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  • 111Snarl — Snarl, v. t. [From {Snare}, v. t.] 1. To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots; as, to snarl a skein of thread. Her snarled hair. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To embarrass; to insnare. [1913 Webster] [The] question that they would have… …

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  • 112Twist — Twist, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twisted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Twisting}.] [OE. twisten, AS. twist a rope, as made of two (twisted) strands, fr. twi two; akin to D. twist a quarrel, dissension, G. zwist, Dan. & Sw. tvist, Icel. twistr the deuce in cards …

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  • 113Twisted — Twist Twist, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twisted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Twisting}.] [OE. twisten, AS. twist a rope, as made of two (twisted) strands, fr. twi two; akin to D. twist a quarrel, dissension, G. zwist, Dan. & Sw. tvist, Icel. twistr the deuce in… …

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  • 114Twisting — Twist Twist, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twisted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Twisting}.] [OE. twisten, AS. twist a rope, as made of two (twisted) strands, fr. twi two; akin to D. twist a quarrel, dissension, G. zwist, Dan. & Sw. tvist, Icel. twistr the deuce in… …

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  • 115embarrass — verb Etymology: French embarrasser, from Spanish embarazar, from Portuguese embaraçar, from em (from Latin in ) + baraça noose Date: 1672 transitive verb 1. a. to place in doubt, perplexity, or difficulties b. to involve in financial difficulties …

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  • 116perplex — transitive verb Etymology: obsolete perplex, adjective, involved, perplexed, from Latin perplexus, from per thoroughly + plexus involved, from past participle of plectere to braid, twine more at per , ply Date: 1593 1. to make unable to grasp… …

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  • 117unsurprisingly — adverb Date: 1950 1. as is not surprising < matters complicate, unsurprisingly Stanley Kauffmann > 2. in an unsurprising manner < the story ended unsurprisingly > …

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  • 118puzzle — I. verb (puzzled; puzzling) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1582 transitive verb 1. to offer or represent to (as a person) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve ; challenge mentally; also to exert (as oneself) over such …

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  • 119Albedo — The albedo of an object is the extent to which it diffusely reflects light from the sun. It is therefore a more specific form of the term reflectivity. Albedo is defined asthe ratio of diffusely reflected to incident electromagnetic radiation. It …

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