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  • 91timely — adjective his refresher course on giving CPR proved to be very timely Syn: opportune, well timed, at the right time, convenient, appropriate, expedient, seasonable, felicitous See note at opportune •• timely, opportune, propitious, seasonable… …

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  • 92propitiousness — noun the favorable quality of strongly indicating a successful result • Syn: ↑auspiciousness • Ant: ↑unpropitiousness, ↑inauspiciousness (for: ↑auspiciousness) • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …

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  • 93pro|pi´tious|ness — pro|pi|tious «pruh PIHSH uhs», adjective. 1. favorable: »propitious weather for our trip, a propitious reception. The seed of pessimism, once lodged within him, flourished in a propitious soil (Lytton Strachey). SYNONYM(S): auspicious, promising …

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  • 94pro|pi´tious|ly — pro|pi|tious «pruh PIHSH uhs», adjective. 1. favorable: »propitious weather for our trip, a propitious reception. The seed of pessimism, once lodged within him, flourished in a propitious soil (Lytton Strachey). SYNONYM(S): auspicious, promising …

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  • 95pro|pi|tious — «pruh PIHSH uhs», adjective. 1. favorable: »propitious weather for our trip, a propitious reception. The seed of pessimism, once lodged within him, flourished in a propitious soil (Lytton Strachey). SYNONYM(S): auspicious, promising. 2. favorably …

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  • 96UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, country in N. America. This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction Colonial Era, 1654–1776 Early National Period, 1776–1820 German Jewish Period, 1820–1880 East European Jewish Period,… …

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  • 97ZIONISM — This article is arranged according to the following outline: the word and its meaning forerunners ḤIBBAT ZION ROOTS OF ḤIBBAT ZION background to the emergence of the movement the beginnings of the movement PINSKER S AUTOEMANCIPATION settlement… …

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  • 98HERZL, THEODOR — (Binyamin Ze ev; 1860–1904), founder of political Zionism and the World Zionist Organization. Herzl was born in Budapest, Hungary, to an affluent family and educated in the spirit of German Jewish enlightenment. In 1878 he entered the law faculty …

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  • 99good — 1 adj bet·ter, best 1: commercially sound or reliable a good risk 2 a: valid or effectual under the law b: free of defects 3 a: characterized by honesty and fairness b: conforming to a standard of vi …

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  • 100helpful — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. beneficial, contributory, favorable; useful, worthwhile, furthering, improving; serviceable, salutary; remedial. See improvement. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Useful] Syn. valuable, important,… …

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