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  • 111economy —    The Spanish economy is a modern western style economy based principally on the services sector, which generates just over 60 percent of the country s wealth, compared to about one third generated by industry and construction combined, and… …

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  • 112bleeding heart — type of flowering plant, so called from 1690s. In the sense of person excessively sympathetic (especially toward those the speaker deems not to deserve it) is attested by 1951, but said by many to have been popularized with reference to liberals… …

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  • 113cap — [[t]kæ̱p[/t]] ♦♦♦ caps, capping, capped 1) N COUNT: oft supp N A cap is a soft, flat hat with a curved part at the front which is called a peak. Caps are usually worn by men and boys. ...a dark blue baseball cap. 2) N COUNT: oft supp N A cap is a …

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  • 114anger — n Anger, ire, rage, fury, indignation, wrath denote emotional excitement induced by intense displeasure. Anger, the generic term of this group, names merely the emotional reaction; the word in itself suggests no definite degree of intensity and… …

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  • 115greedy — [adj] desiring excessively acquisitive, avaricious, avid, carnivorous, close, closefisted*, covetous, craving, desirous, devouring, eager, edacious, esurient, gluttonous, gobbling, gormandizing, grabby, grasping, grudging, gulping, guzzling,… …

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  • 116fulsome — ► ADJECTIVE 1) complimentary or flattering to an excessive degree. 2) of large size or quantity; generous or abundant: fulsome details. DERIVATIVES fulsomely adverb fulsomeness noun. USAGE Although the earliest sense of fulsome was ‘abundant’,… …

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  • 117fulsomely — fulsome ► ADJECTIVE 1) complimentary or flattering to an excessive degree. 2) of large size or quantity; generous or abundant: fulsome details. DERIVATIVES fulsomely adverb fulsomeness noun. USAGE Although the earliest sense of fulsome was… …

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  • 118fulsomeness — fulsome ► ADJECTIVE 1) complimentary or flattering to an excessive degree. 2) of large size or quantity; generous or abundant: fulsome details. DERIVATIVES fulsomely adverb fulsomeness noun. USAGE Although the earliest sense of fulsome was… …

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  • 119liberal — [lib′ər əl, lib′rəl] adj. [OFr < L liberalis < liber, free < IE base * leudhero , belonging to the people, free < base * leudh , to grow up, rise > Ger leute, people, OE leodan, to grow] 1. suitable for a freeman; not restricted:… …

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  • 120parsimonious — adjective excessively unwilling to spend parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses lived in a most penurious manner denying himself every indulgence • Syn: ↑penurious • Similar to: ↑stingy, ↑ungenerous …

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