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  • 91rigid — adjective 1 rigid methods, systems etc are very strict and difficult to change: Betty s finding it hard to keep to the school s rigid rules. | the rigid discipline of army life 2 someone who is rigid is very unwilling to change their ideas: He s… …

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  • 92stick to — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms stick to : present tense I/you/we/they stick to he/she/it sticks to present participle sticking to past tense stuck to past participle stuck to 1) stick to something to do something that you promised or… …

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  • 93lockstep — lock•step [[t]ˈlɒkˌstɛp[/t]] n. 1) a way of marching in very close file, in which the leg of each person moves with and closely behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead 2) cvb a rigidly inflexible pattern or process 3) cvb rigidly… …

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  • 94severe — se•vere [[t]səˈvɪər[/t]] adj. ver•er, ver•est 1) harsh; unnecessarily extreme: severe criticism[/ex] 2) serious or stern in manner or appearance 3) grave; critical: a severe illness[/ex] 4) rigidly restrained in style, taste, etc.; plain; austere …

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  • 95rigorous — /ˈrɪgərəs/ (say riguhruhs) adjective 1. characterised by rigour; rigidly severe or harsh, as persons, rules, discipline, etc.: rigorous laws. 2. severely exact or rigidly accurate: rigorous accuracy. 3. severe or sharp, as weather or climate.… …

  • 96severe — /səˈvɪə / (say suh vear) adjective (severer, severest) 1. harsh; harshly extreme: severe criticism; severe laws. 2. serious; stern: a severe face. 3. grave: a severe illness. 4. rigidly restrained in style or taste; simple; plain. 5. causing… …

  • 97Dumpy level — noun a surveyor s level having a short telescope fixed to a horizontally rotating table and a spirit level • Hypernyms: ↑surveyor s level * * * noun Etymology: dumpy (II) : a surveyor s level with a short usually inverting telescope that is… …

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  • 98hard-and-fast — adjective (of rules) stringently enforced hard and fast rules • Syn: ↑strict • Similar to: ↑invariable • Derivationally related forms: ↑strictness (for: ↑ …

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  • 99verkramp — /fər krampˈ/ adjective (used predicatively) in South Africa, narrow minded, illiberal and rigidly conservative in attitude, esp towards black people and people of mixed race ORIGIN: Afrik, restricted • • • verkrampte / kram(p)ˈtə/ adjective (used …

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  • 100ART — This article is arranged according to the following outline: Antiquity to 1800 INTRODUCTION: JEWISH ATTITUDE TO ART biblical period the sanctuary and first temple period second temple period after the fall of jerusalem relation to early christian …

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