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  • 31recessive — recessively, adv. recessiveness, n. /ri ses iv/, adj. 1. tending to go, move, or slant back; receding. 2. Genetics. of or pertaining to a recessive. 3. Phonet. (of an accent) showing a tendency to recede from the end toward the beginning of a… …

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  • 32Ruffo, Fabrizio — ▪ Italian cardinal and politician born Sept. 16, 1744, San Lucido, Calabria, Kingdom of Naples died Dec. 13, 1827, Naples       Roman Catholic cardinal and politician who was royal vicar of the Neapolitan kingdom (1799) and led a royalist popular …

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  • 33Springsteen, Bruce — ▪ American singer, songwriter, and bandleader Introduction born Sept. 23, 1949, Freehold, N.J., U.S.       American singer, songwriter, and bandleader who became the archetypal rock performer of the 1970s and 80s.       Springsteen grew up in… …

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  • 34Ulcer — An area of tissue erosion, for example, of the skin or lining of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Due to the erosion, an ulcer is concave. It is always depressed below the level of the surrounding tissue. Ulcers can have diverse causes. Ulcers on …

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  • 35Occupancy frequency distribution — In macroecology and community ecology, an occupancy frequency distribution (OFD) is the distribution of the numbers of species occupying different numbers of areas.[1] It was first reported in 1918 by the Danish botanist Christen C. Raunkiær in… …

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  • 36Epidendrum armeniacum — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unr …

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  • 37disposed — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. tending, inclined, prone, bent (upon), fain. See will. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. inclined, prone, apt; see likely 4 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. inclined, apt, willing, prone, liable,… …

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  • 38given — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fact, factor, evidence. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. granted, supplied, donated, conferred, bestowed, presented, imparted, awarded, bequeathed, dispensed, doled out, handed out, contributed, subscribed …

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  • 39prone — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. inclined, disposed, likely, predisposed; recumbent, flat, prostrate, horizontal. See possibility. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Inclined] Syn. inclined, predisposed, apt; see likely 4 . 2. [Lying down] …

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  • 40Utopian — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. ideal[istic], optimistic, visionary, romantic; rosy; perfect; unrealistic, unworldly; quixotic, Arcadian. n. utopianist; dreamer, idealist, optimist, visionary, romantic; Quixote. See imagination.… …

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