20100310

Sam Fong (China (Macao S.A.R.))
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  1. fiscal
    involving financial matters
  2. surplus
    a quantity much larger than is needed
  3. reinforce
    strengthen and support
  4. compile
    get or gather together
  5. essay
    an analytic or interpretive literary composition
  6. dean
    an administrator at a university or college
  7. adopt
    take into one's family
  8. dominant
    most frequent or common
  9. mindset
    an attitude determining how you will respond to situations
  10. sovereign
    a nation's ruler usually by hereditary right
  11. wealth
    property that has economic value
  12. steadily
    at a continuous rate or pace
  13. tackle
    seize and throw down an opponent player carrying the ball
  14. breakthrough
    the act of making an important discovery
  15. inauguration
    the ceremonial induction into a position
  16. scholar
    a learned person
  17. outline
    the line that appears to bound an object
  18. as such
    with respect to its inherent nature
  19. in and of itself
    with respect to its inherent nature
  20. intrinsically
    with respect to its inherent nature
  21. consensus
    agreement in the judgment reached by a group as a whole
  22. prosperity
    the condition of having good fortune
  23. durable
    existing for a long time
  24. vitality
    the property of being able to survive and grow
  25. horizon
    the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
  26. mentally
    in your mind
  27. handicapped
    incapable of functioning as a consequence of injury or illness
  28. elderly
    very old or advanced in years
  29. envisage
    form a mental image of something that is not present
Created on Tue Mar 09 21:18:05 EST 2010 (updated Wed Mar 10 07:28:41 EST 2010)

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