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January 12, 2015
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What does resident mean?

resident, occupant, occupier(noun)
someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there

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January 11, 2015
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What does doubtfulness mean?

doubt, uncertainty, incertitude, dubiety, doubtfulness, dubiousness(noun)
the state of being unsure of something

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January 10, 2015
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What does unnoticeableness mean?

unnoticeableness(noun)
the quality of being not easily noticed

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January 9, 2015
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What does happy mean?

happy(adj)
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure

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January 8, 2015
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What does extended mean?

drawn-out, extended, lengthy, prolonged, protracted(adj)
relatively long in duration; tediously protracted

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January 7, 2015
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What does outsource mean?

outsource(verb)
obtain goods or services from an outside supplier; to contract work out

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January 6, 2015
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What does dingy mean?

begrimed, dingy, grimy, grubby, grungy, raunchy(adj)
thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot

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