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  • 71indistinctive — indistinctively, adv. indistinctiveness, n. /in di stingk tiv/, adj. 1. without distinctive characteristics. 2. incapable of or not making a distinction; undiscriminating. [1840 50; IN 3 + DISTINCTIVE] * * * …

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  • 72kitsch — kitschy, adj. /kich/, n. something of tawdry design, appearance, or content created to appeal to popular or undiscriminating taste. [1925 30; < G, deriv. of kitschen to throw together (a work of art)] * * * …

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  • 73New Zealand — New Zealander. /zee leuhnd/ a country in the S Pacific, SE of Australia, consisting of North Island, South Island, and adjacent small islands: a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 3,587,275; 103,416 sq. mi. (267,845 sq. km). Cap.: Wellington …

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  • 74particular — /peuhr tik yeuh leuhr, peuh tik /, adj. 1. of or pertaining to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general: one s particular interests in books. 2. immediately&#8230; …

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  • 75uncritical — uncritically, adv. /un krit i keuhl/, adj. 1. not inclined or able to judge, esp. by the application of comparative standards: an uncritical reader. 2. undiscriminating; not applying or not guided by the standards of analysis: an uncritical&#8230; …

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  • 76wholesale — wholesaler, n. /hohl sayl /, n., adj., adv., v., wholesaled, wholesaling. n. 1. the sale of goods in quantity, as to retailers or jobbers, for resale (opposed to retail). adj. 2. of, pertaining to, or engaged in sale by wholesale. 3. extensive;&#8230; …

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  • 77ion-exchange reaction — ▪ chemical reaction Introduction       any of a class of chemical reactions between two substances (each consisting of positively and negatively charged species called ions (ion)) that involves an exchange of one or more ionic components.&#8230; …

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  • 78Kayseri rug —       floor covering handwoven in or around the city of Kayseri in central Turkey. The best known rugs from this district are those produced in the 20th century, largely for sale to tourists and undiscriminating collectors.       Free imitations&#8230; …

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  • 79Kuprin, Aleksandr Ivanovich — ▪ Russian author born Sept. 7 [Aug. 26, old style], 1870, Narovchat, Russia died Aug. 25, 1938, Leningrad  Russian novelist and short story writer, one of the last exponents of the great tradition of Russian critical realism.       Educated in&#8230; …

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  • 80Alexander V — • Pietro Philarghi, born c. 1339, on the island of Crete (Candia), whence his appellation, Peter of Candia; elected 26 June, 1409; died at Bologna, 3 May, 1410 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Alexander V     …

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