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March 10, 2015
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What does ghost mean?

ghost, shade, spook, wraith, specter, spectre(noun)
a mental representation of some haunting experience

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March 9, 2015
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What does unitisation mean?

unitization, unitisation, chunking(noun)
(psychology) the configuration of smaller units of information into large coordinated units

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March 8, 2015
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What does apotheosize mean?

apotheosize, apotheosise, apotheose(verb)
deify or glorify

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March 7, 2015
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What does populate mean?

populate, dwell, live, inhabit(verb)
inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of

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March 6, 2015
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What does moustache cup mean?

mustache cup, moustache cup(noun)
a drinking cup with a bar inside the rim to keep a man's mustache out of the drink

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March 5, 2015
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What does Propene mean?

propylene, propene(noun)
a flammable gas obtained by cracking petroleum; used in organic synthesis

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March 4, 2015
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What does Harbinger mean?

harbinger, forerunner, predecessor, herald, precursor(verb)
something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone

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