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  • 91intensity — 1. Marked tension; great activity; often used simply to denote a measure of the degree or amount of some quality. 2. The magnitude of energy flux, field strength, or force. [L. in tendo, pp. tensus, to stretch out] …

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  • 92super- — aff. a prefix occurring orig. in loanwords from Latin, with the basic meaning “above, beyond.” Words formed with super have the following general senses: “to place or be placed above or over” (superimpose), “a thing placed over another”… …

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  • 93great — /greɪt / (say grayt) adjective 1. unusually or comparatively large in size or dimensions: a great house; a great lake; a great fire. 2. large in number; numerous: a great many. 3. unusual or considerable in degree: great pain. 4. notable or… …

  • 94intensity — /ɪnˈtɛnsəti / (say in tensuhtee) noun (plural intensities) 1. the quality or condition of being intense. 2. great energy, strength, vehemence, etc., as of activity, thought, or feeling. 3. high or extreme degree, as of cold. 4. the degree or… …

  • 95very — adv. & adj. adv. 1 in a high degree (did it very easily; had a very bad cough; am very much better). 2 in the fullest sense (foll. by own or superl. adj.: at the very latest; do your very best; my very own room). adj. 1 real, true, actual; truly… …

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  • 96all that — I. noun : everything of or related to the kind specified one last fling and he would put all that behind him believed in the stiff upper lip and all that II. phrasal 1. a. : everything of the kind indicated tact …

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  • 97in|ten|si|ty — «ihn TEHN suh tee», noun, plural ties. 1. the quality of being intense; great strength: »the intensity of sunlight. They feel they have reached an identical point of intensity (New Yorker). 2. extreme degree; great vigor; violence: »intensity of… …

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  • 98Severities — Severity Se*ver i*ty, n.; pl. {Severities}. [L. severitas: cf. F. s[ e]v[ e]rit[ e].] The quality or state of being severe. Specifically: [1913 Webster] (a) Gravity or austerity; extreme strictness; rigor; harshness; as, the severity of a… …

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  • 99Severity — Se*ver i*ty, n.; pl. {Severities}. [L. severitas: cf. F. s[ e]v[ e]rit[ e].] The quality or state of being severe. Specifically: [1913 Webster] (a) Gravity or austerity; extreme strictness; rigor; harshness; as, the severity of a reprimand or a… …

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  • 100stiff — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English stif, from Old English stīf; akin to Middle Dutch stijf stiff, Latin stipare to press together, Greek steibein to tread on Date: before 12th century 1. a. not easily bent ; rigid < a stiff collar > b …

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