1917
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31st
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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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AlfrednounUS /ˈælfrəd/
king of Wessex; defeated the Vikings and encouraged writing in English (849-899)
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(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
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a native or inhabitant of the United States
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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the month following July and preceding September
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writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
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aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
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an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
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a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
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Boy-Captain
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terminate
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a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
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a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
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dearly loved
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dedicateverbUS /ˈdedəkeɪt/
give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
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FaithfullyadverbUS /ˈfeɪθfəli/
in a faithful manner
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relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
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haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
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the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
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INSPIRERnoun
a leader who stimulates and excites people to action
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a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
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JuniornounUS /ˈdʒuːnjər/
term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male
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primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
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MasonnounUS /ˈmeɪsən/
American Revolutionary leader from Virginia whose objections led to the drafting of the Bill of Rights (1725-1792)
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the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
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a form of address for a man
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belonging to the person speaking
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a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues
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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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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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OYSTERnounUS /ˈɔɪstər/
marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters
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PATRIOTISMnounUS /ˈpeɪtriətɪzəm/
love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
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precisely, exactly
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a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
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ScoutnounUS /skaʊt/
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
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used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
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having strength or power greater than average or expected
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express gratitude or show appreciation to
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used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
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one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
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used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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male cat
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UniversitynounUS /ˌjuːnəˈvɜːrsəti/
the body of faculty and students at a university
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Washington'snounUS /ˈwɑːʃɪŋtənz/
possessive form of “washington” — the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791
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YnounUS /waɪ/
a silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys
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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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the person or people being spoken to
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the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
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