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  • 101tendency — noun (plural cies) Etymology: Medieval Latin tendentia, from Latin tendent , tendens, present participle of tendere Date: 1628 1. a. direction or approach toward a place, object, effect, or limit b. a proneness to a particular kind of thought or… …

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  • 102whirlpool — noun Date: 1529 1. a. a confused tumult and bustle ; whirl b. a magnetic or impelling force by which something may be engulfed < refusing to be drawn into this whirlpool of intrigue A. D. White > 2. a. water moving rapidly in a circle so as to&#8230; …

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  • 103charge — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from charger Date: 13th century 1. a. obsolete a material load or weight b. a figure borne on a heraldic field 2. a. the quantity that an apparatus is intended to receive and fitted to hold b …

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  • 104drive — I. verb (drove; driven; driving) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English drīfan; akin to Old High German trīban to drive Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to frighten or prod (as game or cattle) into moving in a desired&#8230; …

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  • 105instance — I. noun Date: 14th century 1. a. archaic urgent or earnest solicitation b. instigation, request < am writing to you at the instance of my client > c. obsolete an impelling cause or motive 2. a …

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  • 106projectile — I. noun Date: 1665 1. a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia; especially a missile for a weapon (as a firearm) 2. a self propelling weapon (as a rocket) II. adjective Date: 1715 1. projecting or impelling&#8230; …

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  • 107Property — is any physical or virtual entity that is owned by an individual. An owner of property has the right to consume, sell, mortgage, transfer and exchange his or her property.cite web|url=http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/property.html|titl&#8230; …

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  • 108One Ring — The One Ring is a fictional artifact that appears as the central plot element in J. R. R. Tolkien s Middle earth fantasy novels. It is described in an earlier story, The Hobbit (1937), as a magic ring of invisibility. The sequel The Lord of the&#8230; …

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  • 109Gang — This article is about groups of individuals who share a common identity. For other uses, see Gang (disambiguation). Street gang redirects here. For the Sesame Street book, see Street Gang (book). Gangs Territory Worldwide Membership 800,000 in&#8230; …

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  • 110Creative destruction — Crowd at New York s American Union Bank during a bank run early in the Great Depression. Marx argued that the devaluation of wealth during capitalism s periodic economic crises was an inevitable outcome of the processes of wealth creation.&#8230; …

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