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Open City Glossary

Cordoned

Sealed off

Insemination

Process of putting sperm into a female body

Fervent

Passionate

Emeritus

A retired person who is still able to use his or her previous title

Jostled

Bumped into

Erstwhile

Former

Incessant

Constantly

Eccentricity

Strangeness

Contrail

Trail of white condensed water in the air

Subliminally

Unconsciously

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