abstemious
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(adjective) marked by restraint especially in the consumption of food or alcohol / (adjective) reflecting such restraint
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Leland gave up drink, fitting in with the abstemious Associates
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Leland gave up drink, fitting in with the abstemious Associates
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protean
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(adjective) of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms / (adjective) displaying great diversity or variety; versatile
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The “13 million horses × $100” calculation is the kind of disruption math that twenty-first-century start-ups use to persuade venture capitalists to sink millions into protean projects
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The “13 million horses × $100” calculation is the kind of disruption math that twenty-first-century start-ups use to persuade venture capitalists to sink millions into protean projects
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autochthonous
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(adjective) indigenous native / (adjective) formed or originating in the place where found
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his virulent prejudice must have been unusual or autochthonous. On the contrary: Racism was the foundation for California’s prosperity.
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his virulent prejudice must have been unusual or autochthonous. On the contrary: Racism was the foundation for California’s prosperity.
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pecuniary
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(adjective) consisting of or measured in money / (adjective) of or relating to money
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who had substantial pecuniary motivation
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who had substantial pecuniary motivation
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etiology
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(noun) cause, origin / (noun) the cause of a disease or abnormal condition / (noun) a branch of knowledge concerned with causes / (noun) a branch of medical science concerned with the causes and origins of diseases
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scholars Jenny Chan and Pun Ngai focus on disappointment and despair, rather than absolute immiseration, as etiologies
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scholars Jenny Chan and Pun Ngai focus on disappointment and despair, rather than absolute immiseration, as etiologies
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