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  • 41saucy — adjective (saucier; est) Date: 1508 1. served with or having the consistency of sauce 2. a. impertinently bold and impudent b. amusingly forward and flippant ; irrepressible 3. smart, trim < a saucy little hat > • …

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  • 42talk back — phrasal to answer impertinently …

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  • 43nose — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English nosu; akin to Old High German nasa nose, Latin nasus Date: before 12th century 1. a. the part of the face that bears the nostrils and covers the anterior part of the nasal cavity; broadly this&#8230; …

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  • 44Don Quixote — For other uses, see Don Quixote (disambiguation). Don Quixote &#160; …

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  • 45Pittsburgh English — Pittsburgh English, popularly known as Pittsburghese, is the dialect of American English spoken by many residents of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA and surrounding Western Pennsylvania.OverviewMany of the features found in the speech of&#8230; …

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  • 46Writing of Principia Mathematica — Isaac Newton composed Principia Mathematica during 1685 and 1686.Authoring Principia Newton s major work mdash; Principia Mathematica In the other letters written in 1685 and 1686, he asks Flamsteed for information about the orbits of the moons&#8230; …

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  • 47Christian pacifism — Blessed are the Peacemakers (1917) by George Bellows Christian pacifism is the theological and ethical position that any form of violence is incompatible with the Christian faith. Christian pacifists state that Jesus himself was a pacifist who&#8230; …

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  • 48answer — answerer, n. answerless, adj. /an seuhr, ahn /, n. 1. a spoken or written reply or response to a question, request, letter, etc.: He sent an answer to my letter promptly. 2. a correct response to a question asked to test one s knowledge. 3. an&#8230; …

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  • 49presumptuous — presumptuously, adv. presumptuousness, n. /pri zump chooh euhs/, adj. 1. full of, characterized by, or showing presumption or readiness to presume in conduct or thought. 2. unwarrantedly or impertinently bold; forward. 3. Obs. presumptive. [1300&#8230; …

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  • 50prying — pryingly, adv. pryingness, n. /pruy ing/, adj. 1. that pries; looking or searching curiously. 2. impertinently or unnecessarily curious or inquisitive. [1950 55; PRY1 + ING2] Syn. 1. peeping, peering, peeking. 2. nosy. See curious. * * * …

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