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  • 81fear — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Anticipation of misfortune Nouns 1. fear, fearfulness, phobia; timidity, timorousness, diffidence; solicitude, anxiety, worry, care, apprehension; apprehensiveness, misgiving, mistrust, doubt, suspicion …

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  • 82shake — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. vibrate, agitate, shiver, brandish, flourish, rock, sway, wave, rattle, jolt, worry, jar; unsettle, disillusion, impair, unnerve; tremble, quiver, quaver, quake, shudder, flutter, vibrate. See… …

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  • 83twitch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. jerk, writhe, shake, pull; tug, vellicate; pinch, squeeze; twinge. See traction, excitability, pain. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. jerk, tic, twinge, spasm; see fit 1 . v. 1. [To pluck] Syn. pull, tug,… …

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  • 84wobble — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. roll, rock, stagger, reel, lurch, yaw, sway; teeter, totter, flounder; hesitate, waver, quaver. See oscillation, agitation. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. shake, quaver, flounder, vacillate, tremble, quiver …

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  • 85Agitation — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Irregular motion. < N PARAG:Agitation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 agitation agitation stir tremor shake ripple jog jolt jar jerk shock succussion trepidation quiver …

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  • 86Roll — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Repeated and protracted sounds. < N PARAG:Roll >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 roll roll &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 drumming drumming &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 berloque berloque bombination rumbling Sgm: N 1 tattoo …

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  • 87crotchet — crotch|et [ˈkrɔtʃıt US ˈkra: ] n BrE a musical note which continues for a quarter of the length of a ↑semibreve American Equivalent: quarter note →↑minim, quaver ↑quaver …

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  • 88demisemiquaver — 1706; see DEMI (Cf. demi ) + SEMI (Cf. semi ) + QUAVER (Cf. quaver) …

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  • 89hemidemisemiquaver — 1848, from HEMI (Cf. hemi ) + DEMI (Cf. demi ) + SEMI (Cf. semi ) + QUAVER (Cf. quaver) (n.) …

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  • 90quiver — {{11}}quiver (n.) case for holding arrows, early 14c., from Anglo Fr. quiveir, O.Fr. quivre, probably from P.Gmc. *kukur container (Cf. O.H.G. kohhari, O.Fris. koker, O.E. cocur quiver ); said to be from the language of the Huns. {{12}}quiver… …

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