Sentence:  The increase in mining stocks helped the FTSE 100 shake off some earlier <WSD>lethargy</WSD> and close 9.8 points higher at 6270.8, despite the disappointment of unchanged UK interest rates. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A state of extreme torpor or apathy, especially with lack of emotion or interest; loosely, sluggishness, laziness. (from 14th c.)