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  • 81lurk — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. skulk, slink, sneak, prowl. See concealment, latency. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. slink, prowl, steal, conceal oneself; see hide 2 , sneak . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To move silently and… …

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  • 82slither — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. slink, sinuate, worm; crawl, creep; slide, slip. See smoothness, descent. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. slink, coast, glide; see slide 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. slip, slide, sneak, crawl, *belly …

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  • 83Cowardice — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Excess of fear. < N PARAG:Cowardice >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 cowardice cowardice pusillanimity Sgm: N 1 cowardliness cowardliness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 timidity timidity effeminacy GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 …

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  • 84serp- —     serp     English meaning: to crawl, *snake     Deutsche Übersetzung: “kriechen”     Note: From a zero grade of Root angʷ(h)i : ‘snake, worm” derived Illyr. *nsala “eel” [later Alb. (*encheleae > *ensala) ngjalë “eel”], then from the… …

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  • 85slinkingly — adverb Etymology: slinking (present participle of slink) (I) + ly : in a slinking manner : so as to slink or seem to slink …

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  • 86Sleek — (sl[=e]k), a. [Compar. {Sleeker} (sl[=e]k [ e]r); superl. {Sleekest}.] [OE. slik; akin to Icel. sl[=i]kr, and OE. sliken to glide, slide, G. schleichen, OHG. sl[=i]hhan, D. slik, slijk, mud, slime, and E. slink. Cf. {Slick}, {Slink}.] 1. Having… …

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  • 87Sleeker — Sleek Sleek (sl[=e]k), a. [Compar. {Sleeker} (sl[=e]k [ e]r); superl. {Sleekest}.] [OE. slik; akin to Icel. sl[=i]kr, and OE. sliken to glide, slide, G. schleichen, OHG. sl[=i]hhan, D. slik, slijk, mud, slime, and E. slink. Cf. {Slick}, {Slink}.] …

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  • 88Sleekest — Sleek Sleek (sl[=e]k), a. [Compar. {Sleeker} (sl[=e]k [ e]r); superl. {Sleekest}.] [OE. slik; akin to Icel. sl[=i]kr, and OE. sliken to glide, slide, G. schleichen, OHG. sl[=i]hhan, D. slik, slijk, mud, slime, and E. slink. Cf. {Slick}, {Slink}.] …

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  • 89lurk — intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English; akin to Middle High German lūren to lie in wait more at lower Date: 14th century 1. a. to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose b. to move furtively or inconspicuously c …

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  • 90Cluster analysis — The result of a cluster analysis shown as the coloring of the squares into three clusters. Cluster analysis or clustering is the task of assigning a set of objects into groups (called clusters) so that the objects in the same cluster are more… …

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