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noun • the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century | ||||||||
| 53% | 8 | A statement that can be understood both literally and figuratively | ||||||
noun • A homonym. • A play on words, a pun. • Ambiguity or double meaning. | ||||||||
| 33% | 6 | Assimilate (literally and figuratively) | ||||||
noun • a periodical that summarizes the news • something that is compiled (as into a single book or file) verb • convert food into absorbable substances • arrange and integrate in the mind • put up with something or somebody unpleasant • become assimilated into the body • systematize, as by classifying and summarizing • soften or disintegrate, as by undergoing exposure to heat or moisture • make more concise • soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture | ||||||||
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