| lozenge | (noun) a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet | Synonyms: pill, tab, tablet |
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| (noun) a small aromatic or medicated candy | - |
| luge | (noun) a racing sled for one or two people | - |
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| luggage | (noun) cases used to carry belongings when traveling | Synonyms: baggage |
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| lunge | (noun) the act of moving forward suddenly | Synonyms: lurch |
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| (noun) (fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward | Synonyms: passado, straight thrust |
| macrophage | (noun) a large phagocyte; some are fixed and other circulate in the blood stream | - |
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| mange | (noun) a persistent and contagious disease of the skin causing inflammation and itching and loss of hair; affects domestic animals (and sometimes people) | - |
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| marge | (noun) a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter | Synonyms: margarin, margarine, oleo, oleomargarine |
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| marriage | (noun) the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony | Synonyms: marriage ceremony, wedding |
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| (noun) two people who are married to each other | Synonyms: man and wife, married couple |
| (noun) the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce) | Synonyms: matrimony, spousal relationship, union, wedlock |
| (noun) a close and intimate union | - |
| massage | (noun) kneading and rubbing parts of the body to increase circulation and promote relaxation | - |
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| matrilineage | (noun) line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family | Synonyms: cognation, enation |
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| melange | (noun) a motley assortment of things | Synonyms: farrago, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag |
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| menage | (noun) a social unit living together | Synonyms: family, home, house, household |
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| message | (noun) content communicating a message; what something is about | Synonyms: content, subject matter, substance |
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| (noun) a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled | - |
| messuage | (noun) (law) a dwelling house and its adjacent buildings and the adjacent land used by the household | - |
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| metaknowledge | (noun) knowledge about knowledge | - |
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| metalanguage | (noun) a language that can be used to describe languages | - |
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| microphage | (noun) a neutrophil that ingests small things (as bacteria) | - |
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| midge | (noun) minute two-winged mosquito-like fly lacking biting mouthparts; appear in dancing swarms especially near water | - |
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| milage | (noun) distance measured in miles | Synonyms: mileage |
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| mileage | (noun) distance measured in miles | Synonyms: milage |
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| (noun) a travel allowance at a given rate per mile traveled | - |
| (noun) the ratio of the number of miles traveled to the number of gallons of gasoline burned | Synonyms: fuel consumption rate, gas mileage, gasoline mileage |
| minge | (noun) vulgar term for a woman's pubic hair or genitals | - |
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| mintage | (noun) act or process of minting coins | - |
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| (noun) coins collectively | Synonyms: coinage, metal money, specie |
| (noun) fee paid to a mint by the government for minting a coin | - |
| mirage | (noun) something illusory and unattainable | - |
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| (noun) an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects | - |
| miscarriage | (noun) a natural loss of the products of conception | Synonyms: spontaneous abortion, stillbirth |
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| (noun) failure of a plan | Synonyms: abortion |
| montage | (noun) a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image | Synonyms: collage |
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| moorage | (noun) the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes | Synonyms: dockage, docking, tying up |
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| (noun) a place where a craft can be made fast | Synonyms: berth, mooring, slip |
| (noun) a fee for mooring | - |
| mortgage | (noun) a conditional conveyance of property as security for the repayment of a loan | - |
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| mucilage | (noun) a gelatinous substance secreted by plants | - |
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| (noun) cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive | Synonyms: glue, gum |
| multistage | (noun) occurring in more than one stage | - |
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| muskellunge | (noun) large (60 to 80 pounds) sport fish of North America | Synonyms: Esox masquinongy |
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| (noun) flesh of very large North American pike; a game fish | - |
| mycophage | (noun) a person or animal who eats fungi (especially mushrooms) | Synonyms: mycophagist |
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| neglige | (noun) a loose dressing gown for women | Synonyms: housecoat, negligee, peignoir, wrapper |
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| nonage | (noun) any age prior to the legal age | Synonyms: minority |
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| nudge | (noun) a slight push or shake | Synonyms: jog |
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| nutsedge | (noun) a widely distributed perennial sedge having small edible nutlike tubers | Synonyms: Cyperus rotundus, nut grass, nut sedge, nutgrass |
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| offstage | (noun) a stage area out of sight of the audience | Synonyms: backstage, wing |
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| ohmage | (noun) the ohmic resistance of a conductor | - |
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| omnirange | (noun) a navigational system consisting of a network of radio beacons that provide aircraft with information about exact position and bearing | Synonyms: omnidirectional radio range, omnidirectional range |
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| orange | (noun) orange color or pigment; any of a range of colors between red and yellow | Synonyms: orangeness |
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| (noun) round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees | - |
