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  • 101Gripple — Grip ple, a. [Dim. fr. gripe.] Griping; greedy; covetous; tenacious. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 102Foreign relations of the Democratic Republic of the Congo — Its location in the center of Africa has made the Democratic Republic of the Congo a key player in the region since independence. Because of its size, mineral wealth, and strategic location, Zaire was able to capitalize on Cold War tensions to… …

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  • 103Silent e — is a writing convention in English spelling. A silent letter e at the end of a word often signals a specific pronunciation of the preceding vowel letter, as in the difference between rid /ˈrɪd/ and ride /ˈraɪd/. This orthographic pattern followed …

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  • 104acquire — Synonyms and related words: accept, accumulate, achieve, add, admit, amass, annex, assume, bag, be responsible for, be seized of, bring down, bring in, bring on, bring upon, buy, capture, catch, catch up, claim, clap hands on, clasp, claw, clench …

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  • 105adhere to — Synonyms and related words: abide by, act up to, administer, attend to, be faithful to, bite, carry out, carry through, clasp, cleave to, clench, clinch, cling, clip, clutch, complete, comply with, conform to, discharge, do justice to, effect,… …

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  • 106beset — Synonyms and related words: abashed, afflict, afflicted, aggravate, agitated, ail, annoy, annoyed, anxious, apply pressure, assail, assault, attack, badger, badgered, bait, baited, barred, be at, be the matter, bedevil, bedeviled, beleaguer,… …

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  • 107claim — Synonyms and related words: absolute interest, acquire, adduce, advance, adverse possession, affidavit, affirm, affirmation, allegation, allege, alodium, application, appurtenance, argue, ask, ask for, assert, assertion, authority, avow, be… …

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  • 108claws — Synonyms and related words: administration, authority, clutches, command, control, digits, disposition, domination, dominion, empery, empire, fangs, fingernails, fingers, governance, government, grasp, grip, gripe, hand, hands, helm, hold, hooks …

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  • 109cleave — Synonyms and related words: accelerate, activate, adhere, adhere to, agglomerate, amputate, associate, atomize, ax, bifurcate, bisect, bite, bombard, branch, breach, break, break to pieces, broach, bunch, butcher, by two, carve, check, chink,… …

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  • 110cling to — Synonyms and related words: adhere, adhere to, agglomerate, around, bear, bite, bosom, bunch, cherish, clasp, cleave, cleave to, clench, clinch, cling, clip, clot, cluster, clutch, coagulate, cohere, congeal, conglomerate, embosom, embrace,… …

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