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| [as·sid·u·ous] adj. 1. Constant in application or attention; diligent: "An assiduous worker who strove for perfection." 2. Unceasing; persistent: "Assiduous cancer research." |
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| [ca·pri·cious] adj. Characterized by or subject to whim; impulsive and unpredictable. "He's such a capricious boss I never know how he'll react." |
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| [es·o·ter·ic] adj. 1. Difficult to understand; abstruse. 2. Not publicly disclosed; confidential. 3. Of rare, special, or unusual interest: Her software's success was based on an esoteric programming language. |
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| [in·sip·id] adj. Lacking flavor or zest; not tasty. Lacking qualities that excite, stimulate, or interest; dull. |
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| [pre·car·i·ous] adj. 1. Dangerously lacking in security or stability: "The precarious life of an undercover cop." 2. Subject to chance or unknown conditions 3. Based on uncertain, unwarranted, or unproved premises: "A precarious solution to a difficult problem." |
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| [u·biq·ui·tous] adj. Being or seeming to be everywhere, or in all places, at the same time; omnipresent. |
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| [vo·lu·mi·nous] adj. Having great volume, fullness, size, or number; ample or lengthy in speech or writing: voluminous paperwork. |
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| [in-dahyt-muhnt] noun. Any charge, accusation, serious criticism, or cause forblame. |
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| [in-dahyt] verb. (used with object) to charge with an offense or crime; accuse of wrongdoing;castigate; criticize: He tends to indict everyone of plotting against him. |
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| adj. 1. Obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret orunauthorized; clandestine: a surreptitious glance 2.Acting in a stealthy way. |
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| adj. A calculated misrepresentation through concealment of the facts. |
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| collogue \kuh-LOHG\, verb: |
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| Have discussion, exchange opinions |
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| noun. A written message; letter |
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| Slumgullion [sluhm-guhl-yuhn, sluhm-guhl-] |
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1. a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
2.a beverage made weak or thin, as watery tea, coffee, or the like.
3.the refuse from processing whale carcasses.
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| flib·ber·ti·gib·bet [flib-er-tee-jib-it] |
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1. a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
2. Archaic . a gossip. |
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| Colloquial [kuh-loh-kwee-uhl] |
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1.characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal.
2. involving or using conversation. |
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1. To act or talk in a foolish or silly way.
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1. Nonsense; silliness. |
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apodictic
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| incontestable because of having been demonstrated or proved to be demonstrable. |
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des·pot [des-puht, -pot] |
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1. A king or other ruler with absolute, unlimited power; autocrat.
2. Any tyrant or oppressor. |
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1. to speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty or worthless; express censure of: She decried the lack of support for the arts in this country.
2. to condemn or depreciate by proclamation, as foreign or obsolete coins. |
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1. Also, e·van·gel·ic. pertaining to or in keeping with the gospel and its teachings.
2.belonging to or designating the Christian churches that emphasize the teachings and authority of the Scriptures, especially of the new testament, in opposition to the institutional authority of the church itself, and that stress as paramount the tenet that salvation is achieved by personal conversion to faith in the atonement of Christ.
3.designating Christians, especially of the late 1970s, eschewing the designation of fundamentalist but holding to a conservative interpretation of the Bible.
4.pertaining to certain movements in the Protestant churches in the 18th and 19th centuries that stressed the importance of personal experience of guilt for sin, and of reconciliation to God through Christ.
5.marked by ardent or zealous enthusiasm for a cause. |
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per·ni·cious [per-nish-uhs]
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1. causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
2.deadly; fatal: a pernicious disease.
3.Obsolete . evil; wicked. |
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Informal .
a.to prod or urge to action or an emotional reaction: The promise of time off may goose the workers and increase profits.
b.to strengthen or improve (often followed by up ): Let's goose up the stew with some wine.
c.to increase; raise (often followed by up ): to goose up government loans in weak industries.
d.to give a spurt of fuel to (a motor) to increase speed. |
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quix·ot·ic [kwik-sot-ik]
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1.( sometimes initial capital letter ) resembling or befitting Don Quixote.
2.extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical, or impracticable.
3.impulsive and often rashly unpredictable. |
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e·pit·o·me [ih-pit-uh-mee]
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a person or thing that is typical of or possesses to a high degree the features of a whole class: He is the epitome of goodness.
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a condensed account, especially of a literary work; abstract. |
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1. to act or talk in a foolish or silly way.
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nonsense; foolishness; silliness. |
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par·a·lip·sis [par-uh-lip-sis]
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| the suggestion, by deliberately concise treatment of a topic, that much of significance is being omitted, as in “not to mention other faults.” |
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in·cul·cate [in-kuhl-keyt, in-kuhl-keyt] Show IPA
verb (used with object), -cat·ed, -cat·ing. |
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to implant by repeated statement or admonition; teach persistently and earnestly (usually followed by upon or in ): to inculcate virtue in the young.
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to cause or influence (someone) to accept an idea or feeling (usually followed by with ): Socrates inculcated his pupils with the love of truth. |
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