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1. A large group of islands 2. A body of water containing a large number or islands |
Archipelago |
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1. To rush headlong, often with a swerving or lurching motion 2. To cause to lean or tip to one side as a ship |
Careen |
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Showing an offhand or carefree disregard; arrogant |
Cavalier |
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Sharing a boundary; being very close or in contact; adjacent |
Contiguous |
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To connect related things; to being things into proper relation with one another |
Correlate/ Correlation |
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1. This history of a word 2. The science that studies such histories |
Etymology |
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Widly excited; frantic |
Frenetic |
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Relating to motion |
Kinetic |
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To foretell; to warn or indicate in advance |
Presage |
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1. To crush or grind into dust or powder 2. To demolish |
Pulverize |
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Difficult to understand; abstruse |
Recondite |
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1. To repel; to drive back 2. To reject in a cool or distant manner 3. To disgust |
Repulse |
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1. Caused by or having to do with earthquakes 2. Having powerful and widespread effects |
Seismic |
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1. To form or move in waves 2. To have a wavelike appearance or motion |
Undulate/Undulation |
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1. A radical or violent change 2. A forceful lifting or wraping from beneath |
Upheaval |