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91Samhain — /sah win/, n. a festival of the ancient Celts, held around November 1 to celebrate the beginning of winter. Also, Samain, samh in /sah win/. [1885 90; < Ir; OIr samain] * * * ▪ Celtic festival also spelled Samain (Celtic: “End of… …
92aleatory — ale·a·to·ry / ā lē ə ˌtōr ē/ adj [Latin aleatorius of a gambler, from aleator gambler, dice player, from alea, a dice game]: depending on an uncertain event or contingency as to both profit and loss the aleatory nature of a lawyer s contingency… …
93insecure — in·se·cure adj: having a good faith belief that the prospect of receiving payment or performance from a party with whom one has contracted is impaired in·se·cu·ri·ty n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
94critical — Synonyms and related words: Herculean, abstruse, accurate, acute, alarming, allegorizing, annotative, appreciative, arduous, attentive, bad, basic, belittling, brutal, captious, carping, caviling, censorious, charged, choicy, choosy, clamorous,… …
95catch — vb 1 Catch, capture, trap, snare, entrap, ensnare, bag are comparable when meaning to get into one s possession or under one s control either by taking or seizing or by means of skill, craft, or trickery. Catch, the ordinary and general term of… …
96risky — [adj] dangerous chancy, delicate, dicey*, endangered, fraught with danger*, going for broke*, hairy*, hanging by a thread*, hazardous, iffy*, insecure, jeopardous, long shot*, not a prayer*, off the deep end*, on slippery ground*, on the spot*,… …
97touch-and-go — adjective fraught with danger dangerous waters a parlous journey on stormy seas a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat the precarious life of an undersea diver dangerous surgery followed by a touch and go recovery • Syn: ↑parlous,… …
98Five themes of geography — The five themes of geography is an American educational framework for teaching geography, adopted by the National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE) and the Association of American Geographers (AAG) in their Joint Committee on Geographic… …
99UNITED STATES: The Oregon Trail Revisited — ▪ 1994 “Westward Ho!” went out the cry from the wagon master, and some 120 wagons began their creaking 3,200 km (2,000 mi) journey to the great uncharted “Oregon Country,” a stretch of territory then controlled by Britain. The year was 1843 …
100dicey — adjective /daɪsi/ a) fraught with danger b) of uncertain, risky outcome …
