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7.10 gyrate<br />

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gyrate v. rotate, spin, revolve, turn (round or about), whirl, twirl,<br />

swirl, pirouette; swivel: The dancers were gyrating to the<br />

deafening music.<br />

8.0 H<br />

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8.1 habit...<br />

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habit n. 1 custom, routine, practice, convention, policy, pattern,<br />

usage, mode, rule, wont, praxis: Jogging every morning had<br />

become a habit. She is a creature of habit. 2 tendency,<br />

disposition, manner, practice, way, custom, inclination, bent,<br />

predisposition, second nature, frame of mind, attitude,<br />

penchant, propensity, proclivity; addiction, compulsion: This<br />

kettle has a habit of leaking. Try to control your bad habits.<br />

3 attire, clothing, dress, apparel, clothes, garb, costume,<br />

garments, vestments, uniform, raiment, livery, regalia,<br />

habiliment(s), Colloq gear: She was disguised in a monk's<br />

habit.<br />

habitable adj. liveable, inhabitable: With some effort, two rooms were<br />

made habitable.<br />

habitat n. abode, home, haunt, domain, range, territory, bailiwick,<br />

realm, terrain, element, environment, surroundings, Colloq<br />

stamping-ground: The winter habitat of the monarch butterfly is<br />

in northern Mexico. Curtis doesn't function well outside his<br />

natural habitat.<br />

habitual adj. 1 settled, fixed, customary, usual, conventional,<br />

accustomed, set, rooted, established, traditional, standard,<br />

routine, ritual, regular, normal, wonted, common, ordinary,<br />

natural: He follows his habitual practice of rising at dawn. 2<br />

inveterate, established, chronic, confirmed, hardened,

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