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  • 71StandardEnglish — Stan·dard English (stănʹdərd) n. The variety of English that is generally acknowledged as the model for the speech and writing of educated speakers.   Usage Note: People who invoke the term Standard English rarely make clear what they have in… …

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  • 72unexceptionableness — See unexceptionable. * * * …

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  • 73dangling participle — Gram. a participle or participial phrase, often found at the beginning of a sentence, that appears from its position to modify an element of the sentence other than the one it was intended to modify, as plunging in Plunging hundreds of feet into… …

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  • 74immaculate — immaculacy /i mak yeuh leuh see/, immaculateness, n. immaculately, adv. /i mak yeuh lit/, adj. 1. free from spot or stain; spotlessly clean: immaculate linen. 2. free from moral blemish or impurity; pure; undefiled. 3. free from fault or flaw;… …

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  • 75impeccable — impeccability, n. impeccably, adv. /im pek euh beuhl/, adj. 1. faultless; flawless; irreproachable: impeccable manners. 2. not liable to sin; incapable of sin. [1525 35; < L impeccabilis faultless, sinless. See IM 2, PECCABLE] Syn. 1.&#8230; …

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  • 76unexceptional — unexceptionally, adv. /un ik sep sheuh nl/, adj. 1. not exceptional; not unusual or extraordinary. 2. admitting of no exception to the general rule. 3. unexceptionable. [1765 75; UN 1 + EXCEPTIONAL] * * * …

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  • 77unquestionable — unquestionableness, n. unquestionably, adv. /un kwes cheuh neuh beuhl/, adj. 1. not open to question; beyond doubt or dispute; indisputable; undeniable; certain: an unquestionable fact. 2. above criticism; unexceptionable: a man of unquestionable …

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  • 78encyclopaedia — Reference work that contains information on all branches of knowledge or that treats a particular branch of knowledge comprehensively. It is self contained and explains subjects in greater detail than a dictionary. It differs from an almanac in&#8230; …

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  • 79James Madison: First Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source       Saturday, March 4, 1809       Unwilling to depart from examples of the most revered authority, I avail myself of the occasion now presented to express the profound impression made on me by the call of my country to the&#8230; …

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  • 80Accomplice — • A term generally employed to designate a partner in some form of evildoing Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Accomplice     Accomplice      …

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