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  • 121Parables — • A comparison, or a parallel, by which one thing is used to illustrate another. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Parables     Parables      …

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  • 122Lam Ching-ying — This is a Chinese name; the family name is Lam. Lam Ching Ying Lam Ching Ying Chinese name 林正英 Pinyin Lín Zhèngyĩng (Mandarin) …

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  • 124extravagant — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. profuse, prodigal, lavish, excessive, extreme; wasteful, profligate, rampant, wild; bombastic, fantastic; high, exorbitant, unreasonable; unreal, flighty, visionary, absurd, fanciful, grotesque. See …

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  • 125lavish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. prodigal, profuse, bountiful, liberal. v. t. give liberally; squander. See liberality. Ant., stingy, ungenerous. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. profuse, generous, unstinted, unsparing, plentiful,… …

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  • 126profuse — profuse; lavish, prodigal, luxuriant, lush, exuberant carry as their basic meaning giving out or given out in great abundance. What is profuse seems to pour or be poured forth in abundance, without restraint, or in a stream {profuse apologies}… …

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  • 127spendthrift — spendthrift, prodigal, profligate, waster, wastrel are comparable when they denote a person who dissipates his resources foolishly and wastefully. All are more or less pejorative terms but they may differ significantly in emphasis and application …

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  • 128Wole Soyinka — Born 13 July 1934 (1934 07 13) (age 77) Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria Occupation Author, Poet …

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