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Remittance
Noun

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A sum of money delivered as payment for goods or services
Noun

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Wheelhouse
Noun - Phrase

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One’s area of expertise (semantic shift)
Noun - Phrase

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Wheelhouse
Noun

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A part of a boat or ship serving as a shelter for the person at the wheel, pilothouse
Noun

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Point person
Noun

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Primary or main contact for a particular task or project
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Beset (with)
Verb

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To set or stud with as if with ornaments
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Beset (with)
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To be assailed, afflicted or troubled greviously with
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Beset (with)
Verb

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To surround or hem in physically
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(In) Contradistinction
Noun

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Distinction by opposition or contrast
Noun

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Disparate
Adj

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Markedly distinct or unlike in quality or character
Adj

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Disparate
Adj

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Composed of very different or distinct and possibly incongruous elements
Adj

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Pourquoi story
Noun

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A fictional narrative or etiological tale that explains why something is the way it is, often from which myths or folk tales originate
Noun

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Risible
Adj

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Laughable, provoking (often contemptuous) laughter Adj

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Mainstay
Noun

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A crucial person or thing on which something else depends or is based, a crucial part of something
Noun

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Stays
Noun

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The large ropes or wires that run from the top of a mast to the deck, that support the mast as part of the rigging
Noun

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Rigging
Noun

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The sails, masts, booms, yards, and stays of a ship or vessel Noun

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Concomitant
Adj

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Naturally accompanying or following with something
Adj

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Paroxysm
Noun

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A fit, attack or sudden recurrence of symptoms
Noun

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Paroxysm
Noun

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A sudden violent emotion, action, or outburst
Noun

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Cobalamin (individual)
Noun

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Vitamin B12, a water-soluble vitamin involved in metabolism. It is one of eight B vitamins used as a cofactor in DNA synthesis as well as fatty acid and amino acid metabolism.
Noun

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Cobalamin (group)
Noun

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Any of the group of cobalt-containing substances including cyanocobalamin (vitamin B12)
Noun

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Beleaguered
Adj

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In a very difficult situation
Adj

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Beleaguered
Adj

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Surrounded by armed forces aiming to capture or besiege it
Adj

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Anathema
Noun

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Something someone vehemently dislikes
Noun

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Anathema
Noun

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A formal curse by an ecclesiastical authority, excommunicating a person or denouncing a doctrine; the denunciation of something as accursed
Noun

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Semaphore
Noun

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A system of sending messages by holding arms or flags in certain positions as a code
Noun

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Lorem ipsum
Noun

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A placeholder text commonly used to demonstrate the visual form of a document or a typeface without any particular meaning
Noun

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Gambol
Verb

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Run or jump about playfully
Verb

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Phalanx
Noun

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A body of troops or police officers standing or moving in close or packed formation
Noun

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Carouse
Verb

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To drink liquor freely or excessively and enjoy oneself in a noisy, lively way or engaging in vices
Verb

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Requisite
Adj

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A thing that is necessary for the achievement of a specified end
Adj

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Coup de grâce
Noun

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A death blow or death shot administered to end the suffering of one mortally wounded
Noun

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Coup de grâce
Noun

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An action that ends something that has been gradually getting worse
Noun

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Terra incognita
Noun

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Unknown or unexplored territory or field of knowledge
Noun

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Cadaveric
Adj

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Relating to or from a dead body
Adj

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Narcolepsy
Noun

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A rare long-term brain condition dysregulating wake and sleep cycles and one’s ability to control them
Noun

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Pasteboard
Noun

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A type of thin board or cardboard made by pasting together sheets of paper
Noun

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Crenulated
Adj

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Having little notches or scallops or a serrated outline
Adj

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Crenellations
Noun

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The battlements of a castle or other building with rectangular spaces through which people can shoot
Noun

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Apotheosis
Noun

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The highest point in the development of something, a culmination or perfect form of something
Noun

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Cornerstone
Noun

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An important or foundational component, quality or feature of something; semantic shift - a stone that forms the base of a corner of a building, joining two walls
Noun

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Keystone
Noun

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A central principle of a system, policy, etc. upon which all else depends; semantic shift - a central stone at the summit of an arch, locking the whole together
Noun

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Capstone
Noun

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A high point or crowning acheivement; semantic shift - large flat stone forming a roof over a chamber or tomb
Noun

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Charlatan
Noun

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A person falsely claiming special knowledge, expertise, or skill; a fraud, quack, or con artist
Noun

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Astrakhan hat
Noun

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A black hat made from the fur of the Qaraqul breed of sheep, characteristic of muslim countries in central and south Asia
Noun

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Karakul hat
Noun

A

A black hat made from the fur of the Qaraqul breed of sheep, characteristic of muslim countries in central and south Asia
Noun

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Standardized practice
Noun

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The trusted or accepted way of doing something to ensure necessary procedures and measurements produce valid or effective results
Noun

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Perfunctory
Adj

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Carried out with minimal effort or reflection, lacking in interest or enthusiasm and done primarily out of routine or superficiality
Adj

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Prefatory
Adj

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Relating to or constituting a preface or introduction, coming at the beginning of writing or a speech
Adj

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Phantasmagoria
Noun

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A sequence of real or imaginary images like those seen in a dream, often describing optical effects, illusions, or constantly shifting succession of images
Noun

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Phantasmagoria
Noun

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A bizzare or fantastic combination or assemblage
Noun

