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  • 31consort — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. spouse, husband, wife. See accompaniment. v. associate, fraternize. See sociality. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. spouse, mate, companion, associate; see friend 1 , husband , wife . v. 1. [To join] Syn.… …

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  • 32exalt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. elevate, raise, lift up, dignify, honor; praise, glorify, magnify, extol, aggrandize, elate, uplift; intensify, heighten. See approbation, repute, increase. Ant., abase. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To… …

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  • 33give — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. bestow, donate (see giving); give up, yield, concede. v. i. give in, give way, surrender, yield. n. elasticity.See relinquishment. Ant., take. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To transfer] Syn. grant, bestow …

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  • 34spring — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. leap, bound, dart, start; bounce, recoil, rebound; arise, rise; result or derive from; release; detonate; reveal, disclose; bend, twist; slang, release, bail. See liberation. n. leap, bound;… …

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  • 35secret — {{11}} late 14c. (n.), c.1400 (adj.), from L. secretus set apart, withdrawn, hidden, originally pp. of secernere to set apart, from se without, apart, prop. on one s own (from PIE *sed , from root *s(w)e ; see IDIOM (Cf. idiom)) + cernere… …

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  • 36in the lurch — adverb in a difficult or vulnerable position he resigned and left me in the lurch • Usage Domain: ↑idiom, ↑idiomatic expression, ↑phrasal idiom, ↑set phrase, ↑phrase * * * adverb (or adjective) 1 …

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  • 37ASSIMILATION — ASSIMILATION. In general the sociocultural process in which the sense and consciousness of association with one national and cultural group changes to identification with another such group, so that the merged individual or group may partially or …

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  • 38American and British English differences — For the Wikipedia editing policy on use of regional variants in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Manual of style#National varieties of English. This is one of a series of articles about the differences between British English and American English, which …

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  • 39china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …

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  • 40China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …

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