Chapter I

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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

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following the length of something from one end toward the other

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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

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English physicist remembered for his studies of the ionosphere (1892-1966)

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accomplishment of an objective

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in or near a particular place or position

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writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

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sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)

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installation from which a military force initiates operations

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used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

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(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another

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above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

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Bound written or printed works.

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a youthful male person

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a male with the same parents as someone else

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showing who or what does the action

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an institution created to conduct business

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education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings

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the helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew

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a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets

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a steerable self-propelled aircraft

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being one more than seven

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a person who holds a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant junior grade

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a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed

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the act of fighting; any contest or struggle

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intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

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an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit

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the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one

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the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints

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a contest with rules to determine a winner

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the act of acquiring something

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having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

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expect, believe, or suppose

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a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe

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a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second

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a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength

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the peak of a hill

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belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

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the act of contacting one thing with another

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the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

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inside something, or within a place, period, or state

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the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate

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term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male

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conformity or harmony

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drive or propel with the foot

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a formation of people or things one beside another

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the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center

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no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered

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a form of address for a man

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not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

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the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line

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used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

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above and across; more than

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a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms

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participate in games or sport

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plural of “play” — a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage

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plural of “publisher” — a firm in the publishing business

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plural of “rival” — the contestant you hope to defeat

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being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

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an educational institution

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clean with hard rubbing

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plural of “sea” — a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

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similar things placed in order or happening one after another

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a male human offspring

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the vital principle or animating force within living things

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a cooperative unit (especially in sports)

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used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

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used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

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the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

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an award for success in war or hunting

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the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

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below or beneath something; less than

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any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome

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(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)

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having won

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in the company of; together with

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the basic unit of money in South Korea

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an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)

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the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose

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