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#3176 2022-02-09 14:46:53
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#4307. What does the noun getaway mean?
#4308. What does the noun gimmick mean?
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#3177 2022-02-10 15:03:14
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#4309. What does the noun idiocy mean?
#4310. What does the noun idiosyncrasy mean?
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#3178 2022-02-11 13:46:49
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#4311. What does the verb (used with object) equip mean?
#4312. What does the adjective ersatz mean?
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#3179 2022-02-12 14:48:51
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#4313. What does the verb (used with object) overhang mean?
#4314. What does the adverb overly mean?
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#3180 2022-02-13 14:42:19
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#4315. What does the noun facade mean?
#4316. What does the adjective factious mean?
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#3181 2022-02-14 14:43:23
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#4317. What does the adjective humane mean?
#4318. What does the noun humbug mean?
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#3182 2022-02-15 14:39:16
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#4319. What does the adjective nether mean?
#4320. What does the verb (used with object) nettle mean?
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#3183 2022-02-16 14:46:32
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#4321. What does the noun eulogy mean?
#4322. What does the noun euphemism mean?
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#3184 2022-02-17 14:47:45
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#4323. What does the noun malady mean?
#4324. What does the noun malediction mean?
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#3185 2022-02-18 15:34:08
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#4325. What does the verb (used with object) (Informal) flummox mean?
#4326. What does the noun flurry mean?
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#3186 2022-02-19 13:48:31
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#4327. What does the verb (used with object) hurtle mean?
#4328. What does the noun husbandry mean?
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#3187 2022-02-19 22:56:16
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Re: English language puzzles
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#3188 2022-02-20 00:16:58
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Hi jabah013.307,
The Answer #4327 is correct. Good work!
#4328. What does the noun legate mean?
#4328. What does the noun lesion mean?
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#3189 2022-02-20 22:57:09
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#4329. What does the noun foible mean?
#4330. What does the verb (used with object) foment mean?
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#3190 2022-02-21 07:25:37
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Hi ganesh,
Quote Of The Month:
'Whether it's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.' - Art Buchwald.
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#3191 2022-02-21 13:26:58
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Hi jabah013.307,
Both the Answers are correct! Excellent!
#4331. What does the noun disquisition mean?
#4332. What does the noun disrepair mean?
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#3192 2022-02-22 14:53:52
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#4333. What does the noun dissent mean?
#4334. What does the verb (used with object) dissimulate mean?
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#3193 2022-02-23 14:58:36
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#4335. What does the adjective gruelling mean?
#4336. What does the adjective grumpy mean?
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#3194 2022-02-24 14:44:11
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#4337. What does the adverb perchance mean?
#4338. What does the noun perdition mean?
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#3195 2022-02-25 15:42:13
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#4339. What does the verb (used with object) solicit mean?
#4340. What does the noun soliloquy mean?
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#3196 2022-02-26 16:11:49
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#4341. What does the noun perch mean?
#4342. What does the noun perfidy mean?
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
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#3197 2022-02-27 15:03:34
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#4343. What does the noun shoal mean?
#4344. What does the adjective shoddy mean?
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#3198 2022-02-28 15:06:15
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#4345. What does the noun surrogate mean?
#4346. What does the noun swamp mean?
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#3199 2022-03-01 15:50:12
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#4347. What does the noun pageant mean?
#4348. What does the adjective painstaking mean?
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#3200 2022-03-02 15:50:44
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#4349. What does the noun rostrum mean?
#4350. What does the adjective rote mean?
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