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- Dictionarybleak/bliːk/
adjective
- 1. (of an area of land) lacking vegetation and exposed to the elements: "a bleak and barren moor" Similar Opposite
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4 days ago · Other forms: bleaknesses. Definitions of bleakness. noun. a bleak and desolate atmosphere. synonyms: bareness, desolation, nakedness. see more.
3 days ago · Charles John Huffam Dickens ( / ˈdɪkɪnz /; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English novelist, journalist, short story writer and social critic. He created some of literature's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. [1]
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1 day ago · Every day, parents make choices and act in deliberate ways to help shape their children into people with character, respect, a sense of responsibility, motivation, and skills to help them be both successful as kids and as adults. Leading relates to this preparation.
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1 day ago · Bertrand Russell. Love is wise – hatred is foolish. The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge. Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell ( May 18, 1872 – February 2, 1970) was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, and social critic. In 1950, he was awarded a Nobel Prize in Literature .
