$Abruptly 1.sudden or unexpected 2.curt or brusque in speech, manner, 3.terminating or changing suddenly 4.having many sudden changes from one subject to another; lacking in continuity or smoothness
$Spiraling 1.running continuously around a fixed point or center while constantly receding from or approaching it
*Infatuation 1. the state of being infatuated. 2. the act of infatuating. 3. foolish or all-absorbing passion or an instance of this: a mere infatuation that will not last. 4. the object of a person's infatuation: When I was a kid, my infatuation was stamp collecting.
*Yearning 1. To have a strong, often melancholy desire. 2. To feel deep pity, sympathy, or tenderness: yearned over the child's fate.
*Impulsive 1. actuated or swayed by emotional or involuntary impulses: an impulsive child. 2. having the power or effect of impelling; characterized by impulsion: impulsive forces. 3. inciting to action: the impulsive effects of a revolutionary idea.
UNFAMILIAR WORDS FROM DISCUSSION
1. RENAISSANCE
-A rebirth or revival. -The humanistic revival of classical art, architecture, literature, and learning that originated in Italy in the 14th century and later spread throughout Europe. - The period of this revival, roughly the 14th through the 16th century, marking the transition from medieval to modern times.
2.QUACK -An untrained person who pretends to be a physician and dispenses medical advice and treatment.
cryp⋅tic /ˈkrɪptɪk/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [krip-tik] Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective Also, cryp⋅ti⋅cal. 1. mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous: a cryptic message. 2. abrupt; terse; short: a cryptic note. 3. secret; occult: a cryptic writing. 4. involving or using cipher, code, etc. 5. Zoology. fitted for concealing; serving to camouflage. –noun 6. a cryptogram, esp. one designed as a puzzle.
wom⋅an⋅iz⋅er /ˈwʊməˌnaɪzər/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [woom-uh-nahy-zer] Show IPA Pronunciation
Intertwine (verb) 1. spin,wind, or twist together; "intertwine the ribbons"; "Twine the threads into a rope"; "intertwined hearts" [ant: untwine] 2. make lacework by knotting or looping [syn: tat] 3. make a loop in; "loop a rope" [syn: loop]
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Conspired con·spired, con·spir·ing, con·spires
v. intr.
To plan together secretly to commit an illegal or wrongful act or accomplish a legal purpose through illegal action. To join or act together; combine
DEVOID ~–adjective 1. not possessing, untouched by, void, or destitute (usually fol. by of). –verb (used with object) 2. to deplete or strip of some quality or substance: imprisonment that devoids a person of humanity.
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SKEPTICAL ~–adjective 1. inclined to skepticism; having doubt: a skeptical young woman. 2. showing doubt: a skeptical smile. 3. denying or questioning the tenets of a religion: a skeptical approach to the nature of miracles. 4. (initial capital letter) of or pertaining to Skeptics or Skepticism.
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EPITOME ~(noun) 1. 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. 2. a condensed account, esp. of a literary work; abstract
1.wilderness - An unsettled, uncultivated region left in its natural condition, especially:
1. A large wild tract of land covered with dense vegetation or forests. 2. An extensive area, such as a desert or ocean, that is barren or empty; a waste. 3. A piece of land set aside to grow wild.
1. QUACKERY - noun, - the practice or methods of a quack. - an instance of this
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2. Humanism - a broad category of ethical philosophies that affirm the dignity and worth of all people, based on the ability to determine right and wrong by appealing to universal human qualities, particularly rationality.
1. Spiraling [verb (past and past participle spi•raled or spi•ralled, present participle spi•ral•ing or spi•ral•ling, 3rd person present singular spi•rals)] - to move in a spiral, or make something move in a spiral
2. Vulnerable [vul•ner•a•ble [vúlnərəb'l] adjective] - extremely susceptible: easily persuadable or liable to give in to temptation
AMULET -*–noun a small object worn to ward off evil, harm, or illness or to bring good fortune; protecting charm.
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CREDIT -*–noun 1. commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.: Give credit where it is due. 2. a source of pride or honor: You are a credit to your school. 3. the ascription or acknowledgment of something as due or properly attributable to a person, institution, etc.: She got a screen credit for photography. 4. trustworthiness; credibility: a witness of credit. 5. confidence in a purchaser's ability and intention to pay, displayed by entrusting the buyer with goods or services without immediate payment. 6. reputation of solvency and probity, entitling a person to be trusted in buying or borrowing: Your credit is good
1. having two poles, as the earth. 2. of, pertaining to, or found at both polar regions. 3. characterized by opposite extremes, as two conflicting political philosophies. 4. Electronics. of or pertaining to a transistor that uses both positive and negative charge carriers.
bipolar. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Retrieved November 27, 2008, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bipolar ...............
modesty:
1. the quality of being modest; freedom from vanity, boastfulness, etc. 2. regard for decency of behavior, speech, dress, etc. 3. simplicity; moderation.
modesty. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Retrieved November 27, 2008, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/modesty
1. the activity, spirit, or time of the great revival of art, literature, and learning in Europe beginning in the 14th century and extending to the 17th century, marking the transition from the medieval to the modern world. 2. the forms and treatments in art used during this period. 3. (sometimes lowercase) any similar revival in the world of art and learning. 4. (lowercase) a renewal of life, vigor, interest, etc.; rebirth; revival: a moral renaissance. –adjective 5. of, pertaining to, or suggestive of the European Renaissance of the 14th through the 17th centuries: Renaissance attitudes. 6. noting or pertaining to the group of architectural styles existing in Italy in the 15th and 16th centuries as adaptations of ancient Roman architectural details or compositional forms to contemporary uses, characterized at first by the free and inventive use of isolated details, later by the more imitative use of whole orders and compositional arrangements, with great attention to the formulation of compositional rules after the precepts of Vitruvius and the precedents of existing ruins, and at all periods by an emphasis on symmetry, exact mathematical relationships between parts, and a general effect of simplicity and repose. 7. noting or pertaining to any of the various adaptations of this group of styles in foreign architecture characterized typically by the playful or grotesque use of isolated details in more or less traditional buildings. 8. noting or pertaining to the furnishings or decorations of the Renaissance, in which motifs of classical derivation frequently appear.
renaissance. (n.d.). The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Retrieved November 27, 2008, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/renaissance
.................... chant:
1. a short, simple melody, esp. one characterized by single notes to which an indefinite number of syllables are intoned, used in singing psalms, canticles, etc., in church services. 2. a psalm, canticle, or the like, chanted or for chanting. 3. the singing or intoning of all or portions of a liturgical service. 4. any monotonous song. 5. a song; singing: the chant of a bird. 6. a monotonous intonation of the voice in speaking. 7. a phrase, slogan, or the like, repeated rhythmically and insistently, as by a crowd. –verb (used with object) 8. to sing to a chant, or in the manner of a chant, esp. in a church service. 9. to sing. 10. to celebrate in song. 11. to repeat (a phrase, slogan, etc.) rhythmically and insistently. –verb (used without object) 12. to sing. 13. to utter a chant.
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–noun 1. the bed on which a person dies: The museum contains Lincoln's deathbed. –adjective 2. of, pertaining to, said, or done during the last few hours of a person's life: a deathbed confession. —Idiom 3. on one's deathbed, in the last few hours before death.
RENAISSANCE -stylistic and cultural label for the fifteenth ang sixteenth centuries. -" French for "rebirth," perfectly describes the intellectual and economic changes that occurred in Europe from the fourteenth through the sixteenth centuries.
HUMANISM - A cultural and intellectual movement of the Renaissance that emphasized secular concerns as a result of the rediscovery and study of the literature,art,and civilization of ancient Greece and Rome.
-a. to bring or restore to a state of peace or tranquillity; quiet; calm: to pacify an angry man. -b. to appease: to pacify one's appetite. -c. to reduce to a state of submission, esp. by military force; subdue.
2. plague
-a. any widespread affliction, calamity, or evil, esp. one regarded as a direct punishment by God: a plague of war and desolation. -b. any cause of trouble, annoyance, or vexation: Uninvited guests are a plague.
-a. of, pertaining to, or found at both polar regions. -b. characterized by opposite extremes, as two conflicting political philosophies.
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DISCUSSION
1. superstitions
-a. an irrational belief that an object, action, or circumstance not logically related to a course of events influences its outcome. -b. a belief, practice, or rite irrationally maintained by ignorance of the laws of nature or by faith in magic or chance. -c. a fearful or abject state of mind resulting from such ignorance or irrationality.
2. quack
-a. a fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill. -b. a person who pretends, professionally or publicly, to skill, knowledge, or qualifications he or she does not possess; a charlatan.
Renaissance =(from French Renaissance, meaning "rebirth"; Italian: Rinascimento, from re- "again" and nascere "be born")[1] was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historic era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not uniform, this is a very general use of the term.
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quack2 /kwæk/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [kwak] Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun 1. a fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill. 2. a person who pretends, professionally or publicly, to skill, knowledge, or qualifications he or she does not possess; a charlatan. –adjective 3. being a quack: a quack psychologist who complicates everyone's problems. 4. presented falsely as having curative powers: quack medicine. 5. of, pertaining to, or befitting a quack or quackery: quack methods. –verb (used with object) 6. to treat in the manner of a quack. 7. to advertise or sell with fraudulent claims.
APPREHENSION - anticipation of adversity or misfortune; suspicion or fear of future trouble or evil. - the faculty or act of apprehending, esp. intuitive understanding; perception on a direct and immediate level.
A noose is a loop at the end of a rope in which the knot slides to make the loop collapsible. Knots used for making nooses include the running bowline, the tarbuck knot, and the slip knot. The knot most closely associated with execution is the Hangman's knot, which is also known as the "hangman's noose". slop (plural slops) 1. (uncountable) A liquid or semi-solid; goo, paste, mud, domestic liquid waste. 2. scraps used as food for pigs 3. (in plural, nautical, dated) clothing and bedding issued to sailors 4. (in plural, dated) The waste, dirty water of a house. (A direct quote from 1897 Universal Dictionary of the English Language, v 4 p 4310.) 5. (dated) Human urine or excrement. 6. (informal, US) semen
@vindicated
Verb 1. Simple past tense and past participle of vindicate. Adjective 1. justified, avenged or cleared of blame vin•di•cate [ víndi kàyt ] (past and past participle vin•di•cat•ed, present participle vin•di•cat•ing, 3rd person present singular vin•di•cates)
transitive verb Definition: 1. show somebody to be blameless: to clear somebody or something of blame, guilt, suspicion, or doubt
2. justify somebody or something: to show that somebody or something is justified or correct
3. uphold something: to defend or maintain something such as a cause or rights
[Mid-16th century. < Latin vindicat-, past participle of vindicare "claim, set free, avenge" < vindic- "avenger"]
@mesmerizing
Present participle of mesmerize. mes•mer•ize [ mézmə rz ] (past and past participle mes•mer•ized, present participle mes•mer•iz•ing, 3rd person present singular mes•mer•iz•es)
transitive verb Definition: 1. absorb somebody's attention: to fascinate somebody or absorb all of somebody's attention The speaker mesmerized the audience with his dramatic tale.
2. hypnotize: to hypnotize somebody, especially by a method formerly believed to involve animal magnetism
[Early 19th century. After F. A. Mesmer (1734-1815), Austrian physician]
@rendered
Infinitive to render Third person singular renders Simple past rendered Past participle rendered Present participle rendering
to render (third-person singular simple present renders, present participle rendering, simple past and past participle rendered) 1. (transitive) To cause to become. The shot rendered her immobile. 2. (transitive) To interpret, give an interpretation or rendition of. The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully. o 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 34. we may, at last, render our philosophy like that of Epictetus 3. (transitive) To pass down. render a verdict (= deliver a judgment) 4. (transitive) To make over as a return.
@motivated
Adjective 1. Furnished with a motive. Verb motivated 1. Simple past tense and past participle of motivate. mo•ti•vate [ mṓtə vàyt ] (past and past participle mo•ti•vat•ed, present participle mo•ti•vat•ing, 3rd person present singular mo•ti•vates)
transitive verb Definition: 1. give somebody incentive: to give somebody a reason or incentive to do something
2. make somebody willing: to make somebody feel enthusiastic, interested, and committed to something
3. cause somebody's behavior: to be the reason for something that somebody does motivated purely by greed
[Mid-19th century. motive, after French motiver "motivate"]
@redemption
re·demp·tion [ ri démpsh'n ]
noun Definition:
1. improving of something: the act of saving something or somebody from a declined, dilapidated, or corrupted state and restoring it, him, or her to a better condition The house was a wreck, and the garden seemed entirely beyond redemption.
2. redeemed state: the improved state of somebody or something saved from apparently irreversible decline
3. atonement for human sin: deliverance from the sins of humanity by the death of Jesus Christ on the Cross
4. buying back of something: the buying back of something given, e.g. to a pawnbroker, as security for a loan
5. ending of financial obligation: the removal of a financial obligation, e.g. the repayment of a loan or promissory note
[14th century. Via French< Latin redemption-< past participle of redimere(see redeem)]
SCHISM - 1.) a split or division in an organized group or society, esp. a church, as the result of difference of opinion, of doctrine, etc. 2.) the act of causing or trying to cause a split or division in a church 3.) any of the sects, parties, etc. formed by such a split
CONSPICUOUS - 1.) easy to see or perceive; obvious a conspicuous billboard 2.) attracting attention by being unexpected, unusual, outstanding, or egregious; striking conspicuous bravery, conspicuous folly
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UNFAMILIAR WORDS FROM RAISE A SONG
SECLUSION -1.a secluding or being secluded; retirement; isolation; privacy 2.a secluded spot
MIDRANGE - 1. the intermediate range of sound frequencies 2. a speaker for reproducing these
INSIPID - 1. without flavor; tasteless 2.not exciting or interesting; dull; lifeless
seize (sēz) transitive verb a. to put in legal possession of a particular thing; assign ownership ;to take forcible legal possession of; confiscate to seize contraband b. to capture and put into custody; arrest; apprehend to seize a criminal suspect 2. to take forcibly and quickly; grab to seize power 3. to take hold of suddenly or forcibly, with or as with the hand; clutch
a. to suddenly penetrate, illumine, or fill the mind of an idea seized him b. to grasp with the mind, esp. in a sudden or intuitive way seized their intent 4. to take quick advantage of (an opportunity, etc.) 5. to attack or afflict suddenly or severely seized with a fit of sneezing 6. NAUT. to fasten together (ropes, etc.), as by lashings; bind; lash
2.My Immortal
suppress 1: to put down by authority or force 2: to keep from public knowledge: as a: to keep secret b: to stop or prohibit the publication or revelation 3 a: to exclude from consciousness b: to keep from giving vent to a: to restrain from a usual course or action .
