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  • 71error — n. 1) to commit, make an error 2) to compound an error 3) to correct, rectify an error 4) to admit to (making) an error 5) a cardinal, costly, egregious, flagrant, glaring, grievous, serious error 6) a clerical; grammatical; printer s,… …

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  • 72gross — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. bulky, large, fat, obese; coarse, crass; brutish, callous, unrefined, insensitive; vulgar, crude, obscene; total, whole; flagrant. See vulgarity, size, impurity, inelegance. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1 …

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  • 73Importance — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Importance >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 importance importance consequence moment prominence consideration mark materialness GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 import import significance concern …

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  • 74congregation — [14] Etymologically, a church’s congregation is comparable to a pastor’s flock. The word comes from Latin congregātiō, a noun 127 consent derivative of congregāre ‘flock together’. This was a compound verb formed from the collective prefix com… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 75segregate — [16] The etymological idea underlying segregate is of ‘removal from a flock’. The word comes from Latin sēgregāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix sē ‘apart’ and grex ‘flock’ (source also of English aggregate, congregation, egregious [16] …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 76fraud on court — A scheme to interfere with judicial machinery performing task of impartial adjudication, as by preventing opposing party from fairly presenting his case or defense. Finding of fraud on the court is justified only by most egregious misconduct… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 77fraud on court — A scheme to interfere with judicial machinery performing task of impartial adjudication, as by preventing opposing party from fairly presenting his case or defense. Finding of fraud on the court is justified only by most egregious misconduct… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 78congregation — [14] Etymologically, a church’s congregation is comparable to a pastor’s flock. The word comes from Latin congregātiō, a noun derivative of congregāre ‘flock together’. This was a compound verb formed from the collective prefix com and grex… …

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  • 79segregate — [16] The etymological idea underlying segregate is of ‘removal from a flock’. The word comes from Latin sēgregāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix sē ‘apart’ and grex ‘flock’ (source also of English aggregate, congregation, egregious [16] …

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  • 80e|gre´gious|ness — e|gre|gious «ih GREE juhs», adjective. 1. very great; outrageous; flagrant: »He committed an egregious blunder in not stopping when the traffic light was red. 2. remarkable; extraordinary: »She has an egregious need to be successful in everything …

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