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Whore of Babylon
Noun

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Both a symbolic female figure and a place of evil as mentioned in the Book of Revelation
Noun

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Knights of Templar
Noun

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A military order of the Catholic faith founded in Jerusalem sometime between A.D. 1118 and 1119, becoming one of the wealthiest and most popular military orders in Western Christianity. The Order was created to protect Europeans traveling to the Holy Land, among other duties.
Noun

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None the more
Phrase

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Not any more than before; phrase suggesting something is still true even if certain other factors are involved
Phrase

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None the worse for wear
Phrase

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Not worse than before it was used; used but not worn out
Phrase

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Worse for wear
Phrase

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In worse condition after doing or experiencing something
Phrase

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Neologism
Noun

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A newly coined word or expression, or a new meaning for an existing one
Noun

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Subterfuge
Noun

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Use of deciet or trickery in order to achieve one’s goal in a dishonest way
Noun

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Gibbet
Noun

A

An instrument of public execution, by use of a gallows-like structure and chains or cages to display dead or dying bodies; also called hanging in chains
Noun

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Mediagenic
Adj

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Tending to convey a favorable impression in the media to readers or viewers
Adj

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Treatise
Noun

A

A written work formally or systematically examining/considering a subject
Noun

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Ingénue
Noun

A

An endearingly innocent or unsophisticated young woman especially in a film, play or other narrative
Noun

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Gamine
Noun

A

An attractively boyish young woman often perceived to be mischievous or teasing
Noun

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Antipathetic
Adj

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Showing a feeling of strong aversion, dislike, or in opposition to
Adj

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Pogrom
Noun

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An organized massacre of a particular ethnic or religious group, especially that of Jewish people in Russia or eastern Europe in the 19th century
Noun

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Recantation
Noun

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A statement that someone retracts or no longer holds a particular opinion or belief
Noun

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Dalliance
Noun

A

A casual romantic or sexual relationship
Noun

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Dalliance
Noun

A

A brief or casual involvement with something
Noun

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Desultory
Adj

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Marked by a lack of definite planning or purpose, showing little effort or interest
Adj

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Prostrate
Verb

A

To be reduced to extreme physical weakness or exhaustion, lacking vitality, will, or the power to rise
Verb

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Prostrate
Adj

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Lying stretched on the ground with one’s face downward, sometimes to show respect to a god or authority
Adj

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Trilithon
Noun

A

A structure consisting of two large vertical stones supporting a horizontal stone across the top
Noun

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Isometric
Adj

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Of, relating to, or characterized by equality of measure
Adj

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Edifice
Noun

A

Large or massive structure, especially an abstract and imposing one
Noun

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Effete
Adj

A

Overly refined; marked by weakness, decadence or softness and delicacy from a pampered existence
Adj

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Effete
Adj

A

(of a man) Behaving in feminine ways regarded as inappropriate
Adj

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Effete
Adj

A

No longer capable of effective action, having lost vitality, strength, or fertility
Adj

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Leveret
Noun

A

A young or baby hare
Noun

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Impudence
Noun

A

The quality of now showing due respect, boldly disregarding others, and causing effront
Noun

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Consummate
Adj

A

In a state of perfect completion or showing a high degree of something, especially skill
Adj

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Immolate
Verb

A

To kill or offer as a sacrifice, especially by burning
Verb

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Shoot the breeze
Verb

A

To have a casual or idle conversation, especially about trivial things
Verb

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Tabulation
Noun

A

Systematic and logical representation of numerical data
Noun

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Tabulation
Verb

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To count, record, arrange, or list systematically
Verb

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High-handed
Adj

A

Using power or authority without considering the feelings of others
Adj

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Officious
Adj

A

Assertive in an annoyingly domineering way, especially with regard to petty or trivial matters
Adj

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Portend
Verb

A

To sign or warn that something is likely to happen, usually a momentous or calamitious event
Verb

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Limpid
Adj

A

(Of a person’s eyes or concept) Unclouded and clear, melodious, without impurity
Adj

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Limpid
Adj

A

Completely clear or free of anything that darkens or muddies
Adj

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Abrogate
Verb

A

Repeal or do away with by authoritative action (law, right, or formal agreement)
Verb

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Abrogate
Verb

A

Evade or ignore a responsibility or duty
Verb

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Abrogate
Verb

A

Suppress or prevent (a biological process or function, especially immune)
Verb

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Granular level
Adj - Noun

A

Highly detailed, having many small or distinct parts
Adj - Noun

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Wet behind the ears
Idiom

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Lacking experience, immature, or young
Idiom

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Pledge one’s troth/plight one’s troth
Verb

A

To make a promise of marriage
Verb

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Steady-state levels
Phrase

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The normal state of a condition or process, or the state of being at dynamic equilibrium
Phrase

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Double-blind, placebo-controlled study
Phrase

A

A type of clinical trial in which neither the participants nor the researcher knows which treatment or intervention participants are receiving until the clinical trial is over.
Phrase

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Succeeded by
Verb

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Followed by; to come after something else
Verb

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Succeeded by
Verb

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To take the place, office, or position of another
Verb

99
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Hand-to-mouth
Idiom

A

Having or providing only basic necessities, sustenance, or support, with nothing to spare
Idiom

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Curate
Noun

A

A priest of the lowest rank who assists the vicar or parish priest
Noun

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