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  • 101contrary — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. opposed, opposite, counter, conflicting, contradictory; unfavorable, adverse; captious, willful, perverse; hostile, antagonistic. See opposition, negation, obstinacy.Ant., favorable; obliging. II… …

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  • 102ill — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unwell, sick, indisposed; nauseated. See disease. adv. poorly, badly; wrongly, improperly; clumsily. See unskillfulness, badness. n. See evil. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Bad] Syn. evil, harmful,… …

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  • 103inauspicious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unpropitious, ill omened, unfavorable, unlucky. See badness.Ant., auspicious, promising. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. foreboding, unlucky, unpropitious, ill omened; see ominous , unfavorable 2 . III… …

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  • 104sinister — early 15c., prompted by malice or ill will, from O.Fr. sinistre contrary, unfavorable, to the left, from L. sinister left, on the left side (opposite of dexter), perhaps from root *sen and meaning properly the slower or weaker hand [Tucker], but… …

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  • 105CHRISTIANITY — CHRISTIANITY, a general term denoting the historic community deriving from the original followers of Jesus of Nazareth; the institutions, social and cultural patterns, and the beliefs and doctrines evolved by this community; and – in the   widest …

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  • 106POPES — The earliest, semi legendary popes, Peter and his immediate successors, were of Jewish birth, yet nothing specific is known of their relations with the Jews. The first pope reported historically to have entered into direct relations with Jews was …

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  • 107harden — verb (hardened; hardening) Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to make hard or harder 2. to confirm in disposition, feelings, or action; especially to make callous < hardened his heart > 3. a. inure, to …

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  • 108Amide — functional group Amides possess a conjugated system …

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  • 109Base pair — In molecular biology and genetics, the linking between two nitrogenous bases on opposite complementary DNA or certain types of RNA strands that are connected via hydrogen bonds is called a base pair (often abbreviated bp). In the canonical Watson …

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  • 110History of Russia — The history of Russia begins with that of the East Slavs. The first East Slavic state, Kievan Rus , adopted Christianity from the Byzantine Empire in 988, [cite web|title=Kievan Rus and Mongol Periods|url=http://www.shsu.edu/ his&#8230; …

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