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| to scatter widely, as in sowing seed |
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| the application of scientific principals to agriculture, especially to animal breeding |
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| independance; self-determination |
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| worldly; widely sophicated |
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| something that comes from another source |
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| a group of attendants or associates; a retinue |
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| intended for or understood by only a small group |
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| a clumsy social error; a faux pas |
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| characteristic peculiar to an indevidual or group |
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| adhering to the traditional and established, especially in religion |
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| one who has the power and position to rule over others; monarch |
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