germane
- adjective satellite relevant and appropriate
- he asks questions that are germane and central to the issue
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commoner
- noun a person who holds no title
common man; common person.
- adjective belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
common.
- for the common good
- common lands are set aside for use by all members of a community
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dogsbody
- noun a worker who has to do all the unpleasant or boring jobs that no one else wants to do
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proletarian
- noun a member of the working class (not necessarily employed)
worker; prole.
- workers of the world--unite!
- adjective satellite belonging to or characteristic of the proletariat
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northern
- adjective in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
- Northern liberals
- northern industry
- northern cities
- noun a dialect of Middle English that developed into Scottish Lallans
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title
- noun a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with
statute title; rubric.
- Title 8 provided federal help for schools
- noun the name of a work of art or literary composition etc.
- he looked for books with the word `jazz' in the title
- he refused to give titles to his paintings
- I can never remember movie titles
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anti-intellectual
- noun a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
lowbrow; philistine.
- adjective satellite smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values
philistine.
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layman
- noun someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
layperson; secular.
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social_class
- noun people having the same social, economic, or educational status
socio-economic class; class; stratum.
- the working class
- an emerging professional class
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orange
- noun round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees
- noun orange color or pigment; any of a range of colors between red and yellow
orangeness.
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secular
- noun someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
layperson; layman.
- adjective of or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations
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burgher
- noun a citizen of an English borough
burgess.
- noun a member of the middle class
bourgeois.
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lowbrow
- noun a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
anti-intellectual; philistine.
- adjective satellite characteristic of a person who is not cultivated or does not have intellectual tastes
uncultivated; lowbrowed.
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coon
- noun an eccentric or undignified rustic
- I'll be a gone coon when the battle starts
- noun (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person
nigga; nigra; nigger; jigaboo; spade.
- only a Black can call another Black a nigga
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prosperous
- adjective satellite in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich
well-to-do; well-heeled; well-off; comfortable; well-fixed; well-situated; easy.
- they were comfortable or even wealthy by some standards
- easy living
- a prosperous family
- his family is well-situated financially
- well-to-do members of the community
- adjective satellite very lively and profitable
booming; palmy; thriving; prospering; roaring; flourishing.
- flourishing businesses
- a palmy time for stockbrokers
- a prosperous new business
- doing a roaring trade
- a thriving tourist center
- did a thriving business in orchids
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bucolic
- noun a country person
provincial; peasant.
- noun a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life
idyll; eclogue; idyl.
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sri_lanka
- noun a republic on the island of Ceylon; became independent of the United Kingdom in 1948
Ceylon; Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
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enfranchised
- adjective endowed with the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote
- verb grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude
affranchise; enfranchise.
- Slaves were enfranchised in the mid-19th century
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peasant
- noun a country person
bucolic; provincial.
- noun one of a (chiefly European) class of agricultural laborers
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common
- noun a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
green; park; commons.
- they went for a walk in the park
- adjective belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
- for the common good
- common lands are set aside for use by all members of a community
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night
- noun the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
dark; nighttime.
- noun a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom
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people
- noun (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
- old people
- there were at least 200 people in the audience
- noun the body of citizens of a state or country
citizenry.
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burger
- noun a sandwich consisting of a fried cake of minced beef served on a bun, often with other ingredients
beefburger; hamburger.
- noun United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court by Richard Nixon (1907-1995)
Warren Earl Burger; Warren Burger; Warren E. Burger.
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street
- noun a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
- they walked the streets of the small town
- he lives on Nassau Street
- noun the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel
- be careful crossing the street
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yokel
- noun a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
rube; bumpkin; yahoo; hayseed; chawbacon; hick.
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hick
- noun a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
rube; bumpkin; yahoo; hayseed; chawbacon; yokel.
- adjective satellite awkwardly simple and provincial
rustic; unsophisticated; bumpkinly.
- bumpkinly country boys
- rustic farmers
- a hick town
- the nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists
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state
- noun the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
province.
- his state is in the deep south
- noun the way something is with respect to its main attributes
- the current state of knowledge
- his state of health
- in a weak financial state
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petit_bourgeois
- noun a member of the lower middle class
- noun lower middle class (shopkeepers and clerical staff etc.)
petty bourgeoisie; petite bourgeoisie.
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jackanapes
- noun someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous
whippersnapper; lightweight.
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reader
- noun a person who enjoys reading
- noun someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication
subscriber.
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squirt
- noun someone who is small and insignificant
pip-squeak; small fry.
- noun the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
spurt; spirt; jet.
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burg
- noun colloquial American term for a town
- I've lived in this burg all my life
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medieval
- adjective relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
mediaeval.
- Medieval scholars
- Medieval times
- adjective satellite as if belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned and unenlightened
gothic; mediaeval.
