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  • 21nuisance value — noun the quality of an embarrassing situation he sensed the awkwardness of his proposal • Syn: ↑awkwardness • Derivationally related forms: ↑awkward (for: ↑awkwardness) • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 22stiffness — noun 1. the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend (Freq. 1) • Derivationally related forms: ↑stiff • Hypernyms: ↑inelasticity 2. the property of moving with pain or difficulty (Freq. 1) he awoke with a painful stiffness in his… …

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  • 23Inconvenience — In con*ven ience, n. [L. inconvenientia inconsistency: cf. OF. inconvenience.] [1913 Webster] 1. The quality or condition of being inconvenient; lack of convenience; unfitness; unsuitableness; inexpediency; awkwardness; as, the inconvenience of… …

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  • 24boorish — adjective Date: 1562 resembling or befitting a boor (as in crude insensitivity) • boorishly adverb • boorishness noun Synonyms: boorish, churlish, loutish, clownish mean uncouth in manners or appearance. boorish …

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  • 25George Orwell — Eric Blair redirects here. For the politician, see Eric Blair (Ontario politician). George Orwell Orwell s press card portrait, taken in 1933 Born Eric Arthur Blair 25 June 1903( …

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  • 26Nerd — For other uses, see Nerd (disambiguation). Nerd is a derogatory slang term for an intelligent but socially awkward and obsessive person who spends time on unpopular or obscure pursuits, to the exclusion of more mainstream activities.[1][2] Nerds… …

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  • 27Hospitality service — The concept of hospitality exchange, also known as accommodation sharing , hospitality services (short hospex ), and home stay networks , home hospitality ( hoho ), refers to centrally organized social networks of individuals, generally travelers …

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  • 28Paul Cornell — Infobox Writer name = Paul Cornell caption = Paul Cornell pseudonym = birthdate = birth date and age|1967|07|18 birthplace = occupation = writer, novelist nationality = British period = 1990 genre = science fiction notableworks = movement =… …

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  • 29Meg Griffin — This article is about the cartoon character. For the disc jockey, see Meg Griffin (radio personality). Meg Griffin Family Guy character Meg Griffin …

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  • 30New Foundations — In mathematical logic, New Foundations (NF) is an axiomatic set theory, conceived by Willard Van Orman Quine as a simplification of the theory of types of Principia Mathematica. Quine first proposed NF in a 1937 article titled New Foundations for …

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