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  • 111expectation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Expectancy Nouns 1. expectation, expectancy, anticipation, reckoning, calculation, foresight, prediction, imminence, contingency; contemplation, lookout, prospect, outlook, perspective, horizon. See… …

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  • 112threaten — threaten, menace both mean to announce or forecast (as by word or look) an impending or probable infliction (as an evil or an injury). Threaten basically implies an attempt to dissuade or influence by promising punishment or the infliction of… …

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  • 113care — [ker] n. [ME < OE caru, sorrow < IE base * ĝar , cry out, scream > L garrulus, garrulous, Goth kara, care, Ger kar , in karfreitag, Good Friday] 1. a) a troubled or burdened state of mind; worry; concern b) a cause of such a mental state …

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  • 114sweat — [swet] vi. sweat or sweated, sweating [ME sweten < OE swætan < swat, sweat, akin to Ger schweissen < IE base * sweid , to sweat > Gr hidros, L sudor, sweat] 1. to give forth a characteristic salty moisture through the pores of the… …

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  • 115grok — verb get the meaning of something Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter? • Syn: ↑get the picture, ↑comprehend, ↑savvy, ↑dig, ↑grasp, ↑compass, ↑apprehend …

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  • 116Anxiety — For other uses, see Anxiety (disambiguation). Anxiety A marble bust of the Roman Emperor Decius from the Capitoline Museum. This portrait conveys an impression of anxiety and weariness, as of a man shouldering heavy [state] responsibilities …

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  • 117Joseph Cotten — Infobox actor name = Joseph Cotten imagesize = 250px caption = from the trailer for the film Love Letters (1945). birthname = Joseph Cheshire Cotten birthdate = birth date|1905|5|15|mf=y birthplace = Petersburg, Virginia, U.S. deathdate = death… …

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  • 118Joseph Smith, Jr. — Joseph Smith, Jr. (December 23, 1805 – June 27, 1844) was the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, also known as Mormonism, and an important religious and political figure in the United States during the 1830s and 1840s. In 1827, Smith began …

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  • 119Mississippi John Hurt — Hurt giving a recording for the Library of Congress in 1964. Background information Birth name John Smith Hurt …

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  • 120Orson Welles — Welles in 1937 (age 21) photographed by Carl Van Vechten Born George Orson Welles May 6, 1915(1915 05 06) Ken …

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