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ANTEBELLUM- before or existing before the war
REBELLIOUS- defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel
BELLIGERENT- warlike; given to waging war |
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JOINER- a person or thing that joins
CONJUNCTION- any member of a small class of words distinguished in many languages by their function as connectors between words, phrases, clauses, or sentences
JOINT- the place at which two things, or separate parts of one thing,are joined or united, either rigidly or in such a way as to permit motion; juncture |
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LEPIDOTE- covered with scurfy scales or scaly spots
LEPIDOPTERAN- any of numerous insects of the order Lepidoptera, typically having two pairs of wings covered with fragile scales,mouthparts specialized as a suctorial proboscis, and caterpillars as larvae
LEPIDOPTERIST- the branch of zoology dealing with butterflies and moths |
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CORONATION- the act or ceremony of crowning a king, queen, or other sovereign
CORONAGRAPH- an instrument for observing and photographing the sun's corona,consisting of a telescope fitted with lenses, filters, and diaphragms that simulate an eclipse
CORONER- an officer, as of a county or municipality, whose chief function is to investigate by inquest, as before a jury, any death not clearly resulting from natural causes |
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GONION- a point on each side of the lower jaw at the mandibular angle
GONIOMETER- an instrument for measuring solid angles, as of crystals
POLYGON- a figure, esp. a closed plane figure, having three or more, usually straight, sides |
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NULL- without value, effect, consequence, or significance
NULLIFY- to render or declare legally void or inoperative
ANNULLED- to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate |
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