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  • 61grassquit — /gras kwit , grahs /, n. any of several tiny finches, esp. of the genus Tiaris, of tropical America and the West Indies. [1840 50; GRASS + QUIT2] * * * …

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  • 62inadequacy — /in ad i kweuh see/, n., pl. inadequacies for 2. 1. Also, inadequateness /in ad i kwit nis/. the state or condition of being inadequate; insufficiency. 2. something inadequate; defect: The plan has many inadequacies. [1780 90; INADEQU(ATE) + ACY] …

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  • 63inadequate — inadequately, adv. /in ad i kwit/, adj. 1. not adequate or sufficient; inept or unsuitable. 2. Psychiatry. ineffectual in response to emotional, social, intellectual, and physical demands in the absence of any obvious mental or physical… …

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  • 64non liquet — /non luy kwit/, Law. (of evidence, a cause, etc.) it is not clear or evident. [1650 60; < L non liquet] * * * …

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  • 65Port Coquitlam — /koh kwit leuhm/ a city in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada, E of Vancouver. 27,535. * * * …

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  • 66torquate — /tawr kwit, kwayt/, adj. Zool. ringed about the neck, as with feathers or a color; collared. [1655 65; < L torquatus adorned with a necklace, equiv. to torqu(es) twisted neck chain + atus ATE1] * * * …

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  • 67Loucheux — • The would be Kuchin of some ethnologists, and the Tukudh of the Protestant missionaries; Richardson called them Quarrellers Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Loucheux     Loucheux …

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  • 68acquit — ac·quit /ə kwit/ vb ac·quit·ted, ac·quit·ting [Old French acquiter to pay off, absolve, acquit, from a , prefix marking causation + quite free (of an obligation)] vt: to discharge completely: as a: to release from liability for a debt or other&#8230; …

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  • 69acquittal — ac·quit·tal /ə kwit əl/ n 1: release or discharge from debt or other liability 2: a setting free or deliverance from the charge of an offense by verdict of a jury, judgment of a court, or other legal process see also implied acquittal; judgment&#8230; …

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  • 70non sequitur — I noun anacoluthon, bad logic, circular reasoning, contradiction of terms, disconnectedness, discontinuity, fallacious argument, fallacious reasoning, fallacy, false reasoning, flaw in the argument, illogical conclusion, illogical deduction,&#8230; …

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