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  • 41chaos — noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek more at gum Date: 15th century 1. obsolete chasm, abyss 2. a. often capitalized a state of things in which chance is supreme; especially the confused unorganized state of …

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  • 42confusion — noun Date: 14th century 1. an act or instance of confusing < confusion of the issue > 2. a. the quality or state of being confused < try to relieve their confusion > b. a confused mass or mixture …

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  • 43imbroglio — noun (plural glios) Etymology: Italian, from imbrogliare to entangle, from Middle French embrouiller more at embroil Date: 1750 1. a confused mass 2. a. an intricate or complicated situation (as in a drama or novel) b. an acutely painful or&#8230; …

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  • 44Zebra — Taxobox name = Zebra image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Perissodactyla familia = Equidae genus = Equus subgenus = Hippotigris Dolichohippus subdivision ranks = Species subdivision = Equus zebra Equus …

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  • 45-ance — suffix attached to verbs to form abstract nouns of process or fact (convergence from converge), or of state or quality (absence from absent); ultimately from L. antia and entia, which depended on the vowel in the stem word. As Old French evolved&#8230; …

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  • 46jumble — [c]/ˈdʒʌmbəl / (say jumbuhl) verb (jumbled, jumbling) –verb (t) 1. to mix in a confused mass; put or throw together without order. 2. to muddle or confuse mentally. –verb (i) 3. to meet or come together confusedly; be mixed up. –noun 4. a&#8230; …

  • 47pell-mell — /pɛl ˈmɛl / (say pel mel) adverb 1. in an indiscriminate medley; in a confused mass or crowd. 2. in disorderly, headlong haste. –adjective 3. indiscriminate; disorderly; tumultuous. –noun 4. an indiscriminate medley. 5. violent and confused&#8230; …

  • 48tangle — [taŋ′gəl] vt. tangled, tangling [ME tanglen, prob. nasalized var. of taglen, to entangle, akin to Swed dial. taggla, to disarrange] 1. to hinder, obstruct, or confuse by or as by covering, circling, entwining, etc. 2. to catch in or as in a net&#8230; …

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  • 49Cha|os — «KAY os», noun. 1. a) very great confusion; complete disorder: »The tornado left the town in chaos. b) a confused mass or mixture. 2. Also, Chaos. the infinite space in which formless matter was thought to have existed before the ordered universe …

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  • 50cha|os — «KAY os», noun. 1. a) very great confusion; complete disorder: »The tornado left the town in chaos. b) a confused mass or mixture. 2. Also, Chaos. the infinite space in which formless matter was thought to have existed before the ordered universe …

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