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71steadfast — steadfastly, adv. steadfastness, n. /sted fast , fahst , feuhst/, adj. 1. fixed in direction; steadily directed: a steadfast gaze. 2. firm in purpose, resolution, faith, attachment, etc., as a person: a steadfast friend. 3. unwavering, as… …
72steady — steadily, adv. steadiness, n. /sted ee/, adj., steadier, steadiest, interj., n., pl. steadies, v., steadied, steadying, adv. adj. 1. firmly placed or fixed; stable in position or equilibrium: a steady ladder. 2. even or regular in movement: th …
73straightforward — straightforwardly, adv. straightforwardness, n. /strayt fawr weuhrd/, adj. 1. going or directed straight ahead: a straightforward gaze. 2. direct; not roundabout: a straightforward approach to a problem. 3. free from crookedness or deceit; honest …
74tala — tala1 /tah leuh/, n. a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music. [1890 95; < Skt tala; cf. Hindi tal] tala2 /tah leuh/, n., pl. tala. a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin,… …
75uncompromising — uncompromisingly, adv. uncompromisingness, n. /un kom preuh muy zing/, adj. 1. not admitting of compromise or adjustment of differences; making no concessions; inaccessible to flexible bargaining; unyielding: an uncompromising attitude. 2.… …
76uniform — uniformly, adv. uniformness, n. /yooh neuh fawrm /, adj. 1. identical or consistent, as from example to example, place to place, or moment to moment: uniform spelling; a uniform building code. 2. without variations in detail: uniform output; a… …
77unilinear — /yooh neuh lin ee euhr/, adj. developing or evolving in a steady, consistent, and undeviating way. [1925 30; UNI + LINEAR] * * * …
78Boniface, Saint — born 675, Wessex, Eng. died June 5, 754, Dokkum, Frisia; feast day June 5 English missionary and reformer. Originally named Wynfrith, he became a Benedictine monk and then a priest. He made two attempts to convert the Frisian Saxons; in 718 he… …
79Gibbon, Edward — born May 8, 1737, Putney, Surrey, Eng. died Jan. 16, 1794, London British historian. Educated at the University of Oxford and in Switzerland, Gibbon wrote his early works in French. In London he became a member of Samuel Johnson s brilliant… …
80Polk, James K. — ▪ president of United States Introduction in full James Knox Polk born November 2, 1795, Mecklenburg county, North Carolina, U.S. died June 15, 1849, Nashville, Tennessee 11th president of the United States (1845–49). Under his leadership the… …
