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OLIVIA S. (United States of America)
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  1. kohlrabi
    plant cultivated for its enlarged fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem
  2. camaraderie
    the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability
  3. nomad
    a member of a people who have no permanent home
  4. metier
    an occupation for which you are especially well suited
  5. bureaucracy
    a government administered primarily by nonelective officials
  6. atrabilious
    irritable as if suffering from indigestion
  7. decorum
    propriety in manners and conduct
  8. belligerent
    characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
  9. kawaka
    New Zealand timber tree resembling the cypress
  10. jamboree
    a festive party or celebration
  11. geriatric
    of or relating to the aged
  12. dubious
    fraught with uncertainty or doubt
  13. kenaf
    valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation
  14. kaleidoscope
    an optical toy in a tube
  15. juxtaposition
    the act of positioning close together
  16. haloalkane
    organic compound in which halogen atoms have been substituted for hydrogen atoms in an alkane
  17. Holarrhena
    genus of deciduous trees and shrubs of tropical Africa and Asia
  18. happy-go-lucky
    cheerfully irresponsible
  19. juxtaposition
    the act of positioning close together
  20. Labanotation
    a system of notation for dance movements that uses symbols to represent points on a dancer's body and the direction of the dancer's movement and the tempo and the dynamics
  21. ribosome
    a particle in a cell that helps synthesize proteins
Created on Mon Jan 13 09:52:59 EST 2014 (updated Wed Jun 04 10:01:13 EDT 2014)

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