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ancestors
forebears:
ancestors, forefathers
Ex.
Soft radios have several advantages over theirhardwired forebears .
Both my life and my forebears ' seem fairlysteeped in tea.
Though they are cave visitors, not dwellers, theydraw upon the same reservoirs of fearlessnessthat served ancient forebears .
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an (illicit) lover
paramour:
1.an illicit lover, especially of a married person.
2.any lover.
Ex.
She is unhurt and soon shows her paramour how near he came to being blown to bits.
And none but thou shalt be my paramour .
While under the influence of alcohol, he punchedin the window of his paramour 's car.
Onlookers watch as Michael switches on hisdigital paramour .
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someone who intrudes
interloper:
1.a person who interferes or meddles in the affairs of others: Hewas an athiest who felt like an interloper in this religious gathering.
2.a person who intrudes into a region, field, or trade without aproper license.
Ex.
She continued to protest their entry as theysearched each room for the possible interloper .
The blue galaxy is disrupted and has new starformation which strongly suggests it is theinterloper .
Betty's scheming co-workers resent her in thesame way immigration demagogues do: she's aninterloper .
That's a security guard moving in at right tointercept the interloper .
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to walk easily and non-chalantly
sashay
verb
to glide, move, or proceed easily or nonchalantly: She justsashayed in as if she owned the place.
Ex.
For after-dark drama, sashay your way to atango club.
He had the gay lisp, the limp hand, and the sashay of a gay guy.
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pertaining to very low temperatures
cryogenic:
of or pertaining to the production or use of very lowtemperatures: cryogenic storage.
Ex.
Unfortunately, the ship crash lands on the planet, leaving its meager crew to search for a suitable home for the colonists (what's left of them) who wait it out in cryogenic freeze.
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