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  • 21endanger — verb ( dangered; endangering) Date: 1964 transitive verb to bring into danger or peril < recklessly endangering innocent lives > intransitive verb to create a dangerous situation < driving to endanger > • endangerment noun …

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  • 22commit — v. a. 1. Intrust, consign, confide, give in trust. 2. Deposit, consign, resign, give over, put, place, lay. 3. Perpetrate, enact, do, perform. 4. Imprison, send to prison, put in custody, place in confinement. 5. Engage, pledge, implicate. 6.&#8230; …

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  • 23compromise — I. n. Agreement, composition, adjustment, settlement, mutual concession, abatement of differences. II. v. a. 1. Adjust, settle, compose, compound. 2. Jeopardize (irretrievably), imperil, bring into danger, put at hazard, put in jeopardy, expose&#8230; …

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  • 24United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great&#8230; …

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  • 25china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …

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  • 26China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …

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  • 27Judaism — /jooh dee iz euhm, day , deuh /, n. 1. the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament and in the teachings and commentaries of the rabbis as found chiefly in the&#8230; …

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  • 28World War I — the war fought mainly in Europe and the Middle East, between the Central Powers and the Allies, beginning on July 28, 1914, and ending on November 11, 1918, with the collapse of the Central Powers. Abbr.: WWI Also called Great War, War of the&#8230; …

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  • 29ECONOMIC HISTORY — This article is arranged according to the following outline: first temple period exile and restoration second temple period talmudic era muslim middle ages medieval christendom economic doctrines early modern period sephardim and ashkenazim&#8230; …

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  • 30historiography — historiographic /hi stawr ee euh graf ik, stohr /, historiographical, adj. historiographically, adv. /hi stawr ee og reuh fee, stohr /, n., pl. historiographies. 1. the body of literature dealing with historical matters; histories collectively. 2 …

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