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  • 31Château de Maintenon — The château today seen from the south, with the cour d honneur between the west and east wings The Château de Maintenon is a château situated in the Eure et Loir region of France. It is best known as being the private residence of the second… …

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  • 32jeopardy — Synonyms and related words: accident, breakers ahead, cardhouse, cause for alarm, chance, compromise, crisis, danger, dangerous ground, emergency, endangerment, exposure, gaping chasm, gathering clouds, hap, hazard, house of cards, imperil,… …

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  • 33fortune — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fate, lot, destiny; chance, luck; wealth, possessions, property; money. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Chance] Syn. luck, fate, lot; see chance 1 , destiny 1 . 2. [Great riches] Syn. wealth, prosperity,… …

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  • 34luck — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. chance, [good] fortune. See prosperity, destiny. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Good fortune] Syn. good luck, prosperity, weal, wealth, favorable issue, fluke, master stroke, run of luck, piece of luck,… …

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  • 35fortuitousness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality shared by random, unintended, or unpredictable events or this quality regarded as the cause of such events: chance, fortuity, fortune, hap, hazard, luck. See CERTAIN …

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  • 36accident — n. 1. Casualty, chance, fortuity, mischance, misadventure, calamity, mishap, miscarriage, misfortune, hap, hazard, contingency, unforeseen or fortuitous event. See contretemps. 2. Property, quality, modification, affection, mode, condition, state …

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  • 37slap-dash — ad. (Colloq.) In a hurry, in a hurry, skurry, without forethought, at hap hazard, at random …

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  • 38fortune — *chance, accident, luck, hap, hazard Analogous words: *fate, destiny, lot, portion, doom: Opportunity, occasion, break, time Contrasted words: *misfortune, mischance, adversity, mishap: design, intent, *intention …

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  • 39mishap — 1 *misfortune, mischance, adversity 2 *accident, casualty Analogous words: *misfortune, mischance: *disaster, calamity: *chance, fortune, hap, hazard …

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  • 40accident — n 1. misfortune, mishap, misadventure, miscarriage, mischance, casualty; adversity, affliction, hurt, ruin, undoing, downfall, collapse; blow, nasty or staggering blow; disaster, tragedy, catastrophe, calamity, cataclysm; wreck, crash, collision …

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