Stories of USA Today
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n.
close examination; minute inspection; critical observation.


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a.
consisting of or divided into sections; separating into sections


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v.
shake with or as if with cold; tremble; break into fragments or splinters


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n.
seat, especially a royal seat; throne; rank; grade; sitting before a fortified place; surrounding or investing of a place by army


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v.
cause or suffer to lie in a fluid; absorb; drain; drink intemperately or gluttonously


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n.
material in the surface of the earth


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v. Syn. hypothesize; guess; ponder; consider
assume to be true without conclusive evidence; engage in buying or selling of a commodity for profit


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a.
occurring at irregular intervals; having no pattern or order in time


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v. Syn. stimulate; urge
urge a horse; incite or stimulate; ride quickly by spurring a horse; proceed in haste


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v. Syn. specify
specify or arrange in agreement; express demand in agreement; promise in agreement


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