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  • 101falter — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. hesitate, waver, hang back, vacillate; shuffle, stumble, totter; stammer. See doubt, slowness, stammering, failure, hopelessness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. waver, vacillate, flounder; see hesitate ,… …

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  • 102limp — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. limber, flaccid, flabby, soft. See softness. v. t. hobble, hitch; drag. See failure. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Without stiffness] Syn. pliant, soft, flaccid, flabby, formative, supple, pliable,… …

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  • 103surprise — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Unexpectedness Nouns surprise, nonexpectation, unexpectedness, the unforeseen, unforeseen contingency or circumstances, miscalculation, astonishment, wonder, thunderclap, turn, blow, shock, bolt from the …

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  • 104Unbelief — (Roget s Thesaurus) Doubt. < N PARAG:Unbelief >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 unbelief unbelief disbelief misbelief Sgm: N 1 discredit discredit miscreance Sgm: N 1 infidelity infidelity &c.(irreligion) 989 Sgm: N 1 dissent dissent …

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  • 105Wonder — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Wonder >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 wonder wonder marvel Sgm: N 1 astonishment astonishment amazement wonderment bewilderment Sgm: N 1 amazedness amazedness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 admiration …

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  • 106reel — vb Reel, whirl, stagger, totter are comparable when they mean to move or seem to move uncertainly or un controllably (as in weakness, in giddiness, or in intoxication). Reel usually implies a turning round and round, or a sensation of so turning… …

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  • 107reel — reel1 [rēl] vi. [ME relen < the n.: from the sensation of whirling] 1. to give way or fall back; sway, waver, or stagger as from being struck 2. to lurch or stagger about, as from drunkenness or dizziness 3. to go around and around; whirl 4.… …

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  • 108Reel — (r[=e]l), v. i. [Cf. Sw. ragla. See {2d Reel}.] 1. To incline, in walking, from one side to the other; to stagger. [1913 Webster] They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man. Ps. cvii. 27. [1913 Webster] He, with heavy fumes oppressed,… …

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  • 109lurch — I. verb Etymology: Middle English lorchen, probably alteration of lurken to lurk Date: 15th century intransitive verb dialect chiefly England to loiter about a place furtively ; prowl transitive verb 1. obsolete …

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  • 110New York Jets — Current season Established 1960 Play in MetLife Stadium East Rutherford, New Jersey Headquartered in the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center Florham Park, New Jersey …

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