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  • 21dull — dullness, dulness, n. dully, adv. /dul/, adj., duller, dullest, v. adj. 1. not sharp; blunt: a dull knife. 2. causing boredom; tedious; uninteresting: a dull sermon. 3. not lively or spirited; listless. 4. not b …

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  • 22acumen — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. discernment, shrewdness, penetration; intelligence.Ant., dullness, obtuseness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. keenness, insight, penetration, perspicacity, percipience, discernment, sharpness, acuteness,… …

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  • 23Acuteness — A*cute ness, n. 1. The quality of being acute or pointed; sharpness; as, the acuteness of an angle. [1913 Webster] 2. The faculty of nice discernment or perception; acumen; keenness; sharpness; sensitiveness; applied to the senses, or the… …

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  • 24Mirage (Aladdin) — Mirage is a fictional character in the Disney animated series Aladdin . She is voiced by the actress Bebe Neuwirth.Mirage is one of Aladdin s recurring enemies. A cat like enchantress (similar to the Egyptian goddess Bast) with power over… …

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  • 25Jan Kaplický — Infobox Architect caption = name = Jan Kaplický nationality = British birth date = birth date and age|1937|4|18|df=yes birth place = Prague, Czechoslovakia practice name = Future Systems significant buildings = Media Centre, Lord s Cricket Ground …

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  • 26Albert Desbrisay Carter — Infobox Military Person name=Albert Desbrisay Carter caption= born=2 June 1892 died=22 May 1919 placeofbirth=Point de Bute, New Brunswick, Canada placeofdeath=Shoreham, Sussex nickname= allegiance=British Empire branch=Royal Flying Corps… …

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  • 27field trial — 1. a competition among sporting dogs under natural conditions in the field, in which the animals are judged on the basis of excellence of performance in hunting. 2. a trial of a new product or procedure to determine its efficiency or usefulness… …

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  • 28Shakespeare, William — (baptized April 26, 1564, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire, Eng. died April 23, 1616, Stratford upon Avon) British poet and playwright, often considered the greatest writer in world literature. He spent his early life in Stratford upon Avon,… …

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  • 29basset hound — Centuries old breed of dog developed in France and maintained, chiefly in France and Belgium, as a hunting dog of the aristocracy. Originally used to trail hares, rabbits, and deer, it has also been used for hunting birds, foxes, and other game.… …

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  • 30sharpness — noun a) the cutting ability of an edge; keenness b) the fineness of the point a pointed object Syn: keenness, acidity, acridity, piquancy …

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