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  • 71beggary — noun Date: 14th century 1. poverty, penury 2. the class of beggars 3. the practice of begging …

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  • 72meager — or meagre adjective Etymology: Middle English megre, from Anglo French megre, meigre, from Latin macr , macer lean; akin to Old English mæger lean, Greek makros long Date: 14th century 1. having little flesh ; thin 2. a. lacking desirable… …

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  • 73penurious — adjective Date: 1590 1. marked by or suffering from penury 2. given to or marked by extreme stinting frugality Synonyms: see stingy • penuriously adverb • penuriousness noun …

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  • 74chill — I. noun Etymology: Middle English chile chill, frost, from Old English ciele; akin to Old English ceald cold Date: before 12th century 1. a. a sensation of cold accompanied by shivering b. a disagreeable sensation of coldness 2. a moderate but… …

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  • 75Lactantius — Beginning of Lactantius’ Divinae institutiones in a Renaissance manuscript written in Florence ca. 1420–1430 by Guglielmino Tanaglia Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius was an early Christian author (ca. 240 – ca. 320) who became an advisor to… …

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  • 76History of Sri Lanka — This article is part of a series Documents …

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  • 77The Flying Dutchman (opera) — Richard Wagner …

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  • 78Manon Lescaut — This article is about the novel by Prévost. For other uses, see Manon Lescaut (disambiguation). First page of the redacted 1753 edition of Manon Lescaut. Manon Lescaut (L Histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut) is a short novel by… …

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  • 79Samuel Johnson — For other people named Samuel Johnson, see Samuel Johnson (disambiguation). Samuel Johnson LLD MA Samuel Johnson c. 1772, painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds Born …

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  • 80Akademgorodok — ( ru. Академгородок), is a part of the Russian city Novosibirsk, located 20 km south of the city center. It is the educational and scientific centre of Siberia (coord|54.851|N|83.106|E|scale:30000)It is located in the center of birch and pine… …

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