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| equinox [ee-kwuh-noks, ek-wuh-] |
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| the time when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator, making night and day of approximately equal length all over the earth |
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| the official common currency of 12 European Union nations (Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain). |
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| evanescent [ev-uh-nes-uhnt] |
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| vanishing; fading away; fleeting; scarcely perceptible |
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| to amend by removing words, passages, etc., deemed offensive or objectionable; to bowdlerize |
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| facetious [fuh-see-shuhs] |
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| not meant to be taken seriously or literally; humorous |
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| foolish or inane, esp. in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly; stupid |
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| ineffective; incompetent; futile; having no sense of responsibility |
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| fiduciary [fi-doo-shee-er-ee, -dyoo-] |
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| Law. a person to whom property or power is entrusted for the benefit of another |
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| filibuster [fil-uh-buhs-ter] |
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| U.S. Politics. to impede legislation by irregular or obstructive tactics, esp. by making long speeches |
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| gamete [gam-eet, guh-meet] |
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| a mature sexual reproductive cell, as a sperm or egg, that unites with another cell to form a new organism |
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