Sceptic Close To Army Blocks Top Officers Rise Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 14, 2023

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	noun • someone who is critical of the motives of others • a member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who advocated the doctrine that virtue is the only good and that the essence of virtue is self-control
	46%	7		Sceptic
	noun • someone who eats food rapidly and greedily • someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision
	26%	8		Army officers
	noun • a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general

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