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  • 91spasm — Synonyms and related words: Jacksonian epilepsy, Rolandic epilepsy, abdominal epilepsy, abscess, access, ache, aching, acquired epilepsy, activated epilepsy, acute pain, ado, affect epilepsy, agitation, ague, akinetic epilepsy, amok, anemia,… …

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  • 92agitation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Violent motion Nouns 1. (quality of being agitated) agitation, stir, tremor, shake, ripple; trepidation, quiver, quaver, dance; flutter. Informal, sweat. 2. (result of agitation) perturbation, commotion …

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  • 93ague — a·gue || eɪgjuː n. malarial fever; chills, fit of shivering; chill …

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  • 94agues — a·gue || eɪgjuː n. malarial fever; chills, fit of shivering; chill …

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  • 95shake — verb (past shook; past participle shaken) 1》 tremble or vibrate or cause to do so.     ↘tremble uncontrollably with strong emotion. 2》 move forcefully or quickly up and down or to and fro.     ↘remove from something by shaking.     ↘brandish in… …

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  • 96the shakes — informal a fit of trembling or shivering. → shake …

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  • 97ague — /ˈeɪgju / (say aygyooh) noun 1. Pathology a malarial fever characterised by regularly returning paroxysms, marked by successive cold, hot, and sweating fits. 2. a fit of shaking or shivering as if with cold; a chill. {Middle English, from Old… …

  • 98shake — ► VERB (past shook; past part. shaken) 1) move quickly and jerkily up and down or to and fro. 2) tremble uncontrollably with strong emotion. 3) make a threatening gesture with: he shook his fist. 4) remove or dislodge by shaking. 5) shock or… …

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  • 99ague — [ā′gyo͞o΄] n. [ME < OFr ague < ML ( febris) acuta, violent (fever): see ACUTE] 1. a fever, usually malarial, marked by regularly recurring chills 2. a chill; fit of shivering aguish [ā′gyo͞o ish] adj …

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  • 100shiver — shiver1 [shiv′ər] n. [ME schievere, freq. formation < base of SHIVE] a fragment or splinter of something broken, as glass vt., vi. [ME schiveren] to break into many fragments or splinters; shatter shiver2 [shiv′ər] vi. [ME sheveren, altered… …

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