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  • 101tergiversate — tergiversation, n. tergiversator, tergiversant /terr ji verr seuhnt/, n. tergiversatory /terr ji verr seuh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. /terr ji veuhr sayt /, v.i., tergiversated, tergiversating. 1. to change repeatedly one s attitude or opinions with …

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  • 102United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …

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  • 103Garrison, William Lloyd — born Dec. 10/12, 1805, Newburyport, Mass., U.S. died May 24, 1879, New York, N.Y. U.S. journalist and abolitionist. He was editor of the National Philanthropist (Boston) newspaper in 1828 and the Journal of the Times (Bennington, Vt.) in 1828–29 …

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  • 104Bykau, Vasil Uladzamiravich — ▪ 2004 Vasily Bykov        Belarusian novelist (b. June 19, 1924, Bychki, Belorussia, U.S.S.R. d. June 22, 2003, Minsk, Belarus), eschewed the strict conventions of most Soviet era literature in order to explore the psychology of individuals… …

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  • 105equivocally — adverb a) With ambiguity. b) With uncertainty. See Also: equivocal, equivocate …

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  • 106tergiversate — verb /ˈtɜːdʒɪvəseɪt,tɝˈdʒɪvɝseɪt/ a) To evade, to equivocate using subterfuge; to deliberately obfuscate. b) To change sides or affiliation; to …

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  • 107equivocator — noun Agent noun of equivocate; one who equivocates …

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  • 108evade — verb a) To get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape from cleverly; as, to evade a blow, a pursuer, a punishment; …

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  • 109fudge — 1. noun /fʌdʒ/ a) Light or frothy nonsense. Have you tried the vanilla fudge? Its delicious! b) A type of very sweet candy or confection. Often used in the US synonymously with chocolate fudge. 2. verb /fʌdʒ/ …

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  • 110palter — verb /ˈpɔːltə,ˈpɒltə/ a) To talk insincerely; to prevaricate or equivocate in speech or actions. I would prevaricate and palter in my usual plausible way, but, this being Cambridge, such stratagems would cut no ice with my remorseless and (in my… …

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