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  • 61reluctant — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. disinclined, loath, hesitant, unwilling, averse, opposed, backward, laggard, remiss, slack, squeamish, demurring, grudging, involuntary, uncertain, hanging back, hesitating, diffident, with bad grace, indisposed,… …

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  • 62unwilling — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. backward, resistant, reluctant, refractory, recalcitrant, unenthusiastic, doubtful, wayward, unready, indisposed, disinclined, averse, opposed, against, contrary, indifferent, indocile, intractable, demurring, shrinking …

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  • 63Disease — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Disease >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 disease disease Sgm: N 1 illness illness sickness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 ailing ailing &c.??? all the ills that flesh is heir to =>(Hamlet) Sgm: N 1 morbidity morbidity …

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  • 64ill — I. a. 1. Bad, evil, unfortunate, unfavorable. 2. Wicked, wrong, iniquitous, naughty. 3. Sick, diseased, ailing, disordered, very unwell, indisposed, out of health, seriously indisposed. 4. Cross, crabbed, surly, peevish, malicious, hateful. 5.… …

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  • 65indispose — [in΄di spōz΄] vt. indisposed, indisposing [prob. back form. < INDISPOSED] 1. to make unfit or unable; disqualify 2. to make unwilling or disinclined 3. to make slightly ill …

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  • 66sick — sick1 [sik] adj. [ME sik, seke < OE seoc, akin to Ger siech < IE base * seug , to be troubled or grieved > Arm hiucanim, (I) am weakening] 1. suffering from disease or illness; unwell; ill: in this sense, now rare or literary in England… …

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  • 67antipathetical — adjective 1. (usually followed by to ) strongly opposed antipathetic to new ideas averse to taking risks loath to go on such short notice clearly indisposed to grant their request • Syn: ↑antipathetic, ↑averse, ↑indispose …

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  • 68peaked — adjective 1. somewhat ill or prone to illness (Freq. 2) my poor ailing grandmother feeling a bit indisposed today you look a little peaked feeling poorly a sickly child is unwell and can t come to work …

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  • 69GOVERNANCE — Ottoman and Mandatory Periods (1880–1948) CENTRAL GOVERNMENT Ottoman Rule At the beginning of the period the Land of Israel was not a political or administrative unit; officially, there was no such entity as Palestine. The Ottoman Empire (see… …

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  • 70Ail — Ail, v. i. To be affected with pain or uneasiness of any sort; to be ill or indisposed or in trouble. [1913 Webster] When he ails ever so little . . . he is so peevish. Richardson. [1913 Webster] …

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