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2 | 30% | 14 | English playwright and poet who is considered one of the greatest dramatists in English literature | |
3 | 26% | 13 | English author's cross — really cross — with university | |
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We think the answer is "TRAVERSE" which means:
- noun
- • A horizontal beam that extends across something
- • A horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it
- • Taking a zigzag path on skis
- • Travel across verb
- • Travel across or pass over
- • To cover or extend over an area or time period
- • Deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit adjective
- • Lying across; being in a direction across something else. adverb
- • Athwart; across; crosswise
An example sentence would be:
- • "We will need to traverse the mountain to reach the other side."
- • "He traversed the forest carefully, avoiding any potential dangers."
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