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renaissance
The word Renaissance is a French word meaning new birth, a name given to the movement in Europe that inspired men to abandon the restraints of the Middle Ages and to develop modern interests, enthusiasm and ideals. Its most noted feature was the Revival of Learning, an awakening of mind and a thirst after the new knowledge. This resulted in numerous investigations of natural events, in a widespread study of art and literature and in a broadening of outlook to a degree never before known.
seize (sēz) transitive verb a. to put in legal possession of a particular thing; assign ownership ;to take forcible legal possession of; confiscate to seize contraband b. to capture and put into custody; arrest; apprehend to seize a criminal suspect 2. to take forcibly and quickly; grab to seize power 3. to take hold of suddenly or forcibly, with or as with the hand; clutch
a. to suddenly penetrate, illumine, or fill the mind of an idea seized him b. to grasp with the mind, esp. in a sudden or intuitive way seized their intent 4. to take quick advantage of (an opportunity, etc.) 5. to attack or afflict suddenly or severely seized with a fit of sneezing 6. NAUT. to fasten together (ropes, etc.), as by lashings; bind; lash
2.My Immortal
suppress 1: to put down by authority or force 2: to keep from public knowledge: as a: to keep secret b: to stop or prohibit the publication or revelation 3 a: to exclude from consciousness b: to keep from giving vent to a: to restrain from a usual course or action .
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renaissance
The word Renaissance is a French word meaning new birth, a name given to the movement in Europe that inspired men to abandon the restraints of the Middle Ages and to develop modern interests, enthusiasm and ideals. Its most noted feature was the Revival of Learning, an awakening of mind and a thirst after the new knowledge. This resulted in numerous investigations of natural events, in a widespread study of art and literature and in a broadening of outlook to a degree never before known.
1. intransitive verb discuss nature of reality: to comment on or attempt to explain the nature of life and reality, or a part of it such as ethics, logic, knowledge, or existence
2. intransitive verb explain or moralize in superficial way: to express opinions of a supposedly philosophical nature in a superficial, tedious, or moralistic way
3. transitive verb philosophy deal with something from philosophical standpoint: to consider, explain, or deal with something from a philosophical standpoint
phi·los·o·phi·za·tion [ fi lòssəfi záysh'n ] noun phi·los·o·phiz·er noun
† BRIM Definition:
1. hat edge: the rim around the edge of a hat, shaped to stand out from the head
2. top edge: the top edge of a container such as a cup or bowl
† LOCKDOWN Definiion:
1. confinement for safety: an emergency safety procedure in which people remain in a locked indoor space When an unknown intruder entered the building, the principal ordered the school into lockdown.
2. computer locking device: a locking device that prevents a computer from being moved or stolen
3. online computer security procedure: the prevention of access by users of a computer network or intruders from the Internet to files essential to the integrity of a computer system
4. confinement to prison cell: the state of being confined to a prison cell for all or most of the day ( slang
† JADED Definition:
1. bored: no longer interested in something, often because of having been overexposed to it
2. tired: exhausted, especially through overwork
jad·ed·ly adverb jad·ed·ness noun
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UNFAMILIAR WORDS FROM DISCUSSIONS:
† HISTORIAN noun
Definition:
1. student and scholar of history: a student of or expert in history
2. recorder of events: a writer of an account of historical events
[15th century. < French historien< Latin historia (see history)]
† HUMANISM noun
Definition:
1. belief in human-based morality: a system of thought that is based on the values, characteristics, and behavior that are believed to be best in human beings, rather than on any supernatural authority
2. concern for people: a concern with the needs, well-being, and interests of people
3. Renaissance cultural movement: the secular cultural and intellectual movement of the Renaissance that spread throughout Europe as a result of the rediscovery of the arts and philosophy of the ancient Greeks and Romans
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*Rig 1.the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship. 2.apparatus for some purpose; equipment; outfit; gear: a hi-fi rig; Bring your rod and reel and all the rest of your fishing rig. 3.any combination trucking unit in which vehicles are hooked together, as a tractor-trailer. 4.a carriage, buckboard, sulky, or wagon together with the horse or horses that draw it.
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*Falter 1.to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: 2. to speak hesitatingly or brokenly. 3. to move unsteadily; stumble.
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*Bleak 1. bare, desolate, and often windswept: a bleak plain. 2. cold and piercing; raw: a bleak wind. 3. without hope or encouragement; depressing; dreary: a bleak future.
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*Glossy
1. having a shiny or lustrous surface. 2. having a false or deceptive appearance or air, esp. of experience or sophistication; specious
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UNFAMILIAR WORDS FROM DISCUSSION
*Schism noun 1. division or disunion, esp. into mutually opposed parties. 2. the parties so formed. 3. Ecclesiastical. a.a formal division within, or separation from, a church or religious body over some doctrinal difference. b.the state of a sect or body formed by such division. c.the offense of causing or seeking to cause such a division.
1. Grasp -to seize and hold by or as if by clasping with the fingers or arms. -to seize upon; hold firmly. -to get hold of mentally; comprehend
2. Casualty -one who is injured or killed in an accident -any person, group, thing, etc., that is harmed or destroyed as a result of some act or event
3. Luster - the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss - a substance, as a coating or polish, used to impart sheen or gloss.
–noun 1. supreme happiness; utter joy or contentment: wedded bliss. 2. Theology. the joy of heaven. 3. heaven; paradise: the road to eternal bliss. 4. Archaic. a cause of great joy or happiness.
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◘ coma
–noun, plural -mas. a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
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◘ tonic
–noun 1. a medicine that invigorates or strengthens: a tonic of sulphur and molasses. 2. anything invigorating physically, mentally, or morally: His cheerful greeting was a real tonic. 3. quinine water. 4. Music. the first degree of the scale; the keynote. 5. Chiefly Eastern New England. soda pop. 6. Phonetics. a tonic syllable or accent.
–adjective 7. pertaining to, maintaining, increasing, or restoring the tone or health of the body or an organ, as a medicine. 8. invigorating physically, mentally, or morally. 9. Physiology, Pathology. a. pertaining to tension, as of the muscles. b. marked by continued muscular tension: a tonic spasm. 10. using differences in tone or pitch to distinguish between words that are otherwise phonemically identical: a tonic language. 11. pertaining to tone or accent in speech. 12. Phonetics. (of a syllable) bearing the principal stress or accent, usually accompanied by a change in pitch. 13. Music. a. of or pertaining to a tone or tones. b. pertaining to or founded on the keynote, or first tone, of a musical scale: a tonic chord.
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◘ strained
–adjective affected or produced by effort; not natural or spontaneous; forced: strained hospitality.
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◘ divine
–adjective 1. of or pertaining to a god, esp. the Supreme Being. 2. addressed, appropriated, or devoted to God or a god; religious; sacred: divine worship. 3. proceeding from God or a god: divine laws. 4. godlike; characteristic of or befitting a deity: divine magnanimity. 5. heavenly; celestial: the divine kingdom. 6. Informal. extremely good; unusually lovely: He has the most divine tenor voice. 7. being a god; being God: a divine person. 8. of superhuman or surpassing excellence: Beauty is divine. 9. Obsolete. of or pertaining to divinity or theology.
–noun 10. a theologian; scholar in religion. 11. a priest or member of the clergy. 12. the Divine, a. God. b. (sometimes lowercase) the spiritual aspect of humans; the group of attributes and qualities of humankind regarded as godly or godlike.
–verb (used with object) 13. to discover or declare (something obscure or in the future) by divination; prophesy. 14. to discover (water, metal, etc.) by means of a divining rod. 15. to perceive by intuition or insight; conjecture. 16. Archaic. to portend.
–verb (used without object) 17. to use or practice divination; prophesy. 18. to have perception by intuition or insight; conjecture.
The B-side of a vinyl record. An opposite, reverse, or sharply contrasted side or aspect of something or someone.
Literature
Flipside (fanzine) The Flip Side, a section of The Columbus Dispatch newspaper Flipside, a 1998 novel by David Richards The Flipside, a satirical school newspaper at Deerfield High School (Illinois) Flipside, a webcomic by Brion Foulke (Flipside)
atrophy
atrophy, diminution in the size of a cell, tissue, or organ from its fully developed normal size. Temporary atrophy may occur in muscles that are not used, as when a limb is encased in a plaster cast. Interference with cellular nutrition, as through starvation; diseases affecting the nerve supply of tissues, e.g., poliomyelitis and muscular dystrophy; and prolonged disuse may cause a permanent wasting away of tissue. Atrophy may also follow hypertrophy.
pre⋅tense /prɪˈtɛns, ˈpritɛns/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [pri-tens, pree-tens] Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun 1. pretending or feigning; make-believe: My sleepiness was all pretense. 2. a false show of something: a pretense of friendship. 3. a piece of make-believe. 4. the act of pretending or alleging falsely. 5. a false allegation or justification: He excused himself from the lunch on a pretense of urgent business. 6. insincere or false profession: His pious words were mere pretense. 7. the putting forth of an unwarranted claim. 8. the claim itself. 9. any allegation or claim: to obtain money under false pretenses. 10. pretension (usually fol. by to): destitute of any pretense to wit. 11. pretentiousness.
1.DEVOUTLY . devoted to divine worship or service; pious; religious: a devout Catholic. expressing devotion or piety: devout prayer. earnest or sincere; hearty:
2.CONFINED limited or restricted. unable to leave a place because of illness, imprisonment, etc. being in childbirth; being in parturition.
CRUMBLE 1. to break into small fragments or crumbs. 2. to fall into small pieces; break or part into small fragments. 3. to decay or disintegrate gradually
FUSSING 1. Needlessly nervous or useless activity; commotion
2. A state of excessive and unwarranted concern over an unimportant matter: made a big fuss over one low test grade. 3. An objection; a protest: The longer working hours caused a big fuss. 4. A quarrel. 5. A display of affectionate excitement and attention 6.To trouble or worry over trifles. 7. To be excessively careful or solicitous 8. To get into or be in a state of nervous or useless activity: fussed with the collar of his coat. 9. To object; complain. 10. To disturb or vex with unimportant matters.
Examples: wound: Her husband was beside her with only a minor self-inflicted wound. injury: Done properly, Salsa should cause very few self-inflicted injuries. death: Self-inflicted death done in the privacy of a home usually doesn't make the paper. pain: Read more... Mountain Mayhem 2003 21 Jun 2003 More self-inflicted pain from two Nottingham-based teams, this time in Birmingham. damage: The party is behind in the opinion polls and suffering from self-inflicted damage. problem: The East Anglia Ambulance Trust had even worse self-inflicted problems.
deviation from what is ordinary or customary, as in conduct or manner; oddity; unconventionality an eccentric trait or habit; peculiarity Math. the ratio of the distances from any point of a conic section to the focus and to the directrix: the value of this ratio determines the type of conic section (zero = circle, between zero and one = ellipse, one = parabola, more than one = hyperbola) Mech. the distance between the center of a shaft and the center of its eccentric wheel: sometimes, erroneously, called a throw
the configuration of sails and other rigging on a sailing vessel Rig:
a slang term for a syringe used for injecting drugs, notably heroin
Underneath: –preposition 1. below the surface or level of; directly or vertically beneath; at or on the bottom of. 2. under the control of; in a lower position in a hierarchy of authority: Underneath the department heads are the junior executives. 3. hidden, disguised, or misrepresented, as by a false appearance or pretense: Underneath his bluster is a timid nature. –adverb 4. below; at a lower level or position; on the underside. –adjective 5. lower; situated below or under. –noun 6. the bottom; underside; lowest part.
Altered:
v. al·tered, al·ter·ing, al·ters
v. tr.
1. To change or make different; modify: altered my will. 2. To adjust (a garment) for a better fit. 3. To castrate or spay (an animal, such as a cat or a dog).
v. intr. To change or become different.
Creep:
verb, crept, creep⋅ing, noun –verb (used without object) 1. to move slowly with the body close to the ground, as a reptile or an insect, or a person on hands and knees. 2. to approach slowly, imperceptibly, or stealthily (often fol. by up): We crept up and peeked over the wall. 3. to move or advance slowly or gradually: The automobile crept up the hill. Time just seems to creep along on these hot summer days. 4. to sneak up behind someone or without someone's knowledge (usually fol. by up on): The prisoners crept up on the guard and knocked him out. 5. to enter or become evident inconspicuously, gradually, or insidiously (often fol. by in or into:) The writer's personal bias occasionally creeps into the account. 6. to move or behave timidly or servilely. 7. to grow along the ground, a wall, etc., as a plant. 8. to advance or develop gradually so as to infringe on or supplant something else: creeping inflation; creeping socialism. 9. to slip, slide, or shift gradually; become displaced. 10. (of a metal object) to become deformed, as under continuous loads or at high temperatures. 11. Nautical. to grapple (usually fol. by for): The ships crept for their anchor chains. –verb (used with object) 12. Archaic. to creep along or over. –noun 13. an act or instance of creeping. 14. Slang. a boring, disturbingly eccentric, painfully introverted, or obnoxious person. 15. Slang. an intelligence or counterintelligence agent; spy. 16. Geology. a. the gradual movement downhill of loose soil, rock, gravel, etc.; solifluction. b. the slow deformation of solid rock resulting from constant stress applied over long periods. 17. Mechanics. the gradual, permanent deformation of a body produced by a continued application of heat or stress. 18. a grappling iron; grapnel. 19. Firearms. the slack in a trigger mechanism before it releases the firing pin. 20. creep feeder. 21. the creeps, Informal. a sensation of horror, fear, disgust, etc., suggestive of the feeling induced by something crawling over the skin: That horror movie gave me the creeps. —Idiom 22. make one's flesh creep, to be frightening or repellent; cause one to experience uneasiness: The eerie stories made our flesh creep.
*1.the quality of being modest; freedom from vanity, boastfulness, etc. 2. regard for decency of behavior, speech, dress, etc. 3. simplicity; moderation.
-Sympathy
*1.harmony of or agreement in feeling, as between persons or on the part of one person with respect to another.
2.the harmony of feeling naturally existing between persons of like tastes or opinion or of congenial dispositions.
