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  • 71language — /lang gwij/, n. 1. a body of words and the systems for their use common to a people who are of the same community or nation, the same geographical area, or the same cultural tradition: the two languages of Belgium; a Bantu language; the French… …

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  • 72ombudsman — /om beuhdz meuhn, man , boodz , awm , om boodz meuhn, man , awm /, n., pl. ombudsmen / meuhn, men /. 1. a government official who hears and investigates complaints by private citizens against other officials or government agencies. 2. a person… …

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  • 73oracle — /awr euh keuhl, or /, n. 1. (esp. in ancient Greece) an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry. 2. the agency or medium giving such responses. 3. a shrine or place… …

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  • 74Platonism — Platonist, n., adj. /playt n iz euhm/, n. 1. the philosophy or doctrines of Plato or his followers. 2. a Platonic doctrine or saying. 3. the belief that physical objects are impermanent representations of unchanging Ideas, and that the Ideas… …

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  • 75renga — /reng geuh/, n. Pros. See linked verse. [1875 80; < Japn < MChin, equiv. to Chin lián link + ge song] * * * Japanese linked verse poetry in which two or more poets supply alternating sections of a poem. The form began with the composition of a&#8230; …

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  • 76rhythm — rhythmless, adj. /ridh euhm/, n. 1. movement or procedure with uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat, accent, or the like. 2. Music. a. the pattern of regular or irregular pulses caused in music by the occurrence of strong and weak melodic&#8230; …

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  • 77semi-intelligible — adj.; semi intelligibly, adv. * * * …

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  • 78waka — /wah keuh/, n., pl. waka, wakas. 1. Pros. tanka. 2. poetry written in Japanese, as distinct from poetry written in Chinese by a Japanese writer, or poetry in other languages. [1875 80; < Japn: lit., Japanese song < MChin, equiv. to Chin hé&#8230; …

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  • 79writing — /ruy ting/, n. 1. the act of a person or thing that writes. 2. written form: to commit one s thoughts to writing. 3. that which is written; characters or matter written with a pen or the like: His writing is illegible. 4. such characters or&#8230; …

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  • 80Albanian language — Indo European language spoken by five to six million people in Albania, Kosovo in Serbia and Montenegro, western Macedonia, and enclaves elsewhere, including southern Italy and southern Greece. There are two main dialect groups, Gheg (Geg) in the …

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