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This verb containing the edge of a page means to put a group in a powerless position in society
marginalize
To alter, &
loose coins in your pocket
change
Something no longer of importance is this type of academic reference "to history"
a footnote
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As a verb, it means to leak out slowly; as a noun, it's the mudlike sediment on the floor of oceans & lakes
ooze
Negative reply
N-O
The shiatsu variety applies pressure to areas of the body used in acupuncture
massage
To introduce opinion into what's supposed to be a factual account
editorialize
To attack with repeated blows, &
an untanned animal hide
pelt
This idiom originally meant a less prestigious vaudeville circuit; now it's anything unimportant
small time
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Something with a lot of oomph can be described as "high" this, a word associated with gasoline
octane
Chopping tool
A-X
From French, it describes an action taken all together
en masse
To brown a food with a high sugar content, such as carrots
caramelize
To glance over, &
the 7-letter body part you use to do it
to eyeball
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In "It's a Wonderful Life", Bailey Building & Loan is described with this contemptuous term from the poker table
penny ante
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It can mean not transparent to light or obscure in meaning
opaque
Domesticated bovine
O-X
Home to 7 million Americans, it's from an Algonquian word for "at the large hill"
Massachusetts
To absorb the values or attitudes of a group as one's own
internalize
To refute, &
a kitchen surface for food prep
a counter
Used by the military, unavoidable harm in the course of an action is called this "damage"
collateral
This simple acoustic interval is made up of 8 diatonic degrees
an octave
Jewish "So? Come on!"
N-U
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A satanic version of a Christian religious service, or a 2015 movie about criminal Whitey Bulger
black mass
To pass light through a filter to align its waves, or to split people into groups of opposing views
polarize
To set up a tent, &
a tarry substance used in roofing
pitch
This alliterative phrase for a negligible sum of money began as African-American slang
chump change
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Bones develop through a process called osteogenesis or this word with the same first 2 letters
ossification
Mystic mantra
O-M
Term for the total plant & animal life in a particular area
biomass