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  • 51digression — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. deviation, diversion, divergence, excursus, departure, tangent, aside, wandering, divagation, rambling, straying, circumlocution, parenthesis, apostrophe, going off on a tangent; see also variation 1 . II (Roget s 3… …

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  • 52filibuster — n 1.U.S. (all in reference to legislation) obstruction, hindrance, impediment, prevention, postponement, delay; (all in reference to formal discourse, to accomplish the preceding) exhortation, declamation, harangue, spiel, tirade, bombast;… …

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  • 53tangential — [tan jen′shəl] adj. 1. of, like, or in the direction of a tangent 2. drawn as a tangent 3. going off at a tangent; diverging or digressing 4. merely touching a subject, not dealing with it at length tangentially adv …

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  • 54Victoria Wood As Seen On TV — Infobox British television show name = Victoria Wood As Seen On TV size = caption = Victoria Wood As Seen On TV opening titles genre = Comedy picture format = 4:3 full screen runtime = 30 minutes (per episode) creator = Victoria Wood starring =… …

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  • 55Nail (album) — Nail Studio album by Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel Released October 1985 Recorded Livingston, Paradise, and Wave Studio …

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  • 56Divergence — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Motion further off. < N PARAG:Divergence >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 divergence divergence divergency Sgm: N 1 divarication divarication ramification forking Sgm: N 1 radiation radiation Sgm: N 1 separation separation …

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  • 57Great Expectations — This article is about the Charles Dickens novel. For other uses, see Great Expectations (disambiguation). Great Expectations   …

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  • 58talk — v 1. communicate, converse, exchange ideas, Sl. rap or rap with, speak with or to, have a talk or little talk with; consult, confer or confer with, check with, parley, Archaic. parle, palaver, discuss, talk over, consider. 2. gossip, buzz, tell… …

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  • 59rage — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fury, frenzy, wrath, violence; fashion, fad, craze. See desire. v. i. storm, rave, bluster. See excitement, excitability. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Violent anger] Syn. fury, wrath, ferocity; see anger .… …

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  • 60excitability — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Capability to be stimulated Nouns 1. excitability, impetuosity, impatience, intolerance; irritability (see irascibility); disquiet[ude], agitation, jitters, cold sweat. Slang, heebie jeebies, shakes,… …

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