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  • 71tortuous — Synonyms and related words: Gongoresque, Johnsonian, affected, ambagious, ambiguous, anamorphous, anfractuous, askew, asymmetric, bedizened, bent, big sounding, billowing, billowy, bowed, circuitous, circumlocutory, cockeyed, complicated,… …

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  • 72GM Vortec engine — Vortec is a trademarked name for a line of piston engines for General Motors trucks. The name first appeared in 1986 on a 4.3 L V6 but is now used on a wide range of different engines. Modern Vortec engines are named for their approximate… …

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  • 73pompous — a. 1. Showy, ostentatious, stately, lofty, grand, majestic, magnificent, superb, splendid, august, magisterial, dignified. 2. Swelling, inflated, bombastic, turgid, pretentious, stilted, boastful, grandiloquent, high flowing, high sounding, high… …

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  • 74magniloquent — a. Grandiloquent, tumid, bombastic, inflated, swelling, declamatory, turgid, pompous, stilted, high flowing, high flown …

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  • 75stilted — a. Pompous, swelling, inflated, bombastic, turgid, pretentious, grandiloquent, high flowing, high sounding, fustian, stilty, tumid, highflown, grandiose …

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  • 76swelling — I. a. Bombastic, pompous, turgid, inflated, tumid, stilted, grandiloquent, pretentious, high flowing, high sounding, rhetorical, declamatory, grandiose. II. n. 1. Swell. 2. Protuberance, bump, prominence, rise …

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  • 77river — river1 riverless, adj. riverlike, adj. /riv euhr/, n. 1. a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels. 2. a similar stream of something other than water: a… …

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  • 78Earth Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Geology and Geochemistry       The theme of the 33rd International Geological Congress, which was held in Norway in August 2008, was “Earth System Science: Foundation for Sustainable Development.” It was attended by nearly… …

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  • 79India — /in dee euh/, n. 1. Hindi, Bharat. a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950.… …

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  • 80cave — cavelike, adj. /kayv/, n., v., caved, caving. n. 1. a hollow in the earth, esp. one opening more or less horizontally into a hill, mountain, etc. 2. a storage cellar, esp. for wine. 3. Eng. Hist. a secession, or a group of seceders, from a… …

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