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  • 31felicitously — felicitous ► ADJECTIVE ▪ well chosen or appropriate. DERIVATIVES felicitously adverb …

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  • 32fit — n Fit, attack, access, accession, paroxysm, spasm, convulsion are comparable when they denote a sudden seizure or spell resulting from an abnormal condition of body or mind. The last three are too specific in their technical medical senses to be… …

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  • 33happy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. fortunate, lucky; gay, contented, joyous, ecstatic; felicitous, apt; glad. See agreement, cheerfulness, pleasure, occasion. Ant., sad, II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [In good humor] Syn. joyous, joyful,… …

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  • 34fit — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fitt; akin to Old Saxon fittea division of a poem, Old High German fizza skein Date: before 12th century archaic a division of a poem or song II. adjective (fitter; fittest) Etymology: Middle… …

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  • 35Presupposition — In the linguistic branch of pragmatics, a presupposition is an implicit assumption about the world or background belief relating to an utterance whose truth is taken for granted in discourse. Examples of presuppositions include: * Do you want to… …

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  • 36biblical literature — Introduction       four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha.       The Old… …

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  • 37Lingzhi mushroom — Ganoderma lucidum Scientific classification Kingdom: Fungi Phylum …

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  • 38felicitousness — noun pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression) • Syn: ↑felicity • Ant: ↑infelicity (for: ↑felicity) • Derivationally related forms: ↑felicitous, ↑ …

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  • 39Foreigner universe — This article is about the fictional universe. For other uses of the term Foreigner , see Foreigner (disambiguation). Foreigner universe Foreigner (10th Anniversary Edition) Trilogy arc 1 Foreigner Invader Inheritor …

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  • 40infelicitous — infelicitously, adv. /in feuh lis i teuhs/, adj. 1. inapt, inappropriate, or awkward; malapropos: an infelicitous remark. 2. not felicitous, happy, or fortunate; unhappy. [1825 35; IN 3 + FELICITOUS] * * * …

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