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  • 41declaim — verb Etymology: Middle English declamen, from Latin declamare, from de + clamare to cry out; akin to Latin calare to call more at low Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to speak rhetorically; specifically to recite something as an …

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  • 42flatulent — adjective Etymology: Middle French, from Latin flatus act of blowing, wind, from flare to blow more at blow Date: 1599 1. a. likely to cause gas b. marked by or affected with gas generated in the intestine or stomach 2. pompously or portentously… …

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  • 43pompous — adjective Date: 15th century 1. excessively elevated or ornate < pompous rhetoric > 2. having or exhibiting self importance ; arrogant < a pompous politician > 3. relating to or suggestive of pomp ; magnificent • pompously …

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  • 44stodgy — adjective (stodgier; est) Date: 1854 1. having a rich filling quality ; heavy < stodgy bread > 2. moving in a slow plodding way especially as a result of physical bulkiness 3. boring, dull < out on a peaceful rather stodgy Sunday boat trip Edna&#8230; …

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  • 45mouth — I. noun (plural mouths) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English mūth; akin to Old High German mund mouth and perhaps to Latin mentum chin Date: before 12th century 1. a. the natural opening through which food passes&#8230; …

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  • 46Charles Albert of Sardinia — Charles Albert King of Sardinia Reign 27 April 1831 – 23 March 1849 Predecessor Charles Felix Successor Victor Emmanuel II …

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  • 47Nicholas Wiseman — His Eminence Cardinal&#160;Nicholas Wiseman Archbishop of Westminster An engraving of Cardinal Wiseman, published in Geschichte der Kirche Christ …

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  • 48Billy Eckstine — Infobox musical artist Name = Billy Eckstine Img capt = Img size = Landscape = Background = solo singer Birth name = William Clarence Eckstein Alias = Born = 8 July,1914 Died = 8 March, 1993 (age 78) Origin = flagicon|USAPittsburgh, Pennsylvania&#8230; …

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  • 49A. S. Byatt — Byatt in June 2007 in Lyon, France. Born Antonia Susan Drabble 24 August 1936 (1936 08 24) (age&#160;75) Sheffield, England, U.K …

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  • 50Vemana — (Telugu: వేమన) was a Telugu poet. He composed numerous poems in Telugu in Aata Veladhi metre which consists of four lines; the fourth line, with some exceptions, is the refrain or chorus Viswadabhirama Vinura Vema . Vemana s style is simple, his&#8230; …

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