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  • 111levity — noun Etymology: Latin levitat , levitas, from levis light in weight more at light Date: 1564 1. excessive or unseemly frivolity 2. lack of steadiness ; changeableness …

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  • 112roadability — noun Date: circa 1914 the qualities (as steadiness and balance) desirable in an automobile on the road …

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  • 113unnerve — transitive verb Date: 1601 1. to deprive of courage, strength, or steadiness 2. to cause to become nervous ; upset • unnervingly adverb Synonyms: unnerve, enervate, unman, emasculate mean to deprive of strength or vigor and the capacity for… …

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  • 114unstable — adjective Date: 13th century not stable ; not firm or fixed ; not constant: as a. not steady in action or movement ; irregular < an unstable pulse > b. wavering in purpose or intent ; vacillating c. lacking steadiness ; apt to move, sway, or fall …

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  • 115balance — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Vulgar Latin *bilancia, from Late Latin bilanc , bilanx having two scalepans, from Latin bi + lanc , lanx plate Date: 13th century 1. an instrument for weighing: as a. a beam that is&#8230; …

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  • 116slack — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English slak, from Old English sleac; akin to Old High German slah slack, Latin laxus slack, loose, languēre to languish, Greek lagnos lustful and perhaps to Greek lēgein to stop Date: before 12th century 1. not&#8230; …

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  • 117steady — I. adjective (steadier; est) Etymology: Middle English stedy, from stede Date: 14th century 1. a. direct or sure in movement ; unfaltering < a steady hand > b. firm in position ; …

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  • 118Cross-country skiing — Priit Narusk in the qualification for the Tour de Ski in Prague. Nickname(s) XC skiing Characteristics Categorization Outdoor or indoor in ski tunn …

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  • 120Scientific American — Infobox Journal title= Scientific American abbreviation= Sci Am discipline= Interdisciplinary language= English website= http://www.sciam.com/ publisher= Scientific American, Inc. country= USA history= 1845 to present ISSN = 0036 8733 Scientific&#8230; …

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