| (noun) any citrus tree bearing oranges | Synonyms: orange tree |
| (noun) any pigment producing the orange color | - |
| orphanage | (noun) a public institution for the care of orphans | Synonyms: orphans' asylum |
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| (noun) the condition of being a child without living parents | Synonyms: orphanhood |
| outage | (noun) a temporary suspension of operation (as of computers) | - |
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| (noun) the amount of something (as whiskey or oil) lost in storage or transportation | - |
| outrage | (noun) the act of scandalizing | Synonyms: scandalisation, scandalization |
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| (noun) a wantonly cruel act | - |
| (noun) a disgraceful event | Synonyms: scandal |
| (noun) a feeling of righteous anger | Synonyms: indignation |
| overage | (noun) a surplus or excess of money or merchandise that is actually on hand and that exceeds expectations | - |
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| overcharge | (noun) a price that is too high | - |
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| package | (noun) a wrapped container | Synonyms: parcel |
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| (noun) (computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory | Synonyms: computer software, software, software package, software program, software system |
| (noun) a collection of things wrapped or boxed together | Synonyms: bundle, packet, parcel |
| page | (noun) one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains | - |
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| (noun) in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood | Synonyms: varlet |
| (noun) a youthful attendant at official functions or ceremonies such as legislative functions and weddings | - |
| (noun) a boy who is employed to run errands | Synonyms: pageboy |
| paralanguage | (noun) the use of manner of speaking to communicate particular meanings | Synonyms: paralinguistic communication |
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| parentage | (noun) the hereditary derivation of an individual | Synonyms: ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, pedigree, stemma, stock |
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| (noun) the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents | Synonyms: birth |
| (noun) the state of being a parent | Synonyms: parenthood |
| parsonage | (noun) an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector | Synonyms: rectory, vicarage |
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| partridge | (noun) small Old World gallinaceous game birds | - |
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| (noun) a popular North American game bird; named for its call | Synonyms: bobwhite, bobwhite quail |
| (noun) valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada | Synonyms: Bonasa umbellus, ruffed grouse |
| (noun) heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds | Synonyms: tinamou |
| (noun) flesh of either quail or grouse | - |
| passage | (noun) a journey usually by ship | Synonyms: transit |
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| (noun) the passing of a law by a legislative body | Synonyms: enactment |
| (noun) the act of passing something to another person | Synonyms: handing over |
| (noun) the act of passing from one state or place to the next | Synonyms: transition |
| (noun) a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another | Synonyms: passing |
| (noun) a way through or along which someone or something may pass | - |
| (noun) a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass | Synonyms: passageway |
| (noun) a section of text; particularly a section of medium length | - |
| (noun) a short section of a musical composition | Synonyms: musical passage |
| (noun) the motion of one object relative to another | Synonyms: passing |
| pasturage | (noun) bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle | Synonyms: eatage, forage, grass, pasture |
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| (noun) succulent herbaceous vegetation of pastureland | Synonyms: herbage |
| patrilineage | (noun) line of descent traced through the paternal side of the family | Synonyms: agnation |
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| patronage | (noun) the act of providing approval and support | Synonyms: backing, backup, championship |
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| (noun) (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support | - |
| (noun) the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers | Synonyms: trade |
| (noun) a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient | Synonyms: condescension, disdain |
| (noun) customers collectively | Synonyms: business, clientele |
| pavage | (noun) the act of applying paving materials to an area | Synonyms: paving |
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| (noun) a tax toward paving streets | - |
| peerage | (noun) the peers of a kingdom considered as a group | Synonyms: baronage |
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| pelage | (noun) growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal | Synonyms: coat |
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| peonage | (noun) the practice of making a debtor work for his creditor until the debt is discharged | - |
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| (noun) the condition of a peon | - |
| pepperidge | (noun) columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant color in early fall | Synonyms: black gum, Nyssa sylvatica, sour gum |
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| percentage | (noun) assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group | Synonyms: part, portion, share |
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| (noun) a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred); ten percent | Synonyms: pct, per centum, percent |
| persiflage | (noun) light teasing | - |
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| personage | (noun) another word for person; a person not meriting identification | - |
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| (noun) a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events | Synonyms: important person, influential person |
| petrissage | (noun) massage of the skin which is gently lifted and squeezed | - |
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| phage | (noun) a virus that is parasitic (reproduces itself) in bacteria | Synonyms: bacteriophage |
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| photomontage | (noun) a montage that uses photographic images | - |
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| pilferage | (noun) the act of stealing small amounts or small articles | - |
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| pilgrimage | (noun) a journey to a sacred place | Synonyms: pilgrim's journey |
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| pillage | (noun) the act of stealing valuable things from a place | Synonyms: pillaging, plundering |