- a medieval attitude toward dating
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free
- noun people who are free
free people.
- the home of the free and the brave
- verb grant freedom to; free from confinement
unloosen; unloose; loose; release; liberate.
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burgher
- noun a citizen of an English borough
burgess.
- noun a member of the middle class
bourgeois.
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hayseed
- noun a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
rube; bumpkin; yahoo; chawbacon; yokel; hick.
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colonization
- noun the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies
colonisation; settlement.
- the British colonization of America
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bushwhacker
- noun a disparaging term for an unsophisticated person
hillbilly.
- noun a Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War
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whig
- noun a member of the political party that urged social reform in 18th and 19th century England; was the opposition party to the Tories
- noun a supporter of the American Revolution
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sri
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united
- adjective characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity
- verb act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief
unify; unite.
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social
- noun a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity
mixer; sociable.
- adjective relating to human society and its members
societal.
- social institutions
- societal evolution
- societal forces
- social legislation
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nonentity
- noun the state of not existing
nonexistence.
- noun a person of no influence
nobody; cipher; cypher.
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south
- noun the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees
due south; S; southward.
- noun the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
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anti
- noun a person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice etc.)
- the antis smelled victory after a long battle
- adjective not in favor of (an action or proposal etc.)
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church
- noun one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
Christian church.
- noun a place for public (especially Christian) worship
church building.
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city
- noun a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
metropolis; urban center.
- Ancient Troy was a great city
- noun an incorporated administrative district established by state charter
- the city raised the tax rate
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connote
- verb express or state indirectly
imply.
- verb involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic
predicate.
- solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well
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rustic
- noun an unsophisticated country person
- adjective satellite characteristic of rural life
countrified; countryfied.
- countrified clothes
- rustic awkwardness
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burgess
- noun a citizen of an English borough
burgher.
- noun English writer of satirical novels (1917-1993)
Anthony Burgess.
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fry
- noun a young person of either sex
tiddler; nipper; tyke; small fry; nestling; youngster; child; shaver; tike; minor; kid.
- she writes books for children
- they're just kids
- `tiddler' is a British term for youngster
- noun English painter and art critic (1866-1934)
Roger Fry; Roger Eliot Fry.
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opponent
- noun a contestant that you are matched against
opposite; opposition.
- noun someone who offers opposition
resister; opposer; adversary; antagonist.
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rube
- noun a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
bumpkin; yahoo; hayseed; chawbacon; yokel; hick.
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orange_free_state
- noun a province in central South Africa that was colonized by the Boers; named Free State in 1997
Free State.
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complacency
- noun the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself
complacence; self-complacency; self-satisfaction.
- his complacency was absolutely disgusting
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nobody
- noun a person of no influence
cipher; nonentity; cypher.
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yahoo
- noun a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
rube; bumpkin; hayseed; chawbacon; yokel; hick.
- noun one of a race of brutes resembling men but subject to the Houyhnhnms in a novel by Jonathan Swift
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john_doe
- noun a hypothetical average man
Joe Bloggs; Joe Blow; man in the street.
- noun an unknown or fictitious man who is a party to legal proceedings
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ruralist
- noun an advocate of rural living
- noun a man who lives in the country and has country ways
countryman.
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joe_bloggs
- noun a hypothetical average man
Joe Blow; John Doe; man in the street.
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town
- noun an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
- they drive through town on their way to work
- noun the people living in a municipality smaller than a city
townspeople; townsfolk.
- the whole town cheered the team
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small_fry
- noun someone who is small and insignificant
pip-squeak; squirt.
- noun a young person of either sex
tiddler; nipper; tyke; nestling; youngster; child; fry; shaver; tike; minor; kid.
- she writes books for children
- they're just kids
- `tiddler' is a British term for youngster
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woodsman
- noun someone who lives in the woods
woodman.
- noun makes things out of wood
woodman; woodworker.
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cypher
- noun a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
0; zero; nought; cipher.
- noun a quantity of no importance
aught; zip; nil; nada; zero; nix; cipher; zilch; goose egg; zippo; nothing; naught; null.
- it looked like nothing I had ever seen before
- reduced to nil all the work we had done
- we racked up a pathetic goose egg
- it was all for naught
- I didn't hear zilch about it
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plebeian
- noun one of the common people
pleb.
- adjective satellite of or associated with the great masses of people
vulgar; common; unwashed.
- the common people in those days suffered greatly
- behavior that branded him as common
- his square plebeian nose
- a vulgar and objectionable person
- the unwashed masses
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official
- noun a worker who holds or is invested with an office
functionary.
- noun someone who administers the rules of a game or sport
- the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling
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cracker
- noun a thin crisp wafer made of flour and water with or without leavening and shortening; unsweetened or semisweet
- noun a poor White person in the southern United States
redneck.
