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  • 121relax — v 1. loose, slacken, untighten, relieve tension, Obs. slake; relinquish one s grip or hold, let go of, release, free, liberate. 2. lessen, diminish, lower, decrease, decline; abate, bate, subside, recede, ebb, lull, quell, slake; flag, wane, fade …

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  • 122smooth — [smo͞oth] adj. [ME smothe < OE smoth, for earlier smethe < Gmc * smanthi < IE * som , together < base * sem , together, SAME] 1. a) having an even or level surface; having no roughness or projections that can be seen or felt b) having …

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  • 123fac´ile|ness — fac|ile «FAS uhl», adjective. 1. easily done or used; taking little effort: »Lazy people seek facile tasks. 2. moving, acting, or working easily or rapidly: »The gossip has a facile tongue. SYNONYM(S): ready, expert, dexterous. 3. of easy manners …

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  • 124fac´ile|ly — fac|ile «FAS uhl», adjective. 1. easily done or used; taking little effort: »Lazy people seek facile tasks. 2. moving, acting, or working easily or rapidly: »The gossip has a facile tongue. SYNONYM(S): ready, expert, dexterous. 3. of easy manners …

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  • 125fac|ile — «FAS uhl», adjective. 1. easily done or used; taking little effort: »Lazy people seek facile tasks. 2. moving, acting, or working easily or rapidly: »The gossip has a facile tongue. SYNONYM(S): ready, expert, dexterous. 3. of easy manners or… …

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  • 126NEW YORK CITY — NEW YORK CITY, foremost city of the Western Hemisphere and largest urban Jewish community in history; pop. 7,771,730 (1970), est. Jewish pop. 1,836,000 (1968); metropolitan area 11,448,480 (1970), metropolitan area Jewish (1968), 2,381,000… …

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  • 127UNITED STATES LITERATURE — The Influence of the Bible and Hebrew Culture The Jewish influence on American literary expression predated the actual arrival of Jews in the United States in 1654, for the Puritan culture of New England was marked from the outset by a deep… …

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  • 128As good as — Good Good, a. [Compar. {Better}; superl. {Best}. These words, though used as the comparative and superlative of good, are from a different root.] [AS. G[=o]d, akin to D. goed, OS. g[=o]d, OHG. guot, G. gut, Icel. g[=o][eth]r, Sw. & Dan. god, Goth …

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