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  • 51Prevaricating — Prevaricate Pre*var i*cate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Prevaricated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prevaricating}.] [L. praevaricatus, p. p. of praevaricari to walk crookedly, to collude; prae before + varicare to straddle, fr. varicus straddling, varus bent. See… …

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  • 52querk — Quirk Quirk (kw[ e]rk), n. [Written also {querk}.] [Cf. W. chwiori to turn briskly, or E. queer.] 1. A sudden turn; a starting from the point or line; hence, an artful evasion or subterfuge; a shift; a quibble; as, the quirks of a pettifogger.… …

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  • 53Quillet — Quil let, n. [L. quidlibet what you please. Cf. {Quiddit}, and {Quibble}.] Subtilty; nicety; quibble. Nice, sharp quillets of the law. Shak. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 54Quirk — (kw[ e]rk), n. [Written also {querk}.] [Cf. W. chwiori to turn briskly, or E. queer.] 1. A sudden turn; a starting from the point or line; hence, an artful evasion or subterfuge; a shift; a quibble; as, the quirks of a pettifogger. Some quirk or …

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  • 55Quirk molding — Quirk Quirk (kw[ e]rk), n. [Written also {querk}.] [Cf. W. chwiori to turn briskly, or E. queer.] 1. A sudden turn; a starting from the point or line; hence, an artful evasion or subterfuge; a shift; a quibble; as, the quirks of a pettifogger.… …

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  • 56Literary technique — A literary technique (also, literary device, procedure or method) is any element or the entirety of elements a writer intentionally uses in the structure of their work.[1] It can be for example an identifiable rule of thumb, a convention, a… …

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  • 57Phaic Tăn — Das Buch Phaic Tǎn. Land des krampfhaften Lächelns (Originaltitel: Phaic Tăn – Sunstroke on a Shoestring) ist eine als ein fiktiver Reiseführer verfasste Parodie aus der Reihe der Jetlag Travelguides der Autoren Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner und… …

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  • 58Phaic Tăn. Land des krampfhaften Lächelns — Das Buch Phaic Tǎn. Land des krampfhaften Lächelns (Originaltitel: Phaic Tăn – Sunstroke on a Shoestring) ist eine als ein fiktiver Reiseführer verfasste Parodie aus der Reihe der Jetlag Travelguides der Autoren Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner und… …

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  • 59Phaic Tǎn. Land des krampfhaften Lächelns — Das Buch Phaic Tǎn. Land des krampfhaften Lächelns (Originaltitel: Phaic Tăn – Sunstroke on a Shoestring) ist eine als ein fiktiver Reiseführer verfasste Parodie aus der Reihe der Jetlag Travelguides der Autoren Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner… …

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  • 60dispute — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. contradict, controvert, doubt, contest, question; argue, debate, quarrel, bicker, wrangle. n. disputation, debate, argument, disagreement. See discord, negation, reasoning. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn.… …

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