3.the fact or power of sharing the feelings of another, esp. in sorrow or trouble; fellow feeling, compassion, or commiseration
-contemplate 1. to look at or view with continued attention; observe or study thoughtfully: to contemplate the stars. 2. to consider thoroughly; think fully or deeply about: to contemplate a difficult problem. 3. to have as a purpose; intend. 4. to have in view as a future event: to contemplate buying a new car.
stray- to wander from company, restraint, or proper limits b: to roam about without fixed direction or purpose c: to move in a winding course : meander d: to move without conscious or intentional effort
2.welcome to the black parade reel-: a revolvable device on which something flexible is wound: as a: a small windlass at the butt of a fishing rod for the line bchiefly British : a spool or bobbin for sewing thread c: a flanged spool for photographic film ; especially : one for motion pictures 2: a quantity of something wound on a reel
unfamiliar wods fro discussion; deceptive-: to lead in a wrong direction or into a mistaken action or belief often by deliberate deceit intransitive verb : to lead astray : give a wrong impression
2. sacrifice -sac·ri·fice [sákrə fss] noun (plural sac·ri·fic·es) a. giving up of something valued: a giving up of something valuable or important for somebody or something else considered to be of more value or importance b. something valued and given up: something valuable or important given up as a sacrifice c. loss in giving up something valued: a loss incurred by giving away or selling something below its value
1. elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so: They bought an ornate Louis XIV sofa. 2. embellished with rhetoric; florid or high-flown: an ornate style of writing
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tribulations
Great affliction, trial, or distress; suffering: Their tribulation has finally passed. See Synonyms at trial.
An experience that tests one's endurance, patience, or faith. See Synonyms at burden1.
1. elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so: They bought an ornate Louis XIV sofa. 2. embellished with rhetoric; florid or high-flown: an ornate style of writing
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tribulations
Great affliction, trial, or distress; suffering: Their tribulation has finally passed. See Synonyms at trial.
An experience that tests one's endurance, patience, or faith. See Synonyms at burden1.
horde - (hôrd, hōrd) Pronunciation Key n. A large group or crowd; a swarm: a horde of mosquitoes. See Synonyms at crowd1.
A nomadic Mongol tribe. A nomadic tribe or group.
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deceit - –noun 1. the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating: Once she exposed their deceit, no one ever trusted them again. 2. an act or device intended to deceive; trick; stratagem. 3. the quality of being deceitful; duplicity; falseness: a man full of deceit.
ASUNDER –adverb, adjective 1. into separate parts; in or into pieces: Lightning split the old oak tree asunder. 2. apart or widely separated: as wide asunder as the polar regions.
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VENGEANCE - noun 1. infliction of injury, harm, humiliation, or the like, on a person by another who has been harmed by that person; violent revenge: But have you the right to vengeance? 2. an act or opportunity of inflicting such trouble: to take one's vengeance. 3. the desire for revenge: a man full of vengeance. 4. Obsolete. hurt; injury. 5. Obsolete. curse; imprecation.
SCOURGING - noun, verb, scourged, scourging. –noun 1. a whip or lash, esp. for the infliction of punishment or torture. 2. a person or thing that applies or administers punishment or severe criticism. 3. a cause of affliction or calamity: Disease and famine are scourges of humanity. –verb (used with object) 4. to whip with a scourge; lash. 5. to punish, chastise, or criticize severely.
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BLASPHEMY
. impious utterance or action concerning God or sacred things. 2. Judaism. a. an act of cursing or reviling God. b. pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton (YHVH) in the original, now forbidden manner instead of using a substitute pronunciation such as Adonai.
3. Theology. the crime of assuming to oneself the rights or qualities of God. 4. irreverent behavior toward anything held sacred, priceless, etc.: He uttered blasphemies against life itself.
*-noun the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox; "they spent a lazy summer at the shore"
#tearfully *–adjective full of tears; weeping. causing tears: the tearful story of his poverty. *-adverb with tears; in a tearful manner; "the man confessed tearfully to having beaten his wife"
*-noun the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox; "they spent a lazy summer at the shore"
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#tearfully *–adjective full of tears; weeping. causing tears: the tearful story of his poverty. *-adverb with tears; in a tearful manner; "the man confessed tearfully to having beaten his wife"
$hustle –verb (used without object) 1. to proceed or work rapidly or energetically: to hustle about putting a house in order. 2. to push or force one's way; jostle or shove. 3. to be aggressive, esp. in business or other financial dealings. 4. Slang. to earn one's living by illicit or unethical means. 5. Slang. (of a prostitute) to solicit clients.
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$fantasy –noun 1. imagination, esp. when extravagant and unrestrained. 2. the forming of mental images, esp. wondrous or strange fancies; imaginative conceptualizing. 3. a mental image, esp. when unreal or fantastic; vision: a nightmare fantasy. 4. Psychology. an imagined or conjured up sequence fulfilling a psychological need; daydream. 5. a hallucination. 6. a supposition based on no solid foundation; visionary idea; illusion: dreams of Utopias and similar fantasies.
♠ STRUGGLE verb (used without object) 1. to contend with an adversary or opposing force. 2. to contend resolutely with a task, problem, etc.; strive: to struggle for existence. 3. to advance with violent effort: to struggle through the snow. 4. (of athletes and competitors) to be coping with inability to perform well or to win; contend with difficulty: After struggling for the whole month of June, he suddenly caught fire and raised his batting average 30 points.
–verb (used with object) 5. to bring, put, etc., by struggling: She struggled the heavy box into a corner. 6. to make (one's way) with violent effort.
–noun 7. the process or an act or instance of struggling. 8. a war, fight, conflict, or contest of any kind. 9. a task or goal requiring much effort to accomplish or achieve.
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♠ DECEPTION –noun 1. the act of deceiving; the state of being deceived. 2. something that deceives or is intended to deceive; fraud; artifice.
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♠ UNRAVEL –verb (used with object) 1. to separate or disentangle the threads of (a woven or knitted fabric, a rope, etc.). 2. to free from complication or difficulty; make plain or clear; solve: to unravel a situation; to unravel a mystery. 3. Informal. to take apart; undo; destroy (a plan, agreement, or arrangement).
–verb (used without object) 4. to become unraveled.
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♠ HALLOW –verb (used with object) 1. to make holy; sanctify; consecrate. 2. to honor as holy; consider sacred; venerate: to hallow a battlefield.
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♠ TORRENT –noun 1. a stream of water flowing with great rapidity and violence. 2. a rushing, violent, or abundant and unceasing stream of anything: a torrent of lava. 3. a violent downpour of rain. 4. a violent, tumultuous, or overwhelming flow: a torrent of abuse.
1. condition of being secluded: the condition of being cut off from others, or from other places
2. act of secluding: an act of setting somebody or something apart from others
3. secluded place: a quiet place removed from activity and people
[Early 17th century. < Latin seclusion-< past participle of secludere (see seclude)]
†SUITOR
suit·or [ stər ] (plural suit·ors)
noun
Definition:
1. man wooing woman: a man who is trying to persuade a woman to marry him ( formal )
2. business somebody seeking to take over business: somebody who seeks to buy or take over a business
3. law somebody who brings lawsuit: somebody on whose behalf a case is brought to a law court
[13th century. Via Anglo-Norman seutor, suitour< Latin secutor "follower" < sequi "follow"]
WORDS FROM DISCUSSIONS:
†NARCOTICS
nar·cot·ic [ naar kóttik ]
noun (plural nar·cot·ics)
Definition:
1. drug: a typically addictive drug, especially one derived from opium, that may produce effects ranging from pain relief and sleep to stupor, coma, and convulsions
2. illegal drug: a drug whose use is illegal, whether it is addictive or not
3. soothing thing: something that soothes, induces sleep, relieves pain or stress, or causes a sensation of mental numbness
adjective
Definition:
1. causing sleep: able to induce drowsiness, sleep, or stupor, or alter mental states through its chemical properties
2. soothing: having a generally soothing, numbing, or soporific effect
3. of narcotics: relating to narcotic drugs and their use
4. of addicts: relating to people addicted to narcotics
[14th century. Via French and medieval Latin< Greek narkōtikos "numbing" < narkoun "make numb" < narkē "numbness"]
nar·cot·i·cal·ly adverb
†EUPHORIA
eu·pho·ri·a [ yoo fáwree ə ]
noun
Definition:
extreme happiness: a feeling of great joy, excitement, or well-being She was in a state of euphoria after her win.
[Late 17th century. Via modern Latin< Greek< euphoros "borne well, healthy"]
*obnoxious –adjective 1. highly objectionable or offensive; odious: obnoxious behavior. 2. annoying or objectionable due to being a showoff or attracting undue attention to oneself: an obnoxious little brat. 3. Archaic. exposed or liable to harm, evil, or anything objectionable. 4. Obsolete. liable to punishment or censure; reprehensible.
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*enraged –verb (used with object), -raged, -rag⋅ing. to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate: His supercilious attitude enraged me.
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*frigid –adjective 1. very cold in temperature: a frigid climate. 2. without warmth of feeling; without ardor or enthusiasm: a frigid reaction to the suggested law. 3. stiff or formal: a welcome that was polite but frigid. 4. (of a woman) a. inhibited in the ability to experience sexual excitement during sexual activity. b. unresponsive to sexual advances or stimuli. 5. unemotional or unimaginative; lacking passion, sympathy, or sensitivity: a correct, but frigid presentation.
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*desperate –adjective 1. reckless or dangerous because of despair or urgency: a desperate killer. 2. having an urgent need, desire, etc.: desperate for attention. 3. leaving little or no hope; very serious or dangerous: a desperate illness. 4. extremely bad; intolerable or shocking: clothes in desperate taste. 5. extreme or excessive. 6. making a final, ultimate effort; giving all: a desperate attempt to save a life. 7. actuated by a feeling of hopelessness. 8. having no hope; giving in to despair. –noun 9. Obsolete. a desperado.
*Euphoria –noun Psychology. a feeling of happiness, confidence, or well-being sometimes exaggerated in pathological states as mania.
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*Narcosis –noun 1. a state of stupor or drowsiness. 2. a state of stupor or greatly reduced activity produced by a drug. Compare nitrogen narcosis.
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*stupor noun 1. suspension or great diminution of sensibility, as in disease or as caused by narcotics, intoxicants, etc.: He lay there in a drunken stupor. 2. mental torpor; apathy; stupefaction.
1. intertwine -in·ter·twine [ìntər twn] (past and past participle in·ter·twined, present participle in·ter·twin·ing, 3rd person present singular in·ter·twines) transitive and intransitive verb 1. twist two things together: to twist two or more things closely together or around and through each other, or be or become twisted in this way 2. become closely linked: to become closely and intricately linked with each other, or link something closely and intricately with something else Their lives had intertwined.
2. conspire -con·spire [kən spr] (past and past participle con·spired, present participle con·spir·ing, 3rd person present singular con·spires) intransitive verb 1. plan secretly to act illegally: to plan or agree in secret with others to commit an illegal or subversive act In court, the three defendants admitted to conspiring against the government.
2. work together: to combine so as to cause a particular result, often one involving harm, inconvenience, or difficulty Rain and tears conspired to smudge her carefully applied mascara.
DESPISE - to regard with contempt, distaste, disgust, or disdain; scorn; loathe - to regard as unworthy of one's interest or concern - to dislike intensely
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FUSS - an excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle - an argument or noisy dispute - a complaint or protest, esp. about something relatively unimportant - to disturb, esp. with trifles; annoy; bother
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CHINCHILLA - a small, South American rodent, Chinchilla laniger, raised for its soft, silvery gray fur: now rare in the wild. - the fur of this animal - something, as a coat or jacket, made of chinchilla fur - a thick, napped, woolen fabric for coats
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UNFAMILIAR WORDS FROM THE DISCUSSION
STUPOR 1. the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally 2. marginal consciousness
EUPHORIA -a feeling of vigor, well-being, or high spirits
COMPLACENT 1. pleased, esp. with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied
2. pleasant; complaisant
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SCOPING
1. the act or practice of eyeing or examining, as in order to evaluate or appreciate.
2. of or involving an investigation or discussion to determine the effect a proposed policy or project would have on a community or the local environment
1.take my breath away-jessica simpson no•tion (nō′s̸hən) noun 1. a. a mental image; general idea b. a vague thought 2. a belief; opinion; view 3. a desire; inclination; whim 4. a plan or intention 2.Never say goodbye -Bon jovi- bust Function: verb Inflected Form(s): bust•ed also bust; bust•ing Etymology: alteration of burst Date: 1806 transitive verb1 a: to break or smash especially with force ; also : to make inoperative my b: to bring an end to : BREAK UP —often used with up c: to ruin financially d: EXHAUST , WEAR OUT —used in phrases like bust one's butt to describe making a strenuous effort e: to give a hard time to —often used in phrases like bust one's chops.
1.sen·ti·ment -A thought, view, or attitude, especially one based mainly on emotion instead of reason: An anti-American sentiment swept through the country. See Synonyms at feeling, opinion.
2.deceit - the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating: Once she exposed their deceit, no one ever trusted them again.
DEVOID ~–adjective 1. not possessing, untouched by, void, or destitute (usually fol. by of). –verb (used with object) 2. to deplete or strip of some quality or substance: imprisonment that devoids a person of humanity.
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*Rig 1.the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship. 2.apparatus for some purpose; equipment; outfit; gear: a hi-fi rig; Bring your rod and reel and all the rest of your fishing rig. 3.any combination trucking unit in which vehicles are hooked together, as a tractor-trailer. 4.a carriage, buckboard, sulky, or wagon together with the horse or horses that draw it.
sacrifice -sac·ri·fice [sákrə fss] noun (plural sac·ri·fic·es) a. giving up of something valued: a giving up of something valuable or important for somebody or something else considered to be of more value or importance b. something valued and given up: something valuable or important given up as a sacrifice c. loss in giving up something valued: a loss incurred by giving away or selling something below its value
APPREHENSION - anticipation of adversity or misfortune; suspicion or fear of future trouble or evil. - the faculty or act of apprehending, esp. intuitive understanding; perception on a direct and immediate level.
atrophy, diminution in the size of a cell, tissue, or organ from its fully developed normal size. Temporary atrophy may occur in muscles that are not used, as when a limb is encased in a plaster cast. Interference with cellular nutrition, as through starvation; diseases affecting the nerve supply of tissues, e.g., poliomyelitis and muscular dystrophy; and prolonged disuse may cause a permanent wasting away of tissue. Atrophy may also follow hypertrophy.
GILDED - adjective 1. covered or highlighted with gold or something of a golden color. 2. having a pleasing or showy appearance that conceals something of little worth.
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FOLLY - –noun, plural . 1. the state or quality of being foolish; lack of understanding or sense. 2. a foolish action, practice, idea, etc.; absurdity: the folly of performing without a rehearsal. 3. a costly and foolish undertaking; unwise investment or expenditure. 4. Architecture. a whimsical or extravagant structure built to serve as a conversation piece, lend interest to a view, commemorate a person or event, etc.: found esp. in England in the 18th century. 5. follies, a theatrical revue. 6. Obsolete. wickedness; wantonness.
