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  • 11Latin America, history of — Introduction       history of the region from the pre Columbian period and including colonization by the Spanish and Portuguese beginning in the 15th century, the 19th century wars of independence, and developments to the end of World War II.… …

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  • 12Hypnotism — • The nervous sleep, induced by artificial and external means, which has been made the subject of experiment and methodical study by men of science, physicians or physiologists Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Hypnotism     Hypn …

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  • 13cosmos — /koz meuhs, mohs/, n., pl. cosmos, cosmoses for 2, 4. 1. the world or universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious system. 2. a complete, orderly, harmonious system. 3. order; harmony. 4. any composite plant of the genus Cosmos, of tropical… …

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  • 14fleet — 1. noun /fliːt/ a) A group of vessels or vehicles. b) A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc. 2. verb /fliːt/ a) To pass over rapidly; to skim the surface of [Antony] Our severd… …

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  • 15Europe — /yoor euhp, yerr / for 1; /yoo roh pee, yeuh / for 2, n. 1. a continent in the W part of the landmass lying between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, separated from Asia by the Ural Mountains on the E and the Caucasus Mountains and the Black and… …

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  • 16Cultivator No. 6 — was the code name of a military trench digging machine developed by the British Royal Navy at the beginning of World War II. The machine was originally known as White Rabbit Number Six; this code name was never officially recognised, but it was… …

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  • 17slight — adj 1. small, little, tiny, Inf. teeny, smallish, diminutive; miniature, pocket sized, bantam, Inf. baby, Inf. baby sized, small scale; wee, Inf. dinky, puny, Inf. pint sized, short, Inf. half pint. 2. slender, slim, thin, light; delicate,… …

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  • 18skim over — verb 1. read superficially (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑skim • Derivationally related forms: ↑skim (for: ↑skim), ↑skimmer (for: ↑ …

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  • 19BIBLE — THE CANON, TEXT, AND EDITIONS canon general titles the canon the significance of the canon the process of canonization contents and titles of the books the tripartite canon …

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