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  • 1abrupt — [[t]əbrʌ̱pt[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED An abrupt change or action is very sudden, often in a way which is unpleasant. Rosie s idyllic world came to an abrupt end when her parents marriage broke up... The recession brought an abrupt halt to this happiness …

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  • 2literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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