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  • 61grovel — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. fawn, creep, cringe; wallow, humble (oneself). See servility, lowness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. crawl, cringe, fawn, fawn upon, beg, sneak, stoop, kneel, crouch before, truckle, kowtow, implore, toady …

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  • 62toady — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fawner, sycophant, truckler, bootlicker (inf.). See servility, flattery. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. parasite, flatterer, fawner; see sycophant . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) I n. sycophant, flatterer,… …

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  • 63woo — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. court, make love to; seek, pursue, solicit; importune. See endearment. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To make love to] Syn. pay suit to, court, date, address, charm, spoon, bill and coo, make an offer,… …

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  • 64apple-polish — ap′ple pol ish v. i. 1) to curry favor; toady 2) cvb to curry favor with • Etymology: 1930–35 ap′ple pol isher, ap′ple pol ish•er, n …

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  • 65HEROD I — (73?–4 B.C.E.), king of Judea from 37 B.C.E. until his death. Herod was the second son of the idumean antipater and cypros . Nothing is known of his youth, but it is clear that he began the struggle for power early in life. In 47 B.C.E. he was… …

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  • 66Empire of Brazil — Império do Brasil ← …

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  • 67JERUSALEM — The entry is arranged according to the following outline: history name protohistory the bronze age david and first temple period second temple period the roman period byzantine jerusalem arab period crusader period mamluk period …

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  • 68California Proposition 11 (2008) — TOC California Proposition 11, also known as the Voters FIRST Act, is proposed as an amendment to the California Constitution through initiative. If enacted this initiative would have the following effect:* Changes authority for establishing… …

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  • 69Denver, Colorado — Infobox Settlement official name = City and County of Denver other name = native name = nickname = The Mile High City, Queen City of the Plains, The 303, D Town settlement type = City and County motto = imagesize = image caption = flag size =… …

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  • 70Denver — This article is about the capital of Colorado. For other uses, see Denver (disambiguation). City and County of Denver   City co …

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