Group (4) - Spelling Practices

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(1) a. of or relating to a temperature scale proposed by the inventor of the mercury thermometer
n. German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer and developed the scale of temperature that bears his name (1686-1736)
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(2) n. a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization
n. a person who founds or establishes some institution
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(3) ad. showing approval
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(4) n. designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race)
n. the act of finishing
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(5) n. play in which children pretend to put out a fire
n. a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or steamship)
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(6) v. produce or yield flowers
n. the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
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(7) ad. for a limitless time
ad. without interruption
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(8) n. a first-year undergraduate
n. any new participant in some activity
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(9) n. a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
n. a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)
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(10) ad. to the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (`full' in this sense is used as a combining form)
ad. sufficiently; more than adequately