Anagrams of: MUMBLETHEPEG

• a helpful partner

• apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions

• expectorated matter; saliva mixed with discharges from the respiratory passages; in ancient and medieval physiology it was believed to cause sluggishness

• inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy

• reading materials (documents, written information) that you must read and deal with but that you think are extremely boring

• marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful

• low or inferior in station or quality

• used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

• of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)

• cause to be unpretentious

• cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of

• the metal bob of a plumb line

• drop sharply

• A 18- to 20-year-old man in ancient Greece undergoing military training.

• (by extension) A young man; a youth.

• An Indonesian food made from partially-cooked fermented soybeans, mixed with a fungus (Rhizopus oligosporus).

• the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb

• the part of a glove that provides a covering for the thumb

• a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse

• travel by getting free rides from motorists

• look through a book or other written material

• feel or handle with the fingers

• a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)

• a heavy blow with the hand

• move rhythmically

• make a dull sound

• hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument