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• anonymous
1: severe snowstorm
• blizzard
2: short section of text, film, piece of music etc
• dilemma
3: military group made up of members of the civilian population
• disclose
4: (adjective for) piece of writing, music etc whose author is unknown
• distant
5: someone who loves their country and is willing to suffer or die for it
• document
6: unreal situation, imagined for purposes of theory, argument etc
• domestic
7: very short and unclear view of something
• embrace
8: used (or kept) at home (adjective)
• excerpt
9: choice between two alternatives, both unsatisfactory
• glimpse
10: be more important than other factors or considerations
• hypothetical
11: unable to escape from a difficult, complicated situation; stuck
• insurgency
12: put your arms around someone affectionately, hug
• militia
13: good feeling coming from getting through something you were worried about
• mired
14: uprising or rebellion
• outweigh
15: someone who harms their country by helping its enemy
• patriot
16: unfriendly
• prompt
17: piece of information telling you what to do next (on computer etc)
• relief
18: reveal, make public
• sanitize
19: clean, remove from data anything that might show its source
• traitor
20: provide confirming or verifying information, back up