CONCRETE - an artificial, stonelike material used for various structural purposes, made by mixing cement and various aggregates, as sand, pebbles, gravel, or shale, with water and allowing the mixture to harden.
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PEG - a pin of wood or other material driven or fitted into something, as to fasten parts together, to hang things on, to make fast a rope or string on, to stop a hole, or to mark some point.
[Late Latin necrōsis, a causing to die, killing, from Greek nekrōsis, death, from nekroun, to make dead, from nekros, corpse; see nek-1 in Indo-European roots.] ne·crot'ic (-krŏt'ĭk) adj.
Malice
–noun 1. desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness: the malice and spite of a lifelong enemy. 2. Law. evil intent on the part of a person who commits a wrongful act injurious to others.
Origin: 1250–1300; ME < OF < L malitia. See mal-, -ice
adjective 1. abandoned, ignored, lonely, lonesome chiefly U.S., Canad. stranded, ditched, left behind, marooned, outcast, forlorn, cast off, jilted, friendless, left in the lurch 2. deserted, abandoned, isolated, solitary, desolate, forlorn, destitute, disowned, godforsaken
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con·demn tr.v. con·demned, con·demn·ing, con·demns 1. To express strong disapproval of: condemned the needless waste of food. 2. To pronounce judgment against; sentence: condemned the felons to prison. 3. To judge or declare to be unfit for use or consumption, usually by official order: condemn an old building. 4. To lend credence to or provide evidence for an adverse judgment against: were condemned by their actions. 5. Law To appropriate (property) for public use.
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void (void) adj. 1. Containing no matter; empty. 2. Not occupied; unfilled. 3. Completely lacking; devoid: void of understanding. 4. Ineffective; useless. 5. Having no legal force or validity; null: a contract rendered void. 6. Games Lacking cards of a particular suit in a dealt hand. n. 1. a. An empty space. b. A vacuum. 2. An open space or a break in continuity; a gap. 3. A feeling or state of emptiness, loneliness, or loss. 4. Games Absence of cards of a particular suit in a dealt hand: a void in hearts. v. void·ed, void·ing, voids v.tr. 1. To take out (the contents of something); empty. 2. To excrete (body wastes). 3. To leave; vacate. 4. To make void or of no validity; invalidate: issued a new passport and voided the old one.
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cease (ss) v. ceased, ceas·ing, ceas·es v.tr. To put an end to; discontinue: The factory ceased production. See Synonyms at stop. v.intr. 1. To come to an end; stop: a process that never ceases. 2. To stop performing an activity or action; desist
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de·vo·tion (d-vshn) n. 1. Ardent, often selfless affection and dedication, as to a person or principle. See Synonyms at love. 2. Religious ardor or zeal; piety. 3. a. An act of religious observance or prayer, especially when private. Often used in the plural. b. devotions Prayers or religious texts: a book of devotions. 4. The act of devoting or the state of being devoted
1.Superhuman (by:Chris Brown) a.invincible-adjective incapable of being conquered, defeated, or subdued. - insuperable; insurmountable: invincible difficulties. source: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/invincible
2.Collide (by:meyers) a.demolition-destruction in war by means of explosives -plural : explosives for destruction in war source:http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/demolition
[1] From the song of Green Day, "Know Your Enemy":
effigy Pronunciation • IPA: /ɛfəgi/, SAMPA: /Ef@gi/ Etymology From French effigie, from Latin effigies, likeness. Noun effigy (plural effigies) 1. a dummy or other crude representation of a person or group that is hated. 2. a likeness of a person. Synonyms • (a likeness of a person) figure, image, picture
[2]From the song of Fall Out Boys. "I Don't Care": Fascist Noun fascist (plural fascists) 1. A member of a fascist party. 2. A proponent of fascism. Related terms • fascism • fascistic Adjective fascist (comparative more fascist, superlative most fascist) Positive fascist Comparative more fascist Superlative most fascist 1. Of or relating to fascism. 2. Supporting the principles of fascism. 3. (informal) Considered to be unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict. I have a fascist boss.
Verb 1. Simple past tense and past participle of vindicate. Adjective 1. justified, avenged or cleared of blame vin•di•cate [ víndi kàyt ] (past and past participle vin•di•cat•ed, present participle vin•di•cat•ing, 3rd person present singular vin•di•cates)
transitive verb Definition: 1. show somebody to be blameless: to clear somebody or something of blame, guilt, suspicion, or doubt
2. justify somebody or something: to show that somebody or something is justified or correct
3. uphold something: to defend or maintain something such as a cause or rights
[Mid-16th century. < Latin vindicat-, past participle of vindicare "claim, set free, avenge" < vindic- "avenger"]
♣Underneath♣ –preposition 1. below the surface or level of; directly or vertically beneath; at or on the bottom of. 2. under the control of; in a lower position in a hierarchy of authority: Underneath the department heads are the junior executives. 3. hidden, disguised, or misrepresented, as by a false appearance or pretense: Underneath his bluster is a timid nature. –adverb 4. below; at a lower level or position; on the underside. –adjective 5. lower; situated below or under. –noun 6. the bottom; underside; lowest part.
Who said masochist, nothing with a closed fist, just a little damage with a tongue. Kinky little dark side, play a little hard to like, just try to have a little fun Sticking it in sticking it in mutha fucka, am I shitting in my own back yard? Why do I like it so hard? Youre beautiful when youre mad at me I piss you off so I can see The crazy way you yell and scream Youre beautiful when you mad at me at me Who said masochist, nothing with a closed fist, just a little damage with a tongue. Kinky little dark side, play a little hard to like, just try to have a little fun Sticking it in sticking it in mutha fucka, am I shitting in my own back yard? Why do I like it so hard? What you want dont come from me. What I expect is not reality cause Im sick and honest, you may be hot, but youre jumping up and down with a bitter little frown and Im gonna turn you inside out Youre beautiful when youre mad Youre beautiful when youre mad at me.
vocabulary: masochist-mas⋅och⋅ism /ˈmæsəˌkɪzəm, ˈmæz-/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [mas-uh-kiz-uhm, maz-] Show IPA Use MASOCHIST in a Sentence –noun 1. Psychiatry. the condition in which sexual gratification depends on suffering, physical pain, and humiliation. 2. gratification gained from pain, deprivation, degradation, etc., inflicted or imposed on oneself, either as a result of one's own actions or the actions of others, esp. the tendency to seek this form of gratification. 3. the act of turning one's destructive tendencies inward or upon oneself. 4. the tendency to find pleasure in self-denial, submissiveness, etc.
REALITY-re⋅al⋅i⋅ty /riˈælɪti/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [ree-al-i-tee] Show IPA Use REALITY in a Sentence –noun, plural -ties for 3, 5–7. 1. the state or quality of being real. 2. resemblance to what is real. 3. a real thing or fact. 4. real things, facts, or events taken as a whole; state of affairs: the reality of the business world; vacationing to escape reality. 5. Philosophy. a. something that exists independently of ideas concerning it. b. something that exists independently of all other things and from which all other things derive. 6. something that is real. 7. something that constitutes a real or actual thing, as distinguished from something that is merely apparent.
1. The quality of being modest; having a limited and not overly high opinion of oneself and one's abilities. 2. Moderate behaviour; reserve. 3. (specifically) Pudency, prudish avoidance of sexual explicitness.
Derived terms
* false modesty
Related terms
* modestly
Antonyms
* immodesty * extravagance * impudence
2)LAVA Etymology
Italian lava, lava, originally, in Naples, a torrent of rain overflowing the streets, from Italian and Latin lavare, to wash. See lave
1. Needlessly nervous or useless activity; commotion
2. A state of excessive and unwarranted concern over an unimportant matter: made a big fuss over one low test grade. 3. An objection; a protest: The longer working hours caused a big fuss. 4. A quarrel. 5. A display of affectionate excitement and attention 6.To trouble or worry over trifles. 7. To be excessively careful or solicitous 8. To get into or be in a state of nervous or useless activity: fussed with the collar of his coat. 9. To object; complain. 10. To disturb or vex with unimportant matters.
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♦BLASPHEMY♦
. impious utterance or action concerning God or sacred things. 2. Judaism. a. an act of cursing or reviling God. b. pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton (YHVH) in the original, now forbidden manner instead of using a substitute pronunciation such as Adonai.
3. Theology. the crime of assuming to oneself the rights or qualities of God. 4. irreverent behavior toward anything held sacred, priceless, etc.: He uttered blasphemies against life itself.
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APT
-☻ inclined; disposed; given; prone
-☻ suited to the purpose or occasion; appropriate
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SEQUEL
-☻ a result, consequence, or inference
-☻ an event or circumstance following something; subsequent course of affairs
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$Abruptly
1.sudden or unexpected
2.curt or brusque in speech, manner,
3.terminating or changing suddenly
4.having many sudden changes from one subject to another; lacking in continuity or smoothness
$Spiraling
1.running continuously around a fixed point or center while constantly receding from or approaching it
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NOVEMBER
UNFAMILIAR WORDS FROM RAISE A SONG
*Infatuation
1. the state of being infatuated.
2. the act of infatuating.
3. foolish or all-absorbing passion or an instance of this: a mere infatuation that will not last.
4. the object of a person's infatuation: When I was a kid, my infatuation was stamp collecting.
*Yearning
1. To have a strong, often melancholy desire.
2. To feel deep pity, sympathy, or tenderness: yearned over the child's fate.
*Impulsive
1. actuated or swayed by emotional or involuntary impulses: an impulsive child.
2. having the power or effect of impelling; characterized by impulsion: impulsive forces.
3. inciting to action: the impulsive effects of a revolutionary idea.
UNFAMILIAR WORDS FROM DISCUSSION
1. RENAISSANCE
-A rebirth or revival.
-The humanistic revival of classical art, architecture, literature, and learning that originated in Italy in the 14th century and later spread throughout Europe.
- The period of this revival, roughly the 14th through the 16th century, marking the transition from medieval to modern times.
2.QUACK
-An untrained person who pretends to be a physician and dispenses medical advice and treatment.
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cryp⋅tic /ˈkrɪptɪk/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [krip-tik] Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective Also, cryp⋅ti⋅cal. 1. mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous: a cryptic message.
2. abrupt; terse; short: a cryptic note.
3. secret; occult: a cryptic writing.
4. involving or using cipher, code, etc.
5. Zoology. fitted for concealing; serving to camouflage.
–noun 6. a cryptogram, esp. one designed as a puzzle.
wom⋅an⋅iz⋅er /ˈwʊməˌnaɪzər/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [woom-uh-nahy-zer] Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun a philanderer.
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Origin:
1920–25; womanize + -er 1
v. intr.
To pursue women lecherously.
v. tr.
To give female characteristics to; feminize.
wom'an·iz'er n.
noun
a man who likes many women and has short sexual relationships with them
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Origin:
1595–1605; < LL crypticus < Gk kryptikós hidden. See crypt, -ic
Intertwine
(verb)
1. spin,wind, or twist together; "intertwine the ribbons"; "Twine the threads into a rope"; "intertwined hearts" [ant: untwine]
2. make lacework by knotting or looping [syn: tat]
3. make a loop in; "loop a rope" [syn: loop]
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Conspired
con·spired, con·spir·ing, con·spires
v. intr.
To plan together secretly to commit an illegal or wrongful act or accomplish a legal purpose through illegal action.
To join or act together; combine
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Cavalry
-(from French cavalerie) is the second oldest of the Combat Arms.
Pillars
-is similar to a column which is a vertical support structure in architecture.
DEVOID
~–adjective 1. not possessing, untouched by, void, or destitute (usually fol. by of).
–verb (used with object) 2. to deplete or strip of some quality or substance: imprisonment that devoids a person of humanity.
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SKEPTICAL
~–adjective 1. inclined to skepticism; having doubt: a skeptical young woman.
2. showing doubt: a skeptical smile.
3. denying or questioning the tenets of a religion: a skeptical approach to the nature of miracles.
4. (initial capital letter) of or pertaining to Skeptics or Skepticism.
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EPITOME
~(noun) 1. 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.
2. a condensed account, esp. of a literary work; abstract
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WoRdS FrOm RaIsE A SoNg....
1.wilderness - An unsettled, uncultivated region left in its natural condition, especially:
1. A large wild tract of land covered with dense vegetation or forests.
2. An extensive area, such as a desert or ocean, that is barren or empty; a waste.
3. A piece of land set aside to grow wild.
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2.resentment - Indignation or ill will felt as a result of a real or imagined grievance. See Synonyms at anger
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3. banished - to expel from or relegate to a country or place by authoritative decree; condemn to exile:
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1. withered - Shriveled, shrunken, or faded from or as if from loss of moisture or sustenance
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UnFamiLiar wOrDs fRom dIscUssIon...
1. QUACKERY - noun,
- the practice or methods of a quack.
- an instance of this
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2. Humanism - a broad category of ethical philosophies that affirm the dignity and worth of all people, based on the ability to determine right and wrong by appealing to universal human qualities, particularly rationality.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanism
wOrds from raise a song
1. urges - to press upon the attention; present or speak of earnestly and repeatedly; plead, allege, or advocate strongly to urge caution
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the carrying off of a person by force or fraud; esp., the kidnapping of a woman for marriage, prostitution, etc.
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words from discussion..
motet is a word that is applied to a number of highly varied choral musical compositions.
The Renaissance (from French Renaissance, meaning "rebirth"; Italian: Rinascimento, from re- "again" and nascere "be born
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Unfamiliar words from Raise A Song:
1. Spiraling
[verb (past and past participle spi•raled or spi•ralled, present participle spi•ral•ing or spi•ral•ling, 3rd person present singular spi•rals)]
- to move in a spiral, or make something move in a spiral
2. Vulnerable
[vul•ner•a•ble [vúlnərəb'l]
adjective]
- extremely susceptible: easily persuadable or liable to give in to temptation
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Unfamilira words from Discussion:
1. Renaissance
- rebirth: a rebirth or revival, e.g. of culture, skills, or learning forgotten or previously ignored
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2. Modality
- politics protocol: procedures that are followed in the course of political or diplomatic negotiations
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AMULET
-*–noun
a small object worn to ward off evil, harm, or illness or to bring good fortune; protecting charm.
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CREDIT
-*–noun
1. commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.: Give credit where it is due.
2. a source of pride or honor: You are a credit to your school.
3. the ascription or acknowledgment of something as due or properly attributable to a person, institution, etc.: She got a screen credit for photography.
4. trustworthiness; credibility: a witness of credit.
5. confidence in a purchaser's ability and intention to pay, displayed by entrusting the buyer with goods or services without immediate payment.
6. reputation of solvency and probity, entitling a person to be trusted in buying or borrowing: Your credit is good
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Jeff Calingacion
1. Desolate
- alone: solitary, joyless, and without hope
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2. Mesmerized
- absorb somebody's attention: to fascinate somebody or absorb all of somebody's attention
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1. Ironic
- involving irony: deliberately stating the opposite of the truth, usually with the intention or result of being amusing
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2. Obnoxious
- objectionable: very offensive and unpleasant
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unFamiliaR wOrdS frOm raIse-a-sOng:
bipolar:
1. having two poles, as the earth.
2. of, pertaining to, or found at both polar regions.
3. characterized by opposite extremes, as two conflicting political philosophies.
4. Electronics. of or pertaining to a transistor that uses both positive and negative charge carriers.
bipolar. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Retrieved November 27, 2008, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bipolar
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modesty:
1. the quality of being modest; freedom from vanity, boastfulness, etc.
2. regard for decency of behavior, speech, dress, etc.
3. simplicity; moderation.
modesty. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Retrieved November 27, 2008, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/modesty
unFamiliaR wOrDs frOm thE disCusSion:
renaissance:
1. the activity, spirit, or time of the great revival of art, literature, and learning in Europe beginning in the 14th century and extending to the 17th century, marking the transition from the medieval to the modern world.
2. the forms and treatments in art used during this period.
3. (sometimes lowercase) any similar revival in the world of art and learning.
4. (lowercase) a renewal of life, vigor, interest, etc.; rebirth; revival: a moral renaissance.
–adjective 5. of, pertaining to, or suggestive of the European Renaissance of the 14th through the 17th centuries: Renaissance attitudes.
6. noting or pertaining to the group of architectural styles existing in Italy in the 15th and 16th centuries as adaptations of ancient Roman architectural details or compositional forms to contemporary uses, characterized at first by the free and inventive use of isolated details, later by the more imitative use of whole orders and compositional arrangements, with great attention to the formulation of compositional rules after the precepts of Vitruvius and the precedents of existing ruins, and at all periods by an emphasis on symmetry, exact mathematical relationships between parts, and a general effect of simplicity and repose.
7. noting or pertaining to any of the various adaptations of this group of styles in foreign architecture characterized typically by the playful or grotesque use of isolated details in more or less traditional buildings.
8. noting or pertaining to the furnishings or decorations of the Renaissance, in which motifs of classical derivation frequently appear.
renaissance. (n.d.). The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Retrieved November 27, 2008, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/renaissance
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chant:
1. a short, simple melody, esp. one characterized by single notes to which an indefinite number of syllables are intoned, used in singing psalms, canticles, etc., in church services.
2. a psalm, canticle, or the like, chanted or for chanting.
3. the singing or intoning of all or portions of a liturgical service.
4. any monotonous song.
5. a song; singing: the chant of a bird.
6. a monotonous intonation of the voice in speaking.
7. a phrase, slogan, or the like, repeated rhythmically and insistently, as by a crowd.
–verb (used with object) 8. to sing to a chant, or in the manner of a chant, esp. in a church service.
9. to sing.
10. to celebrate in song.
11. to repeat (a phrase, slogan, etc.) rhythmically and insistently.
–verb (used without object) 12. to sing.
13. to utter a chant.
chant. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Retrieved November 27, 2008, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/chant
"Clutching" and "guilt to kill" by TYPECAST
1. CLUTCHING
* clutch
v. clutched, clutch·ing, clutch·es
v. tr.
* To grasp and hold tightly.
* To seize; snatch.
2. GUILT KILL
death⋅bed
–noun
1. the bed on which a person dies: The museum contains Lincoln's deathbed.
–adjective
2. of, pertaining to, said, or done during the last few hours of a person's life: a deathbed confession.
—Idiom
3. on one's deathbed, in the last few hours before death.
RENAISSANCE
-stylistic and cultural label for the fifteenth ang sixteenth centuries.
-" French for "rebirth," perfectly describes the intellectual and economic changes that occurred in Europe from the fourteenth through the sixteenth centuries.
HUMANISM
- A cultural and intellectual movement of the Renaissance that emphasized secular concerns as a result of the rediscovery and study of the literature,art,and civilization of ancient Greece and Rome.
UNFAMILIAR WORDS FROM RAISE A SONG
1.UNREQUITED
- unthanked;unanswered
- unrecompensed
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2.EMPOWERED
- To invest with power, especially legal power or official authority.
- To equip or supply with an ability
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UNFAMILIAR WORDS
R-A-I-SE A SONG
1. pacify
-a. to bring or restore to a state of peace or tranquillity; quiet; calm: to pacify an angry man.
-b. to appease: to pacify one's appetite.
-c. to reduce to a state of submission, esp. by military force; subdue.
2. plague
-a. any widespread affliction, calamity, or evil, esp. one regarded as a direct punishment by God: a plague of war and desolation.
-b. any cause of trouble, annoyance, or vexation: Uninvited guests are a plague.
3. urgency
-a. urgent character; imperativeness; insistence; importunateness.
-b. urgencies, urgent requirements or needs.
4. bipolar
-a. of, pertaining to, or found at both polar regions.
-b. characterized by opposite extremes, as two conflicting political philosophies.
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DISCUSSION
1. superstitions
-a. an irrational belief that an object, action, or circumstance not logically related to a course of events influences its outcome.
-b. a belief, practice, or rite irrationally maintained by ignorance of the laws of nature or by faith in magic or chance.
-c. a fearful or abject state of mind resulting from such ignorance or irrationality.
2. quack
-a. a fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill.
-b. a person who pretends, professionally or publicly, to skill, knowledge, or qualifications he or she does not possess; a charlatan.
Reference:
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Renaissance
=(from French Renaissance, meaning "rebirth"; Italian: Rinascimento, from re- "again" and nascere "be born")[1] was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historic era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not uniform, this is a very general use of the term.
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quack2
/kwæk/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [kwak] Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun 1. a fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill.
2. a person who pretends, professionally or publicly, to skill, knowledge, or qualifications he or she does not possess; a charlatan.
–adjective 3. being a quack: a quack psychologist who complicates everyone's problems.
4. presented falsely as having curative powers: quack medicine.
5. of, pertaining to, or befitting a quack or quackery: quack methods.
–verb (used with object) 6. to treat in the manner of a quack.
7. to advertise or sell with fraudulent claims.
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Origin:
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A.Full Circle
1.Rut-a narrow predictable way of life
2.Interfere-to come in between(meddlesomely)
B.All Summer Long
1.Dock-an enclosed space in a court law
-any various weedy plant with greenish ang reddish colored flowers.
CONSISTENCY
- a degree of density, firmness, viscosity, etc.
- steadfast adherence to the same principles, course, form, etc.
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APPREHENSION
- anticipation of adversity or misfortune; suspicion or fear of future trouble or evil.
- the faculty or act of apprehending, esp. intuitive understanding; perception on a direct and immediate level.
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UNFAMILIAR WORDS FROM RAISE A SONG
1.UNREQUITED
- unthanked
- unanswered
2.STAKING
- one's good name or one's truthfulness, trustworthiness, or reliability
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@Noose
A noose is a loop at the end of a rope in which the knot slides to make the loop collapsible.
Knots used for making nooses include the running bowline, the tarbuck knot, and the slip knot. The knot most closely associated with execution is the Hangman's
knot, which is also known as the "hangman's noose".
slop (plural slops)
1. (uncountable) A liquid or semi-solid; goo, paste, mud, domestic liquid waste.
2. scraps used as food for pigs
3. (in plural, nautical, dated) clothing and bedding issued to sailors
4. (in plural, dated) The waste, dirty water of a house.
(A direct quote from 1897 Universal Dictionary of the English Language, v 4 p 4310.)
5. (dated) Human urine or excrement.
6. (informal, US) semen
@vindicated
Verb
1. Simple past tense and past participle of vindicate.
Adjective
1. justified, avenged or cleared of blame
vin•di•cate [ víndi kàyt ] (past and past participle vin•di•cat•ed, present participle vin•di•cat•ing, 3rd person present singular vin•di•cates)
transitive verb Definition: 1. show somebody to be blameless: to clear somebody or something of blame, guilt, suspicion, or doubt
2. justify somebody or something: to show that somebody or something is justified or correct
3. uphold something: to defend or maintain something such as a cause or rights
[Mid-16th century. < Latin vindicat-, past participle of vindicare "claim, set free, avenge" < vindic- "avenger"]
@mesmerizing
Present participle of mesmerize.
mes•mer•ize [ mézmə rz ] (past and past participle mes•mer•ized, present participle mes•mer•iz•ing, 3rd person present singular mes•mer•iz•es)
transitive verb Definition:
1. absorb somebody's attention: to fascinate somebody or absorb all of somebody's attention
The speaker mesmerized the audience with his dramatic tale.
2. hypnotize: to hypnotize somebody, especially by a method formerly believed to involve animal magnetism
[Early 19th century. After F. A. Mesmer (1734-1815), Austrian physician]
@rendered
Infinitive
to render Third person singular
renders
Simple past
rendered
Past participle
rendered
Present participle
rendering
to render (third-person singular simple present renders, present participle rendering, simple past and past participle rendered)
1. (transitive) To cause to become.
The shot rendered her immobile.
2. (transitive) To interpret, give an interpretation or rendition of.
The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully.
o 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 34.
we may, at last, render our philosophy like that of Epictetus
3. (transitive) To pass down.
render a verdict (= deliver a judgment)
4. (transitive) To make over as a return.
@motivated
Adjective
1. Furnished with a motive.
Verb
motivated
1. Simple past tense and past participle of motivate.
mo•ti•vate [ mṓtə vàyt ] (past and past participle mo•ti•vat•ed, present participle mo•ti•vat•ing, 3rd person present singular mo•ti•vates)
transitive verb Definition: 1. give somebody incentive: to give somebody a reason or incentive to do something
2. make somebody willing: to make somebody feel enthusiastic, interested, and committed to something
3. cause somebody's behavior: to be the reason for something that somebody does
motivated purely by greed
[Mid-19th century. motive, after French motiver "motivate"]
@redemption
re·demp·tion [ ri démpsh'n ]
noun
Definition:
1. improving of something: the act of saving something or somebody from a declined, dilapidated, or corrupted state and restoring it, him, or her to a better condition
The house was a wreck, and the garden seemed entirely beyond redemption.
2. redeemed state: the improved state of somebody or something saved from apparently irreversible decline
3. atonement for human sin: deliverance from the sins of humanity by the death of Jesus Christ on the Cross
4. buying back of something: the buying back of something given, e.g. to a pawnbroker, as security for a loan
5. ending of financial obligation: the removal of a financial obligation, e.g. the repayment of a loan or promissory note
[14th century. Via French< Latin redemption-< past participle of redimere(see redeem)]
Words from our discussions
renaissance
ren·ais·sance [ rénnə snss, rènnə snss, ri náyss'nss ] (plural ren·ais·sanc·es)
noun
Definition:
rebirth: a rebirth or revival, e.g. of culture, skills, or learning forgotten or previously ignored
[Late 19th century. < French renaître "be reborn" < Latin renasci< nasci "be born"]
UNFAMILIAR WORDS
FREEWAY:
>a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
GLORY:
>a state of high honor; "he valued glory above life itself"
>brilliant radiant beauty; "the glory of the sunrise"
>rejoice proudly
1.HYPNOTIZED
Pronunciation (US):
• HYPNOTIZED(adjective)
-Having your attention fixated as though by a spell
Synonyms:
fascinated; mesmerised; mesmerized; spell-bound; spellbound; transfixed
Similar:
enchanted (influenced as by charms or incantations)
2.CRUSH
Pronunciation (US):
• CRUSH (noun)
The noun CRUSH has 4 senses:
1. leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated
2. a dense crowd of people
3. temporary love of an adolescent
4. the act of crushing
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Unmafamiar Words
1. Aspiration
-strong desire, longing, or aim; ambition: intellectual aspirations.
-a goal or objective desired
2. Shreds
-A long irregular strip that is cut or torn off.
-A small amount; a particle: not a shred of evidence.
3. Pleasure
-the state or feeling of being pleased.
-enjoyment or satisfaction derived from what is to one's liking; gratification; delight.
4.Alibi
-to give an excuse; offer a defense
1. CRINKLE
• CRINKLE (noun)
The noun CRINKLE has 1 sense:
1. a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
Familiarity information: CRINKLE used as a noun is very rare.
• CRINKLE (verb)
The verb CRINKLE has 2 senses:
1. make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface
2. become wrinkled or crumpled or creased
↨☻↨ Journey
a traveling from one place to another, usually taking a rather long time
↨☻↨ compatible
capable of existing or living together in harmony
↨☻↨ flirty
given or inclined to flirtation
↨☻↨ dynasty
a series of members of a family who are distinguished for their success, wealth, etc
↨☻↨ fantasy
imagination, esp. when extravagant and unrestrained
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UNFAMILIAR WORDS FROM THE DISCUSSION
SCHISM - 1.) a split or division in an organized group or society, esp. a church, as the result of difference of opinion, of doctrine, etc.
2.) the act of causing or trying to cause a split or division in a church
3.) any of the sects, parties, etc. formed by such a split
CONSPICUOUS - 1.) easy to see or perceive; obvious a conspicuous billboard
2.) attracting attention by being unexpected, unusual, outstanding, or egregious; striking conspicuous
bravery, conspicuous folly
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UNFAMILIAR WORDS FROM RAISE A SONG
SECLUSION -1.a secluding or being secluded; retirement; isolation; privacy
2.a secluded spot
MIDRANGE - 1. the intermediate range of sound frequencies
2. a speaker for reproducing these
INSIPID - 1. without flavor; tasteless
2.not exciting or interesting; dull; lifeless
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For the month of December
1.One moment in Time
seize (sēz)
transitive verb
a. to put in legal possession of a particular thing; assign ownership ;to take forcible legal possession of; confiscate to seize contraband
b. to capture and put into custody; arrest; apprehend to seize a criminal suspect
2. to take forcibly and quickly; grab to seize power
3. to take hold of suddenly or forcibly, with or as with the hand; clutch
a. to suddenly penetrate, illumine, or fill the mind of an idea seized him
b. to grasp with the mind, esp. in a sudden or intuitive way seized their intent
4. to take quick advantage of (an opportunity, etc.)
5. to attack or afflict suddenly or severely seized with a fit of sneezing
6. NAUT. to fasten together (ropes, etc.), as by lashings; bind; lash
2.My Immortal
suppress
1: to put down by authority or force
2: to keep from public knowledge: as a: to keep secret b: to stop or prohibit the publication or revelation
3 a: to exclude from consciousness b: to keep from giving vent to a: to restrain from a usual course or action .
unfamiliar words from discussion
renaissance
The word Renaissance is a French word meaning new birth, a name given to the movement in Europe that inspired men to abandon the restraints of the Middle Ages and to develop modern interests, enthusiasm and ideals. Its most noted feature was the Revival of Learning, an awakening of mind and a thirst after the new knowledge. This resulted in numerous investigations of natural events, in a widespread study of art and literature and in a broadening of outlook to a degree never before known.
For the month of December
1.One moment in Time
seize (sēz)
transitive verb
a. to put in legal possession of a particular thing; assign ownership ;to take forcible legal possession of; confiscate to seize contraband
b. to capture and put into custody; arrest; apprehend to seize a criminal suspect
2. to take forcibly and quickly; grab to seize power
3. to take hold of suddenly or forcibly, with or as with the hand; clutch
a. to suddenly penetrate, illumine, or fill the mind of an idea seized him
b. to grasp with the mind, esp. in a sudden or intuitive way seized their intent
4. to take quick advantage of (an opportunity, etc.)
5. to attack or afflict suddenly or severely seized with a fit of sneezing
6. NAUT. to fasten together (ropes, etc.), as by lashings; bind; lash
2.My Immortal
suppress
1: to put down by authority or force
2: to keep from public knowledge: as a: to keep secret b: to stop or prohibit the publication or revelation
3 a: to exclude from consciousness b: to keep from giving vent to a: to restrain from a usual course or action .
unfamiliar words from discussion
renaissance
The word Renaissance is a French word meaning new birth, a name given to the movement in Europe that inspired men to abandon the restraints of the Middle Ages and to develop modern interests, enthusiasm and ideals. Its most noted feature was the Revival of Learning, an awakening of mind and a thirst after the new knowledge. This resulted in numerous investigations of natural events, in a widespread study of art and literature and in a broadening of outlook to a degree never before known.
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UNFAMILIAR WORDS FROM RAISE A SONG
† PHILOSOPHIZE
Definition:
1. intransitive verb discuss nature of reality: to comment on or attempt to explain the nature of life and reality, or a part of it such as ethics, logic, knowledge, or existence
2. intransitive verb explain or moralize in superficial way: to express opinions of a supposedly philosophical nature in a superficial, tedious, or moralistic way
3. transitive verb philosophy deal with something from philosophical standpoint: to consider, explain, or deal with something from a philosophical standpoint
phi·los·o·phi·za·tion [ fi lòssəfi záysh'n ] noun
phi·los·o·phiz·er noun
† BRIM
Definition:
1. hat edge: the rim around the edge of a hat, shaped to stand out from the head
2. top edge: the top edge of a container such as a cup or bowl
† LOCKDOWN
Definiion:
1. confinement for safety: an emergency safety procedure in which people remain in a locked indoor space
When an unknown intruder entered the building, the principal ordered the school into lockdown.
2. computer locking device: a locking device that prevents a computer from being moved or stolen
3. online computer security procedure: the prevention of access by users of a computer network or intruders from the Internet to files essential to the integrity of a computer system
4. confinement to prison cell: the state of being confined to a prison cell for all or most of the day ( slang
† JADED
Definition:
1. bored: no longer interested in something, often because of having been overexposed to it
2. tired: exhausted, especially through overwork
jad·ed·ly adverb
jad·ed·ness noun
REFERENCE:
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UNFAMILIAR WORDS FROM DISCUSSIONS:
† HISTORIAN
noun
Definition:
1. student and scholar of history: a student of or expert in history
2. recorder of events: a writer of an account of historical events
[15th century. < French historien< Latin historia (see history)]
† HUMANISM
noun
Definition:
1. belief in human-based morality: a system of thought that is based on the values, characteristics, and behavior that are believed to be best in human beings, rather than on any supernatural authority
2. concern for people: a concern with the needs, well-being, and interests of people
3. Renaissance cultural movement: the secular cultural and intellectual movement of the Renaissance that spread throughout Europe as a result of the rediscovery of the arts and philosophy of the ancient Greeks and Romans
hu·man·ist [ hymənist ] noun, adjective
hu·man·ist·ic [ hymə nístik ] adjective
hu·man·is·ti·cal·ly [ hymə nístikəlee ] adverb
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Unfamiliar words from Raise a song for the month of December
*Rig
1.the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
2.apparatus for some purpose; equipment; outfit; gear: a hi-fi rig; Bring your rod and reel and all the rest of your fishing rig.
3.any combination trucking unit in which vehicles are hooked together, as a tractor-trailer.
4.a carriage, buckboard, sulky, or wagon together with the horse or horses that draw it.
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*Falter
1.to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way:
2. to speak hesitatingly or brokenly.
3. to move unsteadily; stumble.
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*Bleak
1. bare, desolate, and often windswept: a bleak plain.
2. cold and piercing; raw: a bleak wind.
3. without hope or encouragement; depressing; dreary: a bleak future.
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*Glossy
1. having a shiny or lustrous surface.
2. having a false or deceptive appearance or air, esp. of experience or sophistication; specious
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UNFAMILIAR WORDS FROM DISCUSSION
*Schism
noun
1. division or disunion, esp. into mutually opposed parties.
2. the parties so formed.
3. Ecclesiastical.
a.a formal division within, or separation from, a church or religious body over some doctrinal difference.
b.the state of a sect or body formed by such division.
c.the offense of causing or seeking to cause such a division.
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Unfamiliar words
1. Grasp
-to seize and hold by or as if by clasping with the fingers or arms.
-to seize upon; hold firmly.
-to get hold of mentally; comprehend
2. Casualty
-one who is injured or killed in an accident
-any person, group, thing, etc., that is harmed or destroyed as a result of some act or event
3. Luster
- the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss
- a substance, as a coating or polish, used to impart sheen or gloss.
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unfamiliar words
CAN'T BE SAVED - senses fail
◘ bliss
–noun
1. supreme happiness; utter joy or contentment: wedded bliss.
2. Theology. the joy of heaven.
3. heaven; paradise: the road to eternal bliss.
4. Archaic. a cause of great joy or happiness.
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◘ coma
–noun, plural -mas.
a state of prolonged unconsciousness, including a lack of response to stimuli, from which it is impossible to rouse a person.
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◘ tonic
–noun
1. a medicine that invigorates or strengthens: a tonic of sulphur and molasses.
2. anything invigorating physically, mentally, or morally: His cheerful greeting was a real tonic.
3. quinine water.
4. Music. the first degree of the scale; the keynote.
5. Chiefly Eastern New England. soda pop.
6. Phonetics. a tonic syllable or accent.
–adjective
7. pertaining to, maintaining, increasing, or restoring the tone or health of the body or an organ, as a medicine.
8. invigorating physically, mentally, or morally.
9. Physiology, Pathology. a. pertaining to tension, as of the muscles.
b. marked by continued muscular tension: a tonic spasm.
10. using differences in tone or pitch to distinguish between words that are otherwise phonemically identical: a tonic language.
11. pertaining to tone or accent in speech.
12. Phonetics. (of a syllable) bearing the principal stress or accent, usually accompanied by a change in pitch.
13. Music. a. of or pertaining to a tone or tones.
b. pertaining to or founded on the keynote, or first tone, of a musical scale: a tonic chord.
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ANGEL AND I - senses fail
◘ strained
–adjective
affected or produced by effort; not natural or spontaneous; forced: strained hospitality.
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◘ divine
–adjective
1. of or pertaining to a god, esp. the Supreme Being.
2. addressed, appropriated, or devoted to God or a god; religious; sacred: divine worship.
3. proceeding from God or a god: divine laws.
4. godlike; characteristic of or befitting a deity: divine magnanimity.
5. heavenly; celestial: the divine kingdom.
6. Informal. extremely good; unusually lovely: He has the most divine tenor voice.
7. being a god; being God: a divine person.
8. of superhuman or surpassing excellence: Beauty is divine.
9. Obsolete. of or pertaining to divinity or theology.
–noun
10. a theologian; scholar in religion.
11. a priest or member of the clergy.
12. the Divine, a. God.
b. (sometimes lowercase) the spiritual aspect of humans; the group of attributes and qualities of humankind regarded as godly or godlike.
–verb (used with object)
13. to discover or declare (something obscure or in the future) by divination; prophesy.
14. to discover (water, metal, etc.) by means of a divining rod.
15. to perceive by intuition or insight; conjecture.
16. Archaic. to portend.
–verb (used without object)
17. to use or practice divination; prophesy.
18. to have perception by intuition or insight; conjecture.
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unfamiliar words in the month of December:
Flipside
Flipside, flip side, or flipsyde may refer to:
The B-side of a vinyl record.
An opposite, reverse, or sharply contrasted side or aspect of something or someone.
Literature
Flipside (fanzine)
The Flip Side, a section of The Columbus Dispatch newspaper
Flipside, a 1998 novel by David Richards
The Flipside, a satirical school newspaper at Deerfield High School (Illinois)
Flipside, a webcomic by Brion Foulke (Flipside)
atrophy
atrophy, diminution in the size of a cell, tissue, or organ from its fully developed normal size. Temporary atrophy may occur in muscles that are not used, as when a limb is encased in a plaster cast. Interference with cellular nutrition, as through starvation; diseases affecting the nerve supply of tissues, e.g., poliomyelitis and muscular dystrophy; and prolonged disuse may cause a permanent wasting away of tissue. Atrophy may also follow hypertrophy.
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PRETENSE
pre⋅tense /prɪˈtɛns, ˈpritɛns/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [pri-tens, pree-tens] Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun 1. pretending or feigning; make-believe: My sleepiness was all pretense.
2. a false show of something: a pretense of friendship.
3. a piece of make-believe.
4. the act of pretending or alleging falsely.
5. a false allegation or justification: He excused himself from the lunch on a pretense of urgent business.
6. insincere or false profession: His pious words were mere pretense.
7. the putting forth of an unwarranted claim.
8. the claim itself.
9. any allegation or claim: to obtain money under false pretenses.
10. pretension (usually fol. by to): destitute of any pretense to wit.
11. pretentiousness.
Also, especially British, pretence.
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Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < AF < ML *praetēnsa, n. use of fem. of praetēnsus, ptp. (r. L praetentus) of praetendere
Moonbeams
-n. A ray of moonlight.
Shudders
-n. A convulsive shiver, as from fear or revulsion; a tremor.
DUNNO
- colloquial for "(I) don't know"
LINGER
- to remain or stay on in a place longer than is usual or expected, as if from reluctance to leave
1.Menacing
==>something that threatens to cause evil
2.Desecrate
==>to divest of sacred or hallowed character or office
3.Militance
==>Having a combative character
4.Travesty
==>a literary or artistic burlesque of a serious work or subject, characterized by grotesque or ludicrous incongruity of style
5.Demise
==>termination of existence
1.Intoxicating
- causing or capable of causing intoxication: intoxicating beverages.
- exhilarating; exciting: an intoxicating idea.
2.underhanded
- Marked by or done in a deceptive, secret, or sly manner; dishonest and sneaky
1.DEVOUTLY
. devoted to divine worship or service; pious; religious: a devout Catholic.
expressing devotion or piety: devout prayer.
earnest or sincere; hearty:
2.CONFINED
limited or restricted.
unable to leave a place because of illness, imprisonment, etc.
being in childbirth; being in parturition.
UNFAMILAR WORDS FROM RAISE A SONG
CRUMBLE
1. to break into small fragments or crumbs.
2. to fall into small pieces; break or part into small fragments.
3. to decay or disintegrate gradually
FUSSING
1. Needlessly nervous or useless activity; commotion
2. A state of excessive and unwarranted concern over an unimportant matter: made a big fuss over one low test grade.
3. An objection; a protest: The longer working hours caused a big fuss.
4. A quarrel.
5. A display of affectionate excitement and attention
6.To trouble or worry over trifles.
7. To be excessively careful or solicitous
8. To get into or be in a state of nervous or useless activity: fussed with the collar of his coat.
9. To object; complain.
10. To disturb or vex with unimportant matters.
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UNFAMILIAR WORDS
R-A-I-SE A SONG
1. SELF-INFLICTED
inflicted on oneself by oneself, as an injury
Examples:
wound: Her husband was beside her with only a minor self-inflicted wound.
injury: Done properly, Salsa should cause very few self-inflicted injuries.
death: Self-inflicted death done in the privacy of a home usually doesn't make the paper.
pain: Read more... Mountain Mayhem 2003 21 Jun 2003 More self-inflicted pain from two Nottingham-based teams, this time in Birmingham.
damage: The party is behind in the opinion polls and suffering from self-inflicted damage.
problem: The East Anglia Ambulance Trust had even worse self-inflicted problems.
2. ECCENTRICITY
Definition
ec·cen·tric·ity (ek′sen tris′ə tē, -sən-)
noun pl. eccentricities -·ties
the state, quality, or amount of being eccentric
deviation from what is ordinary or customary, as in conduct or manner; oddity; unconventionality
an eccentric trait or habit; peculiarity
Math. the ratio of the distances from any point of a conic section to the focus and to the directrix: the value of this ratio determines the type of conic section (zero = circle, between zero and one = ellipse, one = parabola, more than one = hyperbola)
Mech. the distance between the center of a shaft and the center of its eccentric wheel: sometimes, erroneously, called a throw
Reference:
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Grief:
is a multi-faceted response to loss.
Rig:
the configuration of sails and other rigging on a sailing vessel
Rig:
a slang term for a syringe used for injecting drugs, notably heroin
Underneath:
–preposition
1. below the surface or level of; directly or vertically beneath; at or on the bottom of.
2. under the control of; in a lower position in a hierarchy of authority: Underneath the department heads are the junior executives.
3. hidden, disguised, or misrepresented, as by a false appearance or pretense: Underneath his bluster is a timid nature.
–adverb
4. below; at a lower level or position; on the underside.
–adjective
5. lower; situated below or under.
–noun
6. the bottom; underside; lowest part.
Altered:
v. al·tered, al·ter·ing, al·ters
v. tr.
1. To change or make different; modify: altered my will.
2. To adjust (a garment) for a better fit.
3. To castrate or spay (an animal, such as a cat or a dog).
v. intr.
To change or become different.
Creep:
verb, crept, creep⋅ing, noun
–verb (used without object)
1. to move slowly with the body close to the ground, as a reptile or an insect, or a person on hands and knees.
2. to approach slowly, imperceptibly, or stealthily (often fol. by up): We crept up and peeked over the wall.
3. to move or advance slowly or gradually: The automobile crept up the hill. Time just seems to creep along on these hot summer days.
4. to sneak up behind someone or without someone's knowledge (usually fol. by up on): The prisoners crept up on the guard and knocked him out.
5. to enter or become evident inconspicuously, gradually, or insidiously (often fol. by in or into:) The writer's personal bias occasionally creeps into the account.
6. to move or behave timidly or servilely.
7. to grow along the ground, a wall, etc., as a plant.
8. to advance or develop gradually so as to infringe on or supplant something else: creeping inflation; creeping socialism.
9. to slip, slide, or shift gradually; become displaced.
10. (of a metal object) to become deformed, as under continuous loads or at high temperatures.
11. Nautical. to grapple (usually fol. by for): The ships crept for their anchor chains.
–verb (used with object)
12. Archaic. to creep along or over.
–noun
13. an act or instance of creeping.
14. Slang. a boring, disturbingly eccentric, painfully introverted, or obnoxious person.
15. Slang. an intelligence or counterintelligence agent; spy.
16. Geology.
a. the gradual movement downhill of loose soil, rock, gravel, etc.; solifluction.
b. the slow deformation of solid rock resulting from constant stress applied over long periods.
17. Mechanics. the gradual, permanent deformation of a body produced by a continued application of heat or stress.
18. a grappling iron; grapnel.
19. Firearms. the slack in a trigger mechanism before it releases the firing pin.
20. creep feeder.
21. the creeps, Informal. a sensation of horror, fear, disgust, etc., suggestive of the feeling induced by something crawling over the skin: That horror movie gave me the creeps.
—Idiom
22. make one's flesh creep, to be frightening or repellent; cause one to experience uneasiness: The eerie stories made our flesh creep.
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-Modesty
*1.the quality of being modest; freedom from vanity, boastfulness, etc.
2. regard for decency of behavior, speech, dress, etc.
3. simplicity; moderation.
-Sympathy
*1.harmony of or agreement in feeling, as between persons or on the part of one person with respect to another.
2.the harmony of feeling naturally existing between persons of like tastes or opinion or of congenial dispositions.
3.the fact or power of sharing the feelings of another, esp. in sorrow or trouble; fellow feeling, compassion, or commiseration
-contemplate
1. to look at or view with continued attention; observe or study thoughtfully: to contemplate the stars.
2. to consider thoroughly; think fully or deeply about: to contemplate a difficult problem.
3. to have as a purpose; intend.
4. to have in view as a future event: to contemplate buying a new car.
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1.Because of you
stray- to wander from company, restraint, or proper limits b: to roam about without fixed direction or purpose c: to move in a winding course : meander d: to move without conscious or intentional effort
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2.welcome to the black parade
reel-: a revolvable device on which something flexible is wound: as a: a small windlass at the butt of a fishing rod for the line bchiefly British : a spool or bobbin for sewing thread c: a flanged spool for photographic film ; especially : one for motion pictures
2: a quantity of something wound on a reel
unfamiliar wods fro discussion;
deceptive-: to lead in a wrong direction or into a mistaken action or belief often by deliberate deceit
intransitive verb
: to lead astray : give a wrong impression
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THROES, any violent convulsion or struggle
the agony of death
PERDITION, a state of final spiritual ruin; loss of the soul; damnation.
1. accusing
-ac·cus·ing [ə kyzing]
adjective
blaming: containing or suggesting a claim that somebody has done something wrong
-ac·cus·ing·ly, adverb
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2. sacrifice
-sac·ri·fice [sákrə fss]
noun (plural sac·ri·fic·es)
a. giving up of something valued: a giving up of something valuable or important for somebody or something else considered to be of more value or importance
b. something valued and given up: something valuable or important given up as a sacrifice
c. loss in giving up something valued: a loss incurred by giving away or selling something below its value
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ornate:
1. elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so: They bought an ornate Louis XIV sofa.
2. embellished with rhetoric; florid or high-flown: an ornate style of writing
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tribulations
Great affliction, trial, or distress; suffering: Their tribulation has finally passed. See Synonyms at trial.
An experience that tests one's endurance, patience, or faith. See Synonyms at burden1.
ornate:
1. elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so: They bought an ornate Louis XIV sofa.
2. embellished with rhetoric; florid or high-flown: an ornate style of writing
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tribulations
Great affliction, trial, or distress; suffering: Their tribulation has finally passed. See Synonyms at trial.
An experience that tests one's endurance, patience, or faith. See Synonyms at burden1.
horde - (hôrd, hōrd) Pronunciation Key
n.
A large group or crowd; a swarm: a horde of mosquitoes. See Synonyms at crowd1.
A nomadic Mongol tribe.
A nomadic tribe or group.
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deceit -
–noun 1. the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating: Once she exposed their deceit, no one ever trusted them again.
2. an act or device intended to deceive; trick; stratagem.
3. the quality of being deceitful; duplicity; falseness: a man full of deceit.
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ASUNDER –adverb, adjective 1. into separate parts; in or into pieces: Lightning split the old oak tree asunder.
2. apart or widely separated: as wide asunder as the polar regions.
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VENGEANCE -
noun 1. infliction of injury, harm, humiliation, or the like, on a person by another who has been harmed by that person; violent revenge: But have you the right to vengeance?
2. an act or opportunity of inflicting such trouble: to take one's vengeance.
3. the desire for revenge: a man full of vengeance.
4. Obsolete. hurt; injury.
5. Obsolete. curse; imprecation.
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SCOURGING
- noun, verb, scourged, scourging.
–noun 1. a whip or lash, esp. for the infliction of punishment or torture.
2. a person or thing that applies or administers punishment or severe criticism.
3. a cause of affliction or calamity: Disease and famine are scourges of humanity.
–verb (used with object) 4. to whip with a scourge; lash.
5. to punish, chastise, or criticize severely.
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BLASPHEMY
. impious utterance or action concerning God or sacred things.
2. Judaism. a. an act of cursing or reviling God.
b. pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton (YHVH) in the original, now forbidden manner instead of using a substitute pronunciation such as Adonai.
3. Theology. the crime of assuming to oneself the rights or qualities of God.
4. irreverent behavior toward anything held sacred, priceless, etc.: He uttered blasphemies against life itself.
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#summertime
*–noun
the summer season.
*-noun
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox; "they spent a lazy summer at the shore"
#tearfully
*–adjective
full of tears; weeping.
causing tears: the tearful story of his poverty.
*-adverb
with tears; in a tearful manner; "the man confessed tearfully to having beaten his wife"
#summertime
*–noun
the summer season.
*-noun
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox; "they spent a lazy summer at the shore"
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#tearfully
*–adjective
full of tears; weeping.
causing tears: the tearful story of his poverty.
*-adverb
with tears; in a tearful manner; "the man confessed tearfully to having beaten his wife"
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$hustle
–verb (used without object)
1. to proceed or work rapidly or energetically: to hustle about putting a house in order.
2. to push or force one's way; jostle or shove.
3. to be aggressive, esp. in business or other financial dealings.
4. Slang. to earn one's living by illicit or unethical means.
5. Slang. (of a prostitute) to solicit clients.
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$fantasy
–noun
1. imagination, esp. when extravagant and unrestrained.
2. the forming of mental images, esp. wondrous or strange fancies; imaginative conceptualizing.
3. a mental image, esp. when unreal or fantastic; vision: a nightmare fantasy.
4. Psychology. an imagined or conjured up sequence fulfilling a psychological need; daydream.
5. a hallucination.
6. a supposition based on no solid foundation; visionary idea; illusion: dreams of Utopias and similar fantasies.
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♠ STRUGGLE
verb (used without object)
1. to contend with an adversary or opposing force.
2. to contend resolutely with a task, problem, etc.; strive: to struggle for existence.
3. to advance with violent effort: to struggle through the snow.
4. (of athletes and competitors) to be coping with inability to perform well or to win; contend with difficulty: After struggling for the whole month of June, he suddenly caught fire and raised his batting average 30 points.
–verb (used with object)
5. to bring, put, etc., by struggling: She struggled the heavy box into a corner.
6. to make (one's way) with violent effort.
–noun
7. the process or an act or instance of struggling.
8. a war, fight, conflict, or contest of any kind.
9. a task or goal requiring much effort to accomplish or achieve.
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♠ DECEPTION
–noun
1. the act of deceiving; the state of being deceived.
2. something that deceives or is intended to deceive; fraud; artifice.
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♠ UNRAVEL
–verb (used with object)
1. to separate or disentangle the threads of (a woven or knitted fabric, a rope, etc.).
2. to free from complication or difficulty; make plain or clear; solve: to unravel a situation; to unravel a mystery.
3. Informal. to take apart; undo; destroy (a plan, agreement, or arrangement).
–verb (used without object)
4. to become unraveled.
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♠ HALLOW
–verb (used with object)
1. to make holy; sanctify; consecrate.
2. to honor as holy; consider sacred; venerate: to hallow a battlefield.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hallow
♠ TORRENT
–noun
1. a stream of water flowing with great rapidity and violence.
2. a rushing, violent, or abundant and unceasing stream of anything: a torrent of lava.
3. a violent downpour of rain.
4. a violent, tumultuous, or overwhelming flow: a torrent of abuse.
–adjective
5. torrential.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/torrent
UNFAMILIAR WORDS FROM RAISE A SONG:
†SECLUSION
se·clu·sion [ sə kl'n ] (plural se·clu·sions)
noun
Definition:
1. condition of being secluded: the condition of being cut off from others, or from other places
2. act of secluding: an act of setting somebody or something apart from others
3. secluded place: a quiet place removed from activity and people
[Early 17th century. < Latin seclusion-< past participle of secludere (see seclude)]
†SUITOR
suit·or [ stər ] (plural suit·ors)
noun
Definition:
1. man wooing woman: a man who is trying to persuade a woman to marry him ( formal )
2. business somebody seeking to take over business: somebody who seeks to buy or take over a business
3. law somebody who brings lawsuit: somebody on whose behalf a case is brought to a law court
[13th century. Via Anglo-Norman seutor, suitour< Latin secutor "follower" < sequi "follow"]
WORDS FROM DISCUSSIONS:
†NARCOTICS
nar·cot·ic [ naar kóttik ]
noun (plural nar·cot·ics)
Definition:
1. drug: a typically addictive drug, especially one derived from opium, that may produce effects ranging from pain relief and sleep to stupor, coma, and convulsions
2. illegal drug: a drug whose use is illegal, whether it is addictive or not
3. soothing thing: something that soothes, induces sleep, relieves pain or stress, or causes a sensation of mental numbness
adjective
Definition:
1. causing sleep: able to induce drowsiness, sleep, or stupor, or alter mental states through its chemical properties
2. soothing: having a generally soothing, numbing, or soporific effect
3. of narcotics: relating to narcotic drugs and their use
4. of addicts: relating to people addicted to narcotics
[14th century. Via French and medieval Latin< Greek narkōtikos "numbing" < narkoun "make numb" < narkē "numbness"]
nar·cot·i·cal·ly adverb
†EUPHORIA
eu·pho·ri·a [ yoo fáwree ə ]
noun
Definition:
extreme happiness: a feeling of great joy, excitement, or well-being
She was in a state of euphoria after her win.
[Late 17th century. Via modern Latin< Greek< euphoros "borne well, healthy"]
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Unfamiliar words from Raise-a-song
(january)
*obnoxious
–adjective
1. highly objectionable or offensive; odious: obnoxious behavior.
2. annoying or objectionable due to being a showoff or attracting undue attention to oneself: an obnoxious little brat.
3. Archaic. exposed or liable to harm, evil, or anything objectionable.
4. Obsolete. liable to punishment or censure; reprehensible.
~http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/obnoxious
*enraged
–verb (used with object), -raged, -rag⋅ing.
to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate: His supercilious attitude enraged me.
~http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/enraged
*frigid
–adjective
1. very cold in temperature: a frigid climate.
2. without warmth of feeling; without ardor or enthusiasm: a frigid reaction to the suggested law.
3. stiff or formal: a welcome that was polite but frigid.
4. (of a woman)
a. inhibited in the ability to experience sexual excitement during sexual activity.
b. unresponsive to sexual advances or stimuli.
5. unemotional or unimaginative; lacking passion, sympathy, or sensitivity: a correct, but frigid presentation.
~http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/frigid
*desperate
–adjective
1. reckless or dangerous because of despair or urgency: a desperate killer.
2. having an urgent need, desire, etc.: desperate for attention.
3. leaving little or no hope; very serious or dangerous: a desperate illness.
4. extremely bad; intolerable or shocking: clothes in desperate taste.
5. extreme or excessive.
6. making a final, ultimate effort; giving all: a desperate attempt to save a life.
7. actuated by a feeling of hopelessness.
8. having no hope; giving in to despair.
–noun
9. Obsolete. a desperado.
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Unfamiliar Words from Discussion
*Euphoria
–noun Psychology.
a feeling of happiness, confidence, or well-being sometimes exaggerated in pathological states as mania.
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*Narcosis
–noun
1. a state of stupor or drowsiness.
2. a state of stupor or greatly reduced activity produced by a drug. Compare nitrogen narcosis.
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*stupor
noun
1. suspension or great diminution of sensibility, as in disease or as caused by narcotics, intoxicants, etc.: He lay there in a drunken stupor.
2. mental torpor; apathy; stupefaction.
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woolgather
Definition:
[v] have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy
Synonyms:
daydream, dream, stargaze
revery
Definition:
1. [n] an abstracted state of absorption
2. [n] absent-minded dreaming while awake
Synonyms:air castle, castle in Spain, castle in the air, daydream, daydreaming, oneirism, reverie
ABORTICIDE
Definition:
1. [n] the act of destroying a fetus
2. [n] a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion
Synonyms: abortifacient, abortion-inducing drug, feticide
AGROMANIA
Definition:[n] an intense desire to be alone or out in the open
See Also:cacoethes, mania, passion
1. intertwine
-in·ter·twine [ìntər twn]
(past and past participle in·ter·twined, present participle in·ter·twin·ing, 3rd person present singular in·ter·twines)
transitive and intransitive verb
1. twist two things together: to twist two or more things closely together or around and through each other, or be or become twisted in this way
2. become closely linked: to become closely and intricately linked with each other, or link something closely and intricately with something else
Their lives had intertwined.
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2. conspire
-con·spire [kən spr]
(past and past participle con·spired, present participle con·spir·ing, 3rd person present singular con·spires)
intransitive verb
1. plan secretly to act illegally: to plan or agree in secret with others to commit an illegal or subversive act
In court, the three defendants admitted to conspiring against the government.
2. work together: to combine so as to cause a particular result, often one involving harm, inconvenience, or difficulty
Rain and tears conspired to smudge her carefully applied mascara.
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UNFAMILIAR WORDS FROM RAISE A SONG
DESPISE
- to regard with contempt, distaste, disgust, or disdain; scorn; loathe
- to regard as unworthy of one's interest or concern
- to dislike intensely
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FUSS
- an excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle
- an argument or noisy dispute
- a complaint or protest, esp. about something relatively unimportant
- to disturb, esp. with trifles; annoy; bother
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CHINCHILLA
- a small, South American rodent, Chinchilla laniger, raised for its soft, silvery gray fur: now rare in the wild.
- the fur of this animal
- something, as a coat or jacket, made of chinchilla fur
- a thick, napped, woolen fabric for coats
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UNFAMILIAR WORDS FROM THE DISCUSSION
STUPOR
1. the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally
2. marginal consciousness
EUPHORIA
-a feeling of vigor, well-being, or high spirits
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UNFAMILIAR WORDS FROM RAISE A SONG
COMPLACENT
1. pleased, esp. with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied
2. pleasant; complaisant
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SCOPING
1. the act or practice of eyeing or examining, as in order to evaluate or appreciate.
2. of or involving an investigation or discussion to determine the effect a proposed policy or project would have on a community or the local environment
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1.take my breath away-jessica simpson
no•tion (nō′s̸hən)
noun
1.
a. a mental image; general idea
b. a vague thought
2. a belief; opinion; view
3. a desire; inclination; whim
4. a plan or intention
2.Never say goodbye
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bust
Function:
verb
Inflected Form(s):
bust•ed also bust; bust•ing
Etymology:
alteration of burst
Date:
1806
transitive verb1 a: to break or smash especially with force ; also : to make inoperative my b: to bring an end to : BREAK UP —often used with up c: to ruin financially d: EXHAUST , WEAR OUT —used in phrases like bust one's butt to describe making a strenuous effort e: to give a hard time to —often used in phrases like bust one's chops.
1.sen·ti·ment
-A thought, view, or attitude, especially one based mainly on emotion instead of reason: An anti-American sentiment swept through the country. See Synonyms at feeling, opinion.
2.deceit
- the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating: Once she exposed their deceit, no one ever trusted them again.
DEVOID
~–adjective 1. not possessing, untouched by, void, or destitute (usually fol. by of).
–verb (used with object) 2. to deplete or strip of some quality or substance: imprisonment that devoids a person of humanity.
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*Rig
1.the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
2.apparatus for some purpose; equipment; outfit; gear: a hi-fi rig; Bring your rod and reel and all the rest of your fishing rig.
3.any combination trucking unit in which vehicles are hooked together, as a tractor-trailer.
4.a carriage, buckboard, sulky, or wagon together with the horse or horses that draw it.
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sacrifice
-sac·ri·fice [sákrə fss]
noun (plural sac·ri·fic·es)
a. giving up of something valued: a giving up of something valuable or important for somebody or something else considered to be of more value or importance
b. something valued and given up: something valuable or important given up as a sacrifice
c. loss in giving up something valued: a loss incurred by giving away or selling something below its value
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APPREHENSION
- anticipation of adversity or misfortune; suspicion or fear of future trouble or evil.
- the faculty or act of apprehending, esp. intuitive understanding; perception on a direct and immediate level.
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atrophy
atrophy, diminution in the size of a cell, tissue, or organ from its fully developed normal size. Temporary atrophy may occur in muscles that are not used, as when a limb is encased in a plaster cast. Interference with cellular nutrition, as through starvation; diseases affecting the nerve supply of tissues, e.g., poliomyelitis and muscular dystrophy; and prolonged disuse may cause a permanent wasting away of tissue. Atrophy may also follow hypertrophy.
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GILDED - adjective 1. covered or highlighted with gold or something of a golden color.
2. having a pleasing or showy appearance that conceals something of little worth.
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FOLLY - –noun, plural . 1. the state or quality of being foolish; lack of understanding or sense.
2. a foolish action, practice, idea, etc.; absurdity: the folly of performing without a rehearsal.
3. a costly and foolish undertaking; unwise investment or expenditure.
4. Architecture. a whimsical or extravagant structure built to serve as a conversation piece, lend interest to a view, commemorate a person or event, etc.: found esp. in England in the 18th century.
5. follies, a theatrical revue.
6. Obsolete. wickedness; wantonness.
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CONCRETE
- an artificial, stonelike material used for various structural purposes, made by mixing cement and various aggregates, as sand, pebbles, gravel, or shale, with water and allowing the mixture to harden.
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PEG
- a pin of wood or other material driven or fitted into something, as to fasten parts together, to hang things on, to make fast a rope or string on, to stop a hole, or to mark some point.
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Necrosis
Show Spelled Pronunciation [nuh-kroh-sis, ne-] Show IPA
–noun death of a circumscribed portion of animal or plant tissue.
Origin:
1655–65; < NL < Gk nékrōsis mortification, state of death. See necr-, -osis
Related forms:
ne⋅crot⋅ic /nəˈkrɒtɪk, nɛ-/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [nuh-krot-ik, ne-] Show IPA , adjective
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ne·cro·sis (nə-krō'sĭs, ně-) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. ne·cro·ses (-sēz')
Death of cells or tissues through injury or disease, especially in a localized area of the body.
[Late Latin necrōsis, a causing to die, killing, from Greek nekrōsis, death, from nekroun, to make dead, from nekros, corpse; see nek-1 in Indo-European roots.]
ne·crot'ic (-krŏt'ĭk) adj.
Malice
–noun 1. desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness: the malice and spite of a lifelong enemy.
2. Law. evil intent on the part of a person who commits a wrongful act injurious to others.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME < OF < L malitia. See mal-, -ice
Synonyms:
1. ill will, spite, spitefulness; animosity, enmity; malevolence; venom, hate, hatred; bitterness, rancor. See grudge.
Antonyms:
1. benevolence, goodwill.
IRONCLAD
-covered or cased with iron plates, as a ship for naval warfare; armor-plated.
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FRENCH KISS
-an open-mouthed kiss in which the tongue of one partner is manipulated in the mouth of the other.
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1. Razorblades -
- A thin sharp-edged piece of steel that can be fitted into a razor
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2. Dazzled -
- To become blinded.
- To inspire admiration or wonder.
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1. Razorblades -
- A thin sharp-edged piece of steel that can be fitted into a razor
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2. Dazzled -
- To become blinded.
- To inspire admiration or wonder.
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FORSAKEN
adjective
1. abandoned, ignored, lonely, lonesome chiefly U.S., Canad. stranded, ditched, left behind, marooned, outcast, forlorn, cast off, jilted, friendless, left in the lurch
2. deserted, abandoned, isolated, solitary, desolate, forlorn, destitute, disowned, godforsaken
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con·demn
tr.v. con·demned, con·demn·ing, con·demns
1. To express strong disapproval of: condemned the needless waste of food.
2. To pronounce judgment against; sentence: condemned the felons to prison.
3. To judge or declare to be unfit for use or consumption, usually by official order: condemn an old building.
4. To lend credence to or provide evidence for an adverse judgment against: were condemned by their actions.
5. Law To appropriate (property) for public use.
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void (void)
adj.
1. Containing no matter; empty.
2. Not occupied; unfilled.
3. Completely lacking; devoid: void of understanding.
4. Ineffective; useless.
5. Having no legal force or validity; null: a contract rendered void.
6. Games Lacking cards of a particular suit in a dealt hand.
n.
1.
a. An empty space.
b. A vacuum.
2. An open space or a break in continuity; a gap.
3. A feeling or state of emptiness, loneliness, or loss.
4. Games Absence of cards of a particular suit in a dealt hand: a void in hearts.
v. void·ed, void·ing, voids
v.tr.
1. To take out (the contents of something); empty.
2. To excrete (body wastes).
3. To leave; vacate.
4. To make void or of no validity; invalidate: issued a new passport and voided the old one.
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cease (ss)
v. ceased, ceas·ing, ceas·es
v.tr.
To put an end to; discontinue: The factory ceased production. See Synonyms at stop.
v.intr.
1. To come to an end; stop: a process that never ceases.
2. To stop performing an activity or action; desist
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de·vo·tion (d-vshn)
n.
1. Ardent, often selfless affection and dedication, as to a person or principle. See Synonyms at love.
2. Religious ardor or zeal; piety.
3.
a. An act of religious observance or prayer, especially when private. Often used in the plural.
b. devotions Prayers or religious texts: a book of devotions.
4. The act of devoting or the state of being devoted
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Unfamiliar Words
1. Conspired
-to agree together, esp. secretly, to do something wrong, evil, or illegal
2. Meld
-to announce and display
3. moonbeams
-A ray of moonlight
Unfamiliar Words
1. Potion
-a drink or draft, esp. one having or reputed to have medicinal, poisonous, or magical powers
2.Sheer
-transparently thin; diaphanous, as some fabrics
-unmixed with anything else
-extending down or up very steeply
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1.Superhuman (by:Chris Brown)
a.invincible-adjective incapable of being conquered, defeated, or subdued.
- insuperable; insurmountable: invincible difficulties.
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2.Collide (by:meyers)
a.demolition-destruction in war by means of explosives
-plural : explosives for destruction in war
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UNFAMILIAR WORDS FOR RAISE A SONG:
[1] From the song of Green Day, "Know Your Enemy":
effigy
Pronunciation
• IPA: /ɛfəgi/, SAMPA: /Ef@gi/
Etymology
From French effigie, from Latin effigies, likeness.
Noun
effigy (plural effigies)
1. a dummy or other crude representation of a person or group that is hated.
2. a likeness of a person.
Synonyms
• (a likeness of a person) figure, image, picture
[2]From the song of Fall Out Boys. "I Don't Care":
Fascist
Noun
fascist (plural fascists)
1. A member of a fascist party.
2. A proponent of fascism.
Related terms
• fascism
• fascistic
Adjective
fascist (comparative more fascist, superlative most fascist)
Positive
fascist Comparative
more fascist Superlative
most fascist
1. Of or relating to fascism.
2. Supporting the principles of fascism.
3. (informal) Considered to be unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict.
I have a fascist boss.
♥Vindicated♥
Verb
1. Simple past tense and past participle of vindicate.
Adjective
1. justified, avenged or cleared of blame
vin•di•cate [ víndi kàyt ] (past and past participle vin•di•cat•ed, present participle vin•di•cat•ing, 3rd person present singular vin•di•cates)
transitive verb Definition: 1. show somebody to be blameless: to clear somebody or something of blame, guilt, suspicion, or doubt
2. justify somebody or something: to show that somebody or something is justified or correct
3. uphold something: to defend or maintain something such as a cause or rights
[Mid-16th century. < Latin vindicat-, past participle of vindicare "claim, set free, avenge" < vindic- "avenger"]
♣Underneath♣
–preposition
1. below the surface or level of; directly or vertically beneath; at or on the bottom of.
2. under the control of; in a lower position in a hierarchy of authority: Underneath the department heads are the junior executives.
3. hidden, disguised, or misrepresented, as by a false appearance or pretense: Underneath his bluster is a timid nature.
–adverb
4. below; at a lower level or position; on the underside.
–adjective
5. lower; situated below or under.
–noun
6. the bottom; underside; lowest part.
SONG # 1:
Beautiful When YouÂ’re Mad
LYRICS:
Who said masochist, nothing with a closed fist, just a little damage with a tongue.
Kinky little dark side, play a little hard to like, just try to have a little fun
Sticking it in sticking it in mutha fucka, am I shitting in my own back yard?
Why do I like it so hard?
Youre beautiful when youre mad at me
I piss you off so I can see
The crazy way you yell and scream
Youre beautiful when you mad at me at me
Who said masochist, nothing with a closed fist, just a little damage with a tongue.
Kinky little dark side, play a little hard to like, just try to have a little fun
Sticking it in sticking it in mutha fucka, am I shitting in my own back yard?
Why do I like it so hard?
What you want dont come from me.
What I expect is not reality
cause Im sick and honest, you may be hot,
but youre jumping up and down with a bitter little frown
and Im gonna turn you inside out
Youre beautiful when youre mad
Youre beautiful when youre mad at me.
vocabulary:
masochist-mas⋅och⋅ism
/ˈmæsəˌkɪzəm, ˈmæz-/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [mas-uh-kiz-uhm, maz-] Show IPA
Use MASOCHIST in a Sentence
–noun
1. Psychiatry. the condition in which sexual gratification depends on suffering, physical pain, and humiliation.
2. gratification gained from pain, deprivation, degradation, etc., inflicted or imposed on oneself, either as a result of one's own actions or the actions of others, esp. the tendency to seek this form of gratification.
3. the act of turning one's destructive tendencies inward or upon oneself.
4. the tendency to find pleasure in self-denial, submissiveness, etc.
REALITY-re⋅al⋅i⋅ty
/riˈælɪti/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [ree-al-i-tee] Show IPA
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–noun, plural -ties for 3, 5–7.
1. the state or quality of being real.
2. resemblance to what is real.
3. a real thing or fact.
4. real things, facts, or events taken as a whole; state of affairs: the reality of the business world; vacationing to escape reality.
5. Philosophy.
a. something that exists independently of ideas concerning it.
b. something that exists independently of all other things and from which all other things derive.
6. something that is real.
7. something that constitutes a real or actual thing, as distinguished from something that is merely apparent.
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Obvious by Hey Monday
1. Stalling (v)
-to assign to, put, or keep in a stall or stalls, as an animal or a car.
-to confine in a stall for fattening, as cattle.
Candles by Hey Monday
1. Jaded (adj)
-dulled or satiated by overindulgence: a jaded appetite
-worn out or wearied, as by overwork or overuse
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JONAS BROTHERS
MODESTY from LOVE BUG,
LAVA from BURNIN' UP
1)MODESTY
Etymology
From modest + -y.
Noun
Singular
modesty
Plural
uncountable
modesty (uncountable)
1. The quality of being modest; having a limited and not overly high opinion of oneself and one's abilities.
2. Moderate behaviour; reserve.
3. (specifically) Pudency, prudish avoidance of sexual explicitness.
Derived terms
* false modesty
Related terms
* modestly
Antonyms
* immodesty
* extravagance
* impudence
2)LAVA
Etymology
Italian lava, lava, originally, in Naples, a torrent of rain overflowing the streets, from Italian and Latin lavare, to wash. See lave
[edit] Pronunciation
* enPR: läʹvə, IPA: /lɑːvə/, SAMPA: /lA:v@/
* Rhymes: -ɑːvə
[edit] Noun
Singular
lava
Plural
countable and uncountable; plural lavas
lava (countable and uncountable; plural lavas)
1. The melted rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides.
2. magma
Usage notes
Geologists make