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31interest — in·ter·est / in trəst; in tə rəst, ˌrest/ n [probably alteration of earlier interesse, from Anglo French, from Medieval Latin, from Latin, to be between, make a difference, concern, from inter between, among + esse to be] 1: a right, title, claim …
32balustrade — noun /ˌbæl.əˈstreɪd,ˈbæl.ə.streɪd/ A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building. The Jester sat down on one of the marble balustrades and… …
33earnest — 1. adjective /ˈɜː(ɹ)nɪst,ˈɜː(ɹ)nɛst/ a) Ardent in the pursuit of an object; eager to obtain or do; zealous with sincerity; with hearty endeavour; heartfelt; fervent; hearty; used in a good sense; as, earnest prayers …
34MOORHOUSE, James (1826-1915) — anglican bishop of Melbourne, and Manchester was born at Sheffield in 1826. His father, James Moorhouse, a lover of books and a deep thinker, was a manufacturer of cutlery, his mother, Frances Bowman, had great determination and force of… …
35Nature fakers controversy — Illustration from William J. Long s School of the Woods (1902), showing an otter teaching her young to swim The nature fakers controversy was an early 20th century American literary debate highlighting the conflict between science and sentiment… …
36industry — I (activity) noun adsiduitas, alacrity, application, ardor, assiduity, assiduousness, attention, bustle, busyness, constancy, determination, devotedness, devotion, diligence, diligentia, drive, dynamism, eagerness, earnestness, effort, employment …
37involvement — I (association) noun incrimination, inculpation II (complex) noun affiliation, complex, complexness, complication, complicity, dilemma, embroilment, engagement, engrossment, enmeshment, entailment, entanglement, implication, inextricability,… …
38observation — I noun advertence, advertency, annotation, ascertainment, assertion, attention, attentiveness, check, cognition, cognizance, comment, commentary, concentration, conclusion, consideration, declaration, detection, dictum, discovery, espial,… …
39preoccupation — I noun absorbed interest, absorption, abstraction, attentiveness, concentration, daydreaming, deep study, depth of thought, devotion, distraction, dreaminess, engrossment, enthrallment, fascination, fixation, fixed idea, idee fixe, immersion,… …
40regard — I (attention) noun advertence, advertency, alertness, application, attentiveness, care, concentration, concern, consideration, examination, heed, needfulness, intentness, interest, mindfulness, notice, observation, scrutiny, vigilance, watch,… …
