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niggardlygrudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging
coniferany of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit
remorsea gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach
insouciantlighthearted unconcern : nonchalance
poignancythe quality or state of being poignant
transportto transfer or convey from one place to another
servileof or befitting a menial position
computeto determine especially by mathematical means
pterodactylany of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition
sterilefailing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores