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  • 21international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …

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  • 22animal communication — Transmission of information from one animal to another by means of sound, visible sign or behaviour, taste or odour, electrical impulse, touch, or a combination of these. Most animal communication uses sound (e.g., birds calling, crickets… …

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  • 23Union of Christendom — • Includes the Catholic Church together with the many other religious communions which have either directly or indirectly, separated from it Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Union of Christendom     Union of Christend …

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  • 24fear — I noun affright, alarm, anxiety, apprehension, apprehension of danger, apprehension of harm, apprehension of injury, apprehension of punishment, apprehensiveness, awe, concern, consternation, cowardice, cowardliness, cravenness, diffidence,… …

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  • 25funk — Synonyms and related words: Milquetoast, abject fear, affright, alarm, awe, baby, back out, big baby, blench, blink, blue funk, boggle, change color, chicken, chicken liver, chicken out, consternation, coward, cowardice, craven, cringe, curdle… …

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  • 26St. Benedict of Nursia —     St. Benedict of Nursia     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Benedict of Nursia     Founder of western monasticism, born at Nursia, c. 480; died at Monte Cassino, 543. The only authentic life of Benedict of Nursia is that contained in the second… …

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  • 27boggle — I. /ˈbɒgəl / (say boguhl) verb (i) (boggled, boggling) 1. to take alarm; start with fright. 2. to hesitate, as if afraid to proceed; waver. 3. to be overwhelmed: *The mind boggles at what international tourists staying at city hotels think when… …

  • 28The War of the Worlds (1953 film) — Otheruses3|The War of the Worlds (film)Infobox Film name = The War of the Worlds caption = Film poster | writer = H. G. Wells (novel) Barré Lyndon starring = Gene Barry Ann Robinson Les Tremayne director = Byron Haskin producer = George Pál music …

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  • 29freeze — Synonyms and related words: KO, abide, anesthetize, anhydrate, appall, arrest, awe, balance, ballast, ban, be cold, be still, bedaze, benumb, besot, bite, bitter weather, blast, blast freeze, bleak weather, blight, block, blunt, brake, brine,… …

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  • 30pale — Synonyms and related words: abate, abnormal, achievement, achromatic, achromatize, achromic, alabaster, alabastrine, albescent, alerion, ambit, anathema, anemic, animal charge, annulet, arena, argent, arid, armorial bearings, armory, arms, ashen …

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