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  • 21rave — rave1 raver, n. /rayv/, v., raved, raving, n., adj. v.i. 1. to talk wildly, as in delirium. 2. to talk or write with extravagant enthusiasm: She raved about her trip to Europe. 3. (of wind, water, storms, etc.) to make a wild or furious sound;… …

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  • 22Arnold, Benedict — born Jan. 14, 1741, Norwich, Conn. died June 14, 1801, London, Eng. American army officer and traitor. He joined the American Revolutionary army in 1775 and contributed to American victories at the Battle of Ticonderoga, at Fort Stanwix, N.Y.,… …

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  • 23St. Joan of Arc —     St. Joan of Arc     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Joan of Arc     In French Jeanne d Arc; by her contemporaries commonly known as la Pucelle (the Maid).     Born at Domremy in Champagne, probably on 6 January, 1412; died at Rouen, 30 May,… …

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  • 24Mustache March — is annual event occurring in the month of March, where young men in the United States grow mustaches for amusement and to raise money for charity. The idea stems from an early Air Force tradition in which members of the U.S. Air Force would grow… …

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  • 25Sidgwick, Henry — Sidgwick C.A.J.Coady Unlike John Stuart Mill or Jeremy Bentham, Henry Sidgwick’s is hardly a household name in intellectual circles beyond the world of professional philosophy. His standing amongst many contemporary moral philosophers as possibly …

    History of philosophy

  • 26splurge — v. (colloq.) (D; intr.) ( to spend extravagantly ) to splurge on (to splurge on a new car) * * * [splɜːdʒ] (colloq.) (D; intr.) ( to spend extravagantly ) to splurge on (to splurge on a new car) …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 27imaginary — adj 1 Imaginary, fanciful, visionary, fantastic, chimerical, quixotic are comparable when they are applied to conceptions or to the persons who form the conceptions and mean unreal or unbelievable and out of keeping with things as they are or… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 28theatricalise — [c]/θiˈætrəkəlaɪz/ (say thee atruhkuhluyz) verb (theatricalised, theatricalising) –verb (t) 1. to represent, in dramatic form; dramatise. 2. to express in a theatrical or extravagantly histrionic manner. –verb (i) 3. to behave in an extravagantly …

  • 29Bepraise — Be*praise , v. t. To praise greatly or extravagantly. Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 30cattleya — n. any orchid of the genus {Cattleya} characterized by a hood shaped three lobed lip enclosing the column; they are among the most popular and most extravagantly beautiful orchids known. Called also {cattleya orchid}. [WordNet 1.5] …

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