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• byline

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• a line in a newspaper naming the writer of an article.

Three of the four bylines on thePoststory are female.

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• quay

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• a platform lying alongside or projecting into water for loading and unloading ships.

(Originally built to serve ships, the scale of the quays is unsuitable for recreational pursuits.)

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• yurt

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• a circular tent of felt or skins on a collapsible framework.

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• ruction (informal)

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• a disturbance or quarrel.

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• camaraderie

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• mutual trust and friendship among people who spend a lot of time together.

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• lout

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• an uncouth and aggressive man or boy.

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• watering hole

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• a waterhole from which animals regularly drink.

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• petty

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• unduly concerned with trivial matters, especially in a small-minded or spiteful way.

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• consigliere

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• a member of a Mafia family who serves as an adviser to the leader and resolves disputes within the family.

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• underling

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• a person lower in status or rank.

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• chaff

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• something comparatively worthless.

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• upside

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• the more positive aspect of a situation.

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• pet project

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• a project, activity or goal pursued as a personal favorite, rather than because it is generally accepted as necessary or important.

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• bibliomemoir

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• memoirabout the books one has read.

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• synthesis

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• the combination of components or elements to form a connected whole.

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• reading

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• a particular interpretation of a text or situation.

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• stint

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• a limitation or check.

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• assurance

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• a promise.

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• disillusionment

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• a feeling of disappointment resulting from the discovery that something is not as good as one believed it to be.

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• acuity

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• sharpness or keenness of thought, vision, or hearing.

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• prism

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• clarification or distortion afforded by a particular viewpoint.

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• isness

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• the quality of being; existence as something.

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• articulator

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• a person who puts forward or expresses an idea.

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• hump

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• a large, round raised area or part.

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• vicinity

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• the area near or surrounding a particular place.

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• breadbox

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• a container for storing bread and other baked goods to keep them fresh.

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• patronage

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• the support given to an organization by someone.

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• storefront (North American)

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• a room or set of rooms facing the street on the ground floor of a commercial building, typically used as a shop.

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• butcher

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• a person whose trade is cutting up and selling meat in a shop.

30
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• grocer

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• a person who sells food and small household goods.

31
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• floorboard

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• a long plank making up part of a wooden floor in a building.

32
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• belle epoque

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• the period of settled and comfortable life preceding the First World War.

33
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• ofay (informal, offensive)

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• an offensive term for a white person, used by black people.

34
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• poignancy

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• the quality of evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret; pathos.

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• bent

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• a natural talent or inclination.

36
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• enterprise

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• a project or undertaking, especially a bold or complex one.

37
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• realism

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• the attitude or practice of accepting a situation as it is and being prepared to deal with it accordingly.

38
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• existentialism

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• a system of ideas in whichtheworld hasno meaning and each person is alone and completely responsible for their own actions.

39
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• libber (informal)

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• a member or advocate of a movement calling for the liberation of people or animals.

40
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• bigwig (informal)

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• an important person, especially in a particular sphere.

41
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• detainee

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• a person held in custody, especially for political reasons.

42
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• intake

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• the number of people that are accepted at a particular time by an organization, especially a college or university.

43
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• pus

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• a thick yellowish or greenish opaque liquid produced in infected tissue, consisting of dead white blood cells.

44
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• brow

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• a person’s forehead.

45
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• steamboat

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• a boat that is propelled by a steam engine, especially (in the US) a paddle-wheel craft of a type used on rivers in the 19th century..

46
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• buoyancy

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  • a cheerful and optimistic attitude or disposition.

* the ability or tendency of something to float in water or other fluid.

47
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• ward

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• a person who is under the protection or control of another.

48
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• stool

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• a piece of faeces.

49
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• friar

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• a member of any of certain religious orders of men, especially the four mendicant orders (Augustinians, Carmelites, Dominicans, and Franciscans).

50
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• thrall

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• the state of being in someone’s power, or of having great power over someone.

51
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• bottleneck

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• a situation that causes delay in a process or system.

52
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• ardor

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• great enthusiasm or passion.

53
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• hap (archaic)

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• luck; fortune.

54
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• delirium

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• wild excitement or ecstasy.

55
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• gaiety

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• the state or quality of being light-hearted or cheerful.

56
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• grit

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• courage and resolve; strength of character.

57
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• ledger

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• a book or other collection of financial accounts.

58
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• modicum

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• a small quantity of a particular thing, especially something desirable or valuable.

59
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• straw purchase (US)

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• a criminal act in which something, especially a firearm, is bought by one person on behalf of another who is legally unable to make the purchase themselves.

60
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• ploy

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• a cunning plan or action designed to turn a situation to one’s own advantage.

61
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• missus (informal)

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• a person’s wife.

62
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• brunt

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• the worst part or chief impact of a specified action.

63
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• entrenchment

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• the process or fact of an attitude, habit, or belief becoming so firmly established that change is very difficult or unlikely.

64
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• doomsayer (North American)

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• a person who predicts disaster.

65
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• conveyor

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• a person or thing that transports or communicates something.

66
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• squalor

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• the state of being extremely dirty and unpleasant, especially as a result of poverty or neglect.

67
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• overture

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• an introduction to something more substantial.

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• non sequitur

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• a conclusion or statement that does not logically follow from the previous argument or statement.

69
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• allyship

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• the state or condition of being and ally.

70
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• equivalence

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• the condition of being equal or equivalent in value, worth, function, etc.

71
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• prerogative

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• a right or privilege exclusive to a particular individual or class.

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