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  • 71prevaricate — intransitive verb ( cated; cating) Etymology: Latin praevaricatus, past participle of praevaricari to act in collusion, literally, to straddle, from prae + varicare to straddle, from varus bowlegged Date: circa 1631 to deviate from the truth ;… …

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  • 72haw — I. noun Etymology: Middle English hawe, from Old English haga more at hedge Date: before 12th century 1. a hawthorn berry 2. hawthorn II. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 15th century nictitating membra …

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  • 73hem — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Middle High German hemmen to hem in, Armenian kamel to press Date: before 12th century 1. a border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down 2. rim, margin < bright green hem of …

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  • 74waffle — I. noun Etymology: Dutch wafel, from Middle Dutch wafele; akin to Old High German waba honeycomb, Old English wefan to weave Date: 1744 a crisp cake of batter baked in a waffle iron II. intransitive verb (waffled; waffling) Etymology:&#8230; …

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  • 75weasel — I. noun (plural weasels) Etymology: Middle English wesele, from Old English weosule; akin to Old High German wisula weasel Date: before 12th century 1. or plural weasel any of various small slender active carnivorous mammals (genus Mustela of the …

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  • 76equivocation — noun see equivocate …

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  • 77equivocator — noun see equivocate …

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  • 78Bloody Sunday (1972) — Part of The Troubles Father Edward Daly waving a blood stained white handkerchief while trying to escort the mortally w …

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  • 79David Mamet — Mamet at the premiere of Redbelt Born November 30, 1947 (1947 11 30) (age&#160;63) Chicago, Illinois, United States …

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  • 80Gunpowder Plot — The Gunpowder Plot of 1605, or the Powder Treason, as it was known at the time, [Antonia Fraser, The Gunpowder Plot: Terror and Faith in 1605 , London, 2002, Author s Note, pg. xv. ISBN 0 75381 401 3] was a failed assassination attempt by a group …

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