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  • 21un|apt´ly — un|apt «uhn APT», adjective. 1. not fit or appropriate; unsuitable: »an unapt remark. 2. not normally likely or inclined; not prone by habit or nature: »a mind unapt to wander. 3. not skillful or dexterous; awkward; clumsy: »to be unapt with a… …

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  • 22un|apt — «uhn APT», adjective. 1. not fit or appropriate; unsuitable: »an unapt remark. 2. not normally likely or inclined; not prone by habit or nature: »a mind unapt to wander. 3. not skillful or dexterous; awkward; clumsy: »to be unapt with a hammer …

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  • 23Harriet Beecher Stowe: Uncle Tom Defies Simon Legree (1852) — ▪ Primary Source       Few attacks upon slavery were as effective as Harriet Beecher Stowe s Uncle Tom s Cabin. First written as a serial for the abolitionist journal National Era beginning in 1851, it appeared in book form in 1852. It was an… …

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  • 24English words first attested in Chaucer — Contents 1 Etymology 2 List 2.1 Canterbury Tales General Prologue …

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  • 25improper — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. indecent, bawdy, lewd, risqué; wrong, inapt, unsuitable, unfitting, incorrect, out of place, misplaced. See inexpedience, disagreement. Ant., proper, appropriate. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1.… …

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  • 26unfit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. incapable, unqualified, etc.; incapacitated, unhealthy, in poor condition; unsuitable, inappropriate, etc. See unskillfulness, disagreement. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Incompetent] Syn. unqualified …

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  • 27unsuitable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unsuited, inappropriate, unfitting, unbecoming. See disagreement. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. inadequate, improper, malapropos, disagreeable, discordant, incongruous, inharmonious, incompatible,… …

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  • 28inapt — a. 1. Unfit, unsuitable, unapt. See inapposite. 2. Unapt, dull, slow, stupid, stolid, clumsy …

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  • 29blue darter — Soldier Sol dier, n. [OE. souldier, soudiour, souder, OF. soldier, soldoier, soldeier, sodoier, soudoier, soudier, fr. L. solidus a piece of money (hence applied to the pay of a soldier), fr. solidus solid. See {Solid}, and cf. {Sold}, n.] 1. One …

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  • 30Chauliognathus Americanus — Soldier Sol dier, n. [OE. souldier, soudiour, souder, OF. soldier, soldoier, soldeier, sodoier, soudoier, soudier, fr. L. solidus a piece of money (hence applied to the pay of a soldier), fr. solidus solid. See {Solid}, and cf. {Sold}, n.] 1. One …

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