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historical
- adjective of or relating to the study of history
- historical scholars
- a historical perspective
- adjective satellite having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary
- the historical Jesus
- doubt that a historical Camelot every existed
- actual historical events
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oath
- noun profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
swearing; swearword; expletive; cuss; curse; curse word.
- noun a commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of law); to lie under oath is to become subject to prosecution for perjury
swearing.
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history
- noun the aggregate of past events
- a critical time in the school's history
- noun a record or narrative description of past events
account; story; chronicle.
- a history of France
- he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president
- the story of exposure to lead
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surname
- noun the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name)
last name; family name; cognomen.
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prole
- noun a member of the working class (not necessarily employed)
worker; proletarian.
- workers of the world--unite!
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resident
- noun someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
occupier; occupant.
- noun a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital
house physician; resident physician.
- the resident was receiving special clinical training at the hospital
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petit
Small; little; insignificant; mean; -- Same as Petty. Obs., except in legal language. By what small, petit hints does the mind catch hold of and recover a vanishing notion. South.
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lightweight
- noun a professional boxer who weighs between 131 and 135 pounds
- noun someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous
whippersnapper; jackanapes.
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middle
- noun an area that is approximately central within some larger region
heart; eye; center; centre.
- it is in the center of town
- they ran forward into the heart of the struggle
- they were in the eye of the storm
- noun an intermediate part or section
- A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end"- Aristotle
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britain
- noun a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
U.K.; Great Britain; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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chawbacon
- noun a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
rube; bumpkin; yahoo; hayseed; yokel; hick.
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countryman
- noun a man from your own country
- noun a man who lives in the country and has country ways
ruralist.
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borough
- noun one of the administrative divisions of a large city
- noun an English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament
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provincial
- noun (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order
- the general of the Jesuits receives monthly reports from the provincials
- noun a country person
bucolic; peasant.
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jacobean
- noun any distinguished personage during the reign of James I
- adjective of or relating to James I or his reign or times
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bumpkin
- noun a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
rube; yahoo; hayseed; chawbacon; yokel; hick.
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philistine
- noun a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
anti-intellectual; lowbrow.
- noun a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC
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tory
- noun an American who favored the British side during the American Revolution
- noun a member of political party in Great Britain that has been known as the Conservative Party since 1832; was the opposition party to the Whigs
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field
- noun a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
- he planted a field of wheat
- noun a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
battlefield; battleground; field of battle; field of honor.
- they made a tour of Civil War battlefields
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republic
- noun a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
commonwealth; democracy.
- noun a form of government whose head of state is not a monarch
- the head of state in a republic is usually a president
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grand
- noun the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
yard; G; thou; thousand; M; chiliad; one thousand; K; 1000.
- noun a piano with the strings on a horizontal harp-shaped frame; usually supported by three legs
grand piano.
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lay_reader
- noun a layman who is authorized by the bishop to read parts of the service in an Anglican or Episcopal church
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woodman
- noun someone who lives in the woods
woodsman.
- noun makes things out of wood
woodsman; woodworker.
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track
- noun a line or route along which something travels or moves
path; course.
- the hurricane demolished houses in its path
- the track of an animal
- the course of the river
- noun evidence pointing to a possible solution
trail; lead.
- the police are following a promising lead
- the trail led straight to the perpetrator
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worker
- noun a person who works at a specific occupation
- noun a member of the working class (not necessarily employed)
proletarian; prole.
- workers of the world--unite!
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cipher
- noun a message written in a secret code
cypher.
- noun a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
0; zero; nought; cypher.
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lay
- noun a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
ballad.
- noun a narrative poem of popular origin
ballad.
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squeak
- noun a short high-pitched noise
- the squeak of shoes on powdery snow
- noun something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin
close shave; narrow escape; close call; squeaker.
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lanka
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class
- noun a collection of things sharing a common attribute
category; family.
- there are two classes of detergents
- noun a body of students who are taught together
grade; course; form.
- early morning classes are always sleepy
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bourgeois
- noun a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise
businessperson.
- noun a member of the middle class
burgher.
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man
- noun an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
adult male.
- there were two women and six men on the bus
- noun someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force
military man; serviceman; military personnel.
- two men stood sentry duty
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michelle
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intellectual
- noun a person who uses the mind creatively
intellect.
- adjective satellite of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind
noetic; rational.
- intellectual problems
- the triumph of the rational over the animal side of man
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in
- noun a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
inch.
- noun a rare soft silvery metallic element; occurs in small quantities in sphalerite
indium; atomic number 49.
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person
- noun a human being
someone; somebody; soul; individual; mortal.
- there was too much for one person to do
- noun a human body (usually including the clothing)
- a weapon was hidden on his person
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secession
- noun an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s
sezession.
- noun the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War
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social_class
socio-economic class; class; stratum.
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