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epidemic |
(of a disease) affecting many persons at the same time, and spreading from person to person in a locality where the disease is not permanently prevalent. |
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detach |
To unfasten and separate; disengage; disunite. |
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evidently |
obviously; apparently. |
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gaze |
To look steadily and intently, as with great curiosity, interest, pleasure, or wonder. |
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destiny |
the predetermined, usually inevitable or irresistible, course of events. |
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bleak |
without hope or encouragement; depressing; dreary |
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presume |
to take for granted, assume, or suppose |
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rebuff |
a blunt or abrupt rejection, as of a person making advances. |
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speedometer |
an instrument on an automobile or other vehicle for indicating therate of travel in miles or kilometers per hour. |
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centimeter |
one 100th of a meter, equivalent to 0.3937 inch. |
