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c a vi t y , c o n c a ve , e xc a va t e , c o dei n e , c u m u l a t e , c u m u l u s , a c c u m u l a te , ki rk, K yri e

( a b r i e f p e t i t i o n a n d r e s p o n se u s e d i n v a r i o u s l i t u r g i e s o f s e v e r a l C h r i st i a n c h u r c h e s ; a m u s i ca l s e t t i n g o f t he s a me ) ,

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t w o m o l d i n g s h a v i n g a n u n d u l a t i n g or S s h a p e d p r o f i l e , u se d e s p e ci a l l y i n c l a ss i c a l a r c h i t e ct u r e ) , a n d e n c ei n te ( p r e g n a n t ) . 1 T h e w o r d b a z aa r de s c e n d s f r o m t h e IE r o o t wes -3 w h i c h m e a n s t o buy.
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shops and stalls, a shop or a part of a store in which miscellaneous a r t i c l e s a r e s o l d or a f a i r o r s a le a t w h i c h m i s c e l la n e ou s a r t i c le s a r e s o l d , o f t e n f o r c h a ri t a b le p u r p o s e s . 3 I t s p a r o n y m s i n c l u de t h e w o r d s

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a c c u m u l a t i on w h i ch m e a n s t o g a t h e r o r p i l e u p ; a ma s s. 4 R e c a l l t ha t
t e r m b a z a ar re f e r s t o a sp e ci f i c k i n d o f M A RKET , t h a t i t s r o o t m e a n s t o

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buy and that its paronyms include words with specific references to m a r k e t c o n d i t i o n s , i n c l u d i n g st o c k ma r k e t s . N o t a b l y , i n t h e r e l a t i on t o t h e s t oc k m a r k e t , t h e t e r m ac c u m u l a t io n r e f e r s t o a sp e ci f i c p a t t e rn o f b u y i n g s t o c k s b y i n s t i t u t i o n a l i n v e s t or s : L a r g e i n v e s t o r s a n d f i n a n ci a l i n s t i t u t i o n s a re l i mi t e d i n t h e i r a b i li t y t o m o v e i n a n d o ut o f s e c u r i t i e s b e ca u s e t h e y d e a l w i t h l a r g e n u m b e r s o f s h a r e s t ha t w o u l d d r i v e t h e p r i c e o f a s e c u r i t y up i f o r d e r e d a l l a t on c e . I n o r d e r t o b u y t he i r i n t e n d e d n u mb e r o f s h a r e s, i n s t i t ut i o n a l i n ve s t o r s s p r e a d t he i r ac c u m u l a t i o n o f s h a r e s ov e r a p e r i o d o f t i me . 5

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