Impoverish :: Impoverish (v. t.) To make poor; to reduce to poverty or indigence; as, misfortune and disease impoverish families..

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