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  • 101urban caving — n. The unauthorized exploration of tunnels, drains, and other features found beneath a city. urban caver n. Example Citations: A mask seized by police was not, as police alleged, a device to disguise face with intent to commit an indictable… …

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  • 102bit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. scrap, mite; slice, piece; tool, drill; curb; informal, routine. See part, littleness, speciality. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A small quantity] Syn. piece, fragment, crumb, dot, particle, jot, trifle,… …

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  • 103routine — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. practice, procedure, system, habit, round, rut. See business, method. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. usual, customary, everyday, methodical; see conventional 1 , habitual 1 , regular 3 . n. Syn. round,… …

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  • 104impulse — im|pulse [ˈımpʌls] n [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: impulsus, from the past participle of impellere; IMPEL] 1.) [U and C] a sudden strong desire to do something without thinking about whether it is a sensible thing to do = ↑urge impulse to do …

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  • 105spell — spell1 S2 [spel] v past tense and past participle spelt [spelt] BrE also spelled especially AmE [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: espeller] 1.) [I and T] to form a word by writing or naming the letters in order ▪ How do you spell juice ? ▪ …

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  • 106Marathon —    A marathon is any kind of activity that goes on at great length or any test of endurance. In fact, the American language, under the misconception that thon means endurance or long distance, has acquired many words simply by attaching that… …

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  • 107board — [[t]bɔ͟ː(r)d[/t]] ♦♦ boards, boarding, boarded 1) N COUNT: usu n N A board is a flat, thin, rectangular piece of wood or plastic which is used for a particular purpose. ...a chopping board. 2) N COUNT A board is a square piece of wood or stiff… …

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  • 108Verificationism — an epistemic theory of truth based on the idea that the mind engages in a certain kind of activity: verifying a proposition. The distinctive claim of verificationism is that the result of such verifications is, by definition, truth. That is,… …

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  • 109Verification — an epistemic theory of truth based on the idea that the mind engages in a certain kind of activity: verifying a proposition. The distinctive claim of verificationism is that the result of such verifications is, by definition, truth. That is,… …

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  • 110Verify — an epistemic theory of truth based on the idea that the mind engages in a certain kind of activity: verifying a proposition. The distinctive claim of verificationism is that the result of such verifications is, by definition, truth. That is,… …

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