@ blI vi @s adjective 1. not conscious or paying attention; unknowing or unaware (usu. fol. by of or to). Engrossed in the television program, he was oblivious to the noise of…
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cantankerous
kaen taeng k@ rihs adjective irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome. I’m always a bit cantankerous in the morning if I don’t get enough sleep. After his wife left him, he became a bitter…
woebegone
wo bih gan [or] wo bih gawn adjective displaying or full of distress. The poor dog wears a woebegone look when his master is away. As she was shoved into the dark…
agog
@ gag adjective highly excited and full of anticipation. The townspeople are agog over the visit of the President. When the huge packaged arrived, the children were agog with curiosity.
oblivion
@ blI vi @n noun definition: the state or condition of being entirely forgotten. example: We know these poems were written, but as they were never published, they are lost to oblivion.