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  • 91finick — /fin ik/, v.i. 1. to affect extreme daintiness or refinement. 2. to trifle or dawdle. [1700 10; back formation from FINICAL] * * * …

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  • 92nice — nicely, adv. niceness, n. /nuys/, adj., nicer, nicest. 1. pleasing; agreeable; delightful: a nice visit. 2. amiably pleasant; kind: They are always nice to strangers. 3. characterized by, showing, or requiring great accuracy, precision, skill,… …

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  • 93particular — /peuhr tik yeuh leuhr, peuh tik /, adj. 1. of or pertaining to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general: one s particular interests in books. 2. immediately… …

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  • 94performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical.       The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …

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  • 95rigorous — rigorously, adv. rigorousness, n. /rig euhr euhs/, adj. 1. characterized by rigor; rigidly severe or harsh, as people, rules, or discipline: rigorous laws. 2. severely exact or accurate; precise: rigorous research. 3. (of weather or climate)… …

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  • 96squeamish — squeamishly, adv. squeamishness, n. /skwee mish/, adj. 1. fastidious or dainty. 2. easily shocked by anything slightly immodest; prudish. 3. excessively particular or scrupulous as to the moral aspect of things. 4. easily nauseated or disgusted:… …

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  • 97The Reformation —     The Reformation     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Reformation     The usual term for the religious movement which made its appearance in Western Europe in the sixteenth century, and which, while ostensibly aiming at an internal renewal of the …

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  • 98jaunty — adjective a) Airy; showy; finical; hence, characterized by an affected or fantastical manner. The courtier was a jaunty fellow, attuned to the esoteric court gossip and attentive to the least beneficial wind of favor blowing from the throne. b)… …

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  • 99John Crowne — (6 avril 1641–1712) était un dramaturge britannique qui est né ou qui passa une partie de sa vie en Nouvelle Écosse. Son père, le colonel William Crowne, accompagna le comte d Arundel dans une mission diplomatique à Vienne en 1637, et il rédigea… …

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  • 100meticulous — I adjective alert, assiduous, attentive, careful, circumspect, clean, conscientious, considered, correct, diligens, diligent, exact, exacting, faithful, fastidious, finical, finicking, finicky, fussy, gingerly, heedful, industrious, mindful,… …

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