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  • 31giddy — giddy, dizzy, vertiginous, swimming, dazzled are comparable when meaning affected by or producing a sensation of being whirled about or around and consequently confused. Giddy and dizzy are often used interchangeably with one another but giddy is …

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  • 32dizzy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. giddy, light headed; slang, silly, mixed up, flighty. See insanity. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Having a whirling or spinning sensation] Syn. confused, lightheaded, giddy, bemused, staggering,… …

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  • 33giddy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. frivolous, irresponsible; dizzy, flighty, capricious. See insanity, folly. Ant., serious, staid. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Fickle] Syn. unsettled, capricious, inconstant; see changeable 1 . 2.… …

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  • 34vestibular hallucination —    Also referred to as vestibular aura, vestibular illusion, and vertiginous hallucination. The term vestibular hallucination refers to the vestibular organ, a term which is indebted to the Latin noun vestibulum (forecourt, entrance hall). It is… …

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  • 35Reynold Tharp — (b. June 17, 1973) is an American composer of contemporary classical music. His music reflects a fascination with transitory physical aspects of sound, such as resonance and decay.Tharp was born in Indiana, and studied music composition and… …

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  • 36Donray — Not to be confused with Nautical painter Don Ray. Donray Artist Donray in January, 2009 Born July 29, 1945 (1945 07 29) (age 66) …

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  • 37Vertigo — Aside from being the name of a classic 1958 Alfred Hitchcock film (with Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak), vertigo is a feeling that you are dizzily turning around or that things are dizzily turning about you. Vertigo is usually due to a problem with… …

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  • 38height — n. 1) to attain, reach a height 2) to clear; scale a height 3) a dizzy, precipitous, vertiginous height; dizzying heights 4) a height above; below (at a height of two hundred feet above sea level) 5) at a height (at the height of one s success;… …

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  • 39ver|tig´i|nous|ness — ver|tig|i|nous «vur TIHJ uh nuhs», adjective. 1. whirling; rotary; revolving: »the vertiginous action of a gyroscope. 2. affected with or suffering from vertigo; dizzy: »At the edge of the cliff she grew vertiginous and hastily retreated. 3. of… …

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  • 40ver|tig´i|nous|ly — ver|tig|i|nous «vur TIHJ uh nuhs», adjective. 1. whirling; rotary; revolving: »the vertiginous action of a gyroscope. 2. affected with or suffering from vertigo; dizzy: »At the edge of the cliff she grew vertiginous and hastily retreated. 3. of… …

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