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| (noun) goods or money obtained illegally | Synonyms: booty, dirty money, loot, plunder, prize, swag |
| pilotage | (noun) the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place | Synonyms: navigation, piloting |
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| (noun) the occupation of a pilot | Synonyms: piloting |
| pipage | (noun) a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc. | Synonyms: pipe, piping |
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| (noun) a fee charged for the use of pipes | - |
| plage | (noun) the beach at a seaside resort | - |
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| pledge | (noun) a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something | Synonyms: assurance |
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| (noun) a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event | Synonyms: toast |
| (noun) someone accepted for membership but not yet fully admitted to the group | - |
| (noun) a deposit of personal property as security for a debt | - |
| plumage | (noun) the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds | Synonyms: plume |
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| plunderage | (noun) the act of plundering (especially the embezzlement of goods on shipboard) | - |
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| plunge | (noun) a brief swim in water | Synonyms: dip |
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| (noun) a steep and rapid fall | - |
| pogge | (noun) northern Atlantic sea poacher | Synonyms: Agonus cataphractus, armed bullhead |
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| porridge | (noun) soft food made by boiling oatmeal or other meal or legumes in water or milk until thick | - |
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| portage | (noun) carrying boats and supplies overland | - |
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| (noun) overland track between navigable waterways | - |
| (noun) the cost of carrying or transporting | - |
| porterage | (noun) the transportation of burdens by porters | - |
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| (noun) the charge for carrying burdens by porters | - |
| postage | (noun) a small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that postal fees have been paid | Synonyms: postage stamp, stamp |
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| (noun) the charge for mailing something | - |
| potage | (noun) thick (often creamy) soup | Synonyms: pottage |
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| pottage | (noun) a stew of vegetables and (sometimes) meat | - |
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| (noun) thick (often creamy) soup | Synonyms: potage |
| poundage | (noun) placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law | Synonyms: impounding, impoundment, internment |
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| (noun) weight expressed in pounds | - |
| (noun) a fee charged for the recovery of impounded animals | - |
| (noun) a charge based on weight measured in pounds | - |
| presage | (noun) a sign of something about to happen | Synonyms: omen, portent, prodigy, prognostic, prognostication |
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| (noun) a foreboding about what is about to happen | - |
| prestige | (noun) a high standing achieved through success or influence or wealth etc. | Synonyms: prestigiousness |
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| privilege | (noun) a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right) | Synonyms: exclusive right, perquisite, prerogative |
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| (noun) (law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship | - |
| (noun) a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all | - |
| prolonge | (noun) a rope fitted with a hook and used for towing a gun carriage | - |
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| protege | (noun) a person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career | - |
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| pudge | (noun) a short fat person | - |
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| purge | (noun) an act of removing by cleansing; ridding of sediment or other undesired elements | Synonyms: purging |
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| (noun) the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge | Synonyms: purgation, purging |
| (noun) an abrupt or sudden removal of a person or group from an organization or place | - |
| quayage | (noun) a fee charged for the use of a wharf or quay | Synonyms: wharfage |
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| rage | (noun) an interest followed with exaggerated zeal | Synonyms: craze, cult, fad, furor, furore |
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| (noun) a feeling of intense anger | Synonyms: fury, madness |
| (noun) a state of extreme anger | - |
| (noun) violent state of the elements | - |
| (noun) something that is desired intensely | Synonyms: passion |
| rampage | (noun) violently angry and destructive behavior | Synonyms: violent disorder |
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| range | (noun) a place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds | - |
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| (noun) a kitchen appliance used for cooking food | Synonyms: cooking stove, kitchen range, kitchen stove, stove |
| (noun) an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: | Synonyms: ambit, compass, orbit, reach, scope |
| (noun) the limit of capability | Synonyms: compass, grasp, reach |
| (noun) a variety of different things or activities | - |
| (noun) (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined | Synonyms: image, range of a function |
| (noun) the limits within which something can be effective | Synonyms: reach |
| (noun) a large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze | - |
| (noun) a series of hills or mountains | Synonyms: chain, chain of mountains, mountain chain, mountain range, range of mountains |
| ravage | (noun) (usually plural) a destructive action | Synonyms: depredation |
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| refuge | (noun) act of turning to for assistance | Synonyms: recourse, resort |
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| (noun) a shelter from danger or hardship | Synonyms: asylum, sanctuary |
| (noun) something or someone turned to for assistance or security | Synonyms: recourse, resort |
| (noun) a safe place | Synonyms: safety |
| remarriage | (noun) the act of marrying again | - |
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| renege | (noun) the mistake of not following suit when able to do so | Synonyms: revoke |
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| repechage | (noun) a race (especially in rowing) in which runners-up in the eliminating heats compete for a place in the final race | - |
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| reportage | (noun) the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television | Synonyms: coverage, reporting |
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