Word of the day: Truant

Truant: ocioso, estudante cabulador, gazeteiro, pessoa negligente dos deveres, vadio. , faltoso, cabulador, negligente (nos deveres), relaxado, preguiçoso, vadio. to play truant cabular aula, gazetear

Synonyms: absentee, malingerer, shirker, skiver

“A serial truant, he spent many of his school days watching films in 42nd Street cinemas.”

Word of the day: Sluggish

Sluggish: lento, moroso, preguiçoso, vadio

Synonyms: crawling, creeping, dallying, dawdling, dilatory, laggard, lagging, leisurely, poking, slow, snaillike

“The game picked up after a sluggish start.”

“The sluggish pace of the project is worrisome.”    (www.merriamwebster.com)    

Word of the day: ROGUE

Rogue: velhaco, embusteiro, tratante, enganador, elemento nocivo, vagabundo, malandro, vadio, animal selvagem, perigoso, planta intrusa ou inferior, usar de velhacaria.

Synonyms: scoundrel, rascal, reprobate, ne'er-do-well, cad

He's a lovable old rogue.

“A rogue who had nothing but contempt for people who made their living honestly.”

“Many of the vagabonds were rogues and cheaters of various kinds, and formed a subcommunity on the fringes of official society. —Charles Barber, Early Modern English, 1976” (www.merriam-webster.com)

Word of the Day:Sluggish

Sluggish:  lento, moroso., preguiçoso, vadio

Synonyms/ definitions: averse to activity or exertion , slow to respond ,  economically inactive, crawling, creeping, dallying, dragging, laggard, lagging, languid, leisurely, slow, snaillike, snail-paced

“The game picked up after a sluggish start.”(www.merriam-webster.com)