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  • 41brash — [adj] impulsive, brazen audacious, bold, brazenfaced, cheeky*, cocksure, cocky*, effervescent, flip, foolhardy, forward, hasty, headlong, heedless, hotheaded, ill advised, impertinent, impetuous, impolitic, impudent, incautious, inconsiderate,… …

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  • 42Klaus Baudelaire — Infobox character colour = red name = Klaus Baudelaire caption = first = The Bad Beginning last = The End cause = nickname = alias = Klyde Baudelaire, concierge species = gender = Male age = 12 at beginning of series, 14 at end of series born =… …

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  • 43Il Pordenone — Il Pordenone, byname of Giovanni Antonio de Sacchis (c. 1483 ndash; 1539), was an Italian painter of the Venetian school, active during the Renaissance. Vasari, his main biographer, identifies him as Giovanni Antonio Licinio.BiographyHe was… …

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  • 44Christopher of Mytilene — (Greek: Χριστόφορος Μυτιληναῖος, Christophoros Mytilenaios) was a Greek language poet living in the first half of the 11th century. His works include poems on various subjects and four Christian calendars. Biography Christopher was born in… …

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  • 45humble — {{11}}humble (adj.) mid 13c., from O.Fr. humble, earlier humele, from L. humilis lowly, humble, lit. on the ground, from humus earth. Senses of not self asserting and of low birth or rank were both in M.E. Related: Humbly; humbleness. Don t be so …

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  • 46Moore's paradox — concerns the putative absurdity involved in asserting a first person present tense sentence such as It s raining but I don t believe that it is raining or It s raining but I believe that it is not raining . The first author to note this apparent… …

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  • 47Truth — For other uses, see Truth (disambiguation). Time Saving Truth from Falsehood and Envy, François Lemoyne, 1737 Truth has a variety of meanings, such as the state of being in accord with fact or reality …

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  • 48Judaism — /jooh dee iz euhm, day , deuh /, n. 1. the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament and in the teachings and commentaries of the rabbis as found chiefly in the… …

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  • 49china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …

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  • 50China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …

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