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  • 81Troubadour — Trou ba*dour , n. [F. troubadour, fr. Pr. trobador, (assumed) LL. tropator a singer, tropare to sing, fr. tropus a kind of singing, a melody, song, L. tropus a trope, a song, Gr. ? a turn, way, manner, particular mode in music, a trope. See… …

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  • 82Untangle — Un*tan gle, v. t. [1st pref. un + tangle.] To loose from tangles or intricacy; to disentangle; to resolve; as, to untangle thread. [1913 Webster] Untangle but this cruel chain. Prior. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 83complication — noun Date: 15th century 1. a. complexity, intricacy; especially a situation or a detail of character complicating the main thread of a plot b. a making difficult, involved, or intricate c. a complex or intricate feature or …

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  • 84convolution — noun Date: 1545 1. a form or shape that is folded in curved or tortuous windings 2. one of the irregular ridges on the surface of the brain and especially of the cerebrum of higher mammals 3. a complication or intricacy of form, design, or… …

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  • 85evident — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin evident , evidens, from e + vident , videns, present participle of vidēre to see more at wit Date: 14th century clear to the vision or understanding Synonyms: evident, manifest,… …

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  • 86involution — noun Etymology: Latin involution , involutio, from involvere Date: circa 1611 1. a. (1) the act or an instance of enfolding or entangling ; involvement (2) an involved grammatical construction usually characterized by the insertion of clauses… …

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  • 87labyrinth — noun Etymology: Middle English laborintus, from Latin labyrinthus, from Greek labyrinthos Date: 14th century 1. a. a place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys b. a maze (as in a garden) formed by paths separated by… …

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  • 88plotty — adjective (plottier; est) Date: 1897 marked by intricacy of plot or intrigue < a plotty novel > • plottiness noun …

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  • 89unravel — Date: 1603 transitive verb 1. a. to disengage or separate the threads of ; disentangle b. to cause to come apart by or as if by separating the threads of 2. to resolve the intricacy, complexity, or obscurity of ; clear up < unravel a mystery >&#8230; …

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  • 90Aesthetics — or esthetics (also spelled æsthetics) is commonly known as the study of sensory or sensori emotional values, sometimes called judgments of sentiment and taste. [Zangwill, Nick. [http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aesthetic judgment/ Aesthetic&#8230; …

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