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  • 21The Tell-Tale Heart — Infobox Book | name = The Tell Tale Heart title orig = translator = image caption = Illustration by Harry Clarke, 1919. author = Edgar Allan Poe country = United States language = English series = genre = Horror short story published in = The… …

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  • 22Johann Leonhard Hug — (June 1, 1765 in Konstanz March 11, 1846 in Freiburg im Breisgau), was a German Roman Catholic theologian.In 1783 he entered the university of Freiburg, where he became a pupil in the seminary for the training of priests, and soon distinguished… …

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  • 23Gaius Aculeo — was a Roman knight who married the sister of Helvia, the mother of Cicero. [Citation last = Smith first = William author link = William Smith (lexicographer) contribution = Aculeo, C. editor last = Smith editor first = William title = Dictionary… …

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  • 24subtle — subtleness, n. subtly, adv. /sut l/, adj., subtler, subtlest. 1. thin, tenuous, or rarefied, as a fluid or an odor. 2. fine or delicate in meaning or intent; difficult to perceive or understand: subtle irony. 3. delicate or faint and mysterious:… …

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  • 25English literature — Introduction       the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. The major literatures written in English outside the British Isles are… …

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  • 26acuity — noun Sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc. See Also: acute, acutance, acuteness, acuition …

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  • 28scearpnes — f ( se/ sa) sharpness; 1. referring to the sight; sharpness, acuteness, keen observation; 2. referring to the mind; sharpness, acuteness, keen observation; 3. roughness of surface; 4. tartness, acidity, pungency; 5. efficacy; 6. effrontery …

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  • 29acumen — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. discernment, shrewdness, penetration; intelligence.Ant., dullness, obtuseness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. keenness, insight, penetration, perspicacity, percipience, discernment, sharpness, acuteness,… …

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  • 30sensitivity — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Susceptibility] Syn. allergy, irritability, ticklishness; see irritation 1 . 2. [Emotional response or condition] Syn. delicacy, sensibility, sensitiveness, nervousness, acute awareness, consciousness, acuteness, subtlety,… …

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