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  • 41rueful — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. sorrowful, regretful, doleful; pitiable, deplorable, pathetic. See dejection, pain, regret. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Penitent] Syn. contrite, remorseful, regretful; see ashamed , sorry 1 . 2.… …

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  • 42glum — adjective Gary sure looks glum today Syn: gloomy, downcast, downhearted, dejected, despondent, crestfallen, disheartened; depressed, desolate, unhappy, doleful, melancholy, miserable, woebegone, mournful, forlorn, in the doldrums, morose; i …

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  • 43Dejection — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Dejection >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 dejection dejection Sgm: N 1 dejectedness dejectedness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 depression depression prosternation| Sgm: N 1 lowness of spirits lowness of spirits depression of… …

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  • 44Desire — De*sire , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Desired}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Desiring}.] [F. d[ e]sirer, L. desiderare, origin uncertain, perh. fr. de + sidus star, constellation, and hence orig., to turn the eyes from the stars. Cf. {Consider}, and {Desiderate},… …

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  • 45Desired — Desire De*sire , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Desired}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Desiring}.] [F. d[ e]sirer, L. desiderare, origin uncertain, perh. fr. de + sidus star, constellation, and hence orig., to turn the eyes from the stars. Cf. {Consider}, and… …

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  • 46Desiring — Desire De*sire , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Desired}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Desiring}.] [F. d[ e]sirer, L. desiderare, origin uncertain, perh. fr. de + sidus star, constellation, and hence orig., to turn the eyes from the stars. Cf. {Consider}, and… …

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  • 47Music of Lithuania — Soviet postage stamp depicting traditional Lithuanian musical instruments: kanklės, skudučiai, bagpipe, trumpet and horn Lithuania has a long history of folk, popular and classical musical development. Contents …

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  • 48Yarrabah, Queensland — Yarrabah (coord|16|54|34|S|145|52|13|E|region:AU QLD type:city|display=title,inline) is an independent Aboriginal community situated approximately 7 km southeast from Cairns CBD on Cape Grafton. Separated by the Murray Prior Range. While it is… …

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  • 49Patience (opera) — Patience, or Bunthorne s Bride , is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. First performed at the Opera Comique, London, on April 23 1881, it moved to the 1,292 seat Savoy Theatre on October 10… …

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  • 50Daina (Lithuania) — Daina redirects here. For other uses, see Daina (disambiguation). Folklore band Kulgrinda performing dainas and dancing Daina is the traditional name of vocal folk music in the Baltic languages, and is preserved in Lithuania and Latvia.… …

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