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a celebration of a two hundreth anniversary; happening once in a period of two hundred years or lasting two hundred years
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bicentennial
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a person who has lived to be one hundred years old
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centenarian
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a Roman officer commanding one hundred men; related to the military mind, especially as it favors military solutions for handling social problems
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centurion
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characterized by continuous loud and complaining voices; noisily complaining; insistent
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clamorous
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covering much in a few words; brief and to the point
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concise
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a condition of harmony or agreement; an alphabetical index indicating reference passages, as from a writer's works
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concordance
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of the heart; warm and friendly; amiable
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cordial
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(sounding) harsh or inharmonious; clashing
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discordant
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the systematic extermination of an ethnic group
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genocide
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keenly penetrating; cutting into
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incisive
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an official statement or announcement that informs or honors
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proclamation
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to claim again; to restore to former importance or usefulness
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reclaim
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the invocation of a divine blessing, as at the close of a religious service; a blessing or state of blessedness
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benediction
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a running or flowing together; a broad public hallway or walkway; a crowd or throng
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concourse
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occuring at the same time; meeting or acting together
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concurrent
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related to the physical body
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corporal
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very stout; fleshy and obese; fat
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corpulent
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the quality of being believable or trustworthy
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credibility
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the (naive) willingness to believe too easily without proof
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credulity
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done in a superficial or hasty manner
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cursory
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an authoritative saying or maxim
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dictum
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to form into one body or functioning unit; to combine several different things into a whole
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incorporate
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not believing; skeptical, or doubting
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incredulous
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characteristic of or very much like; suggestive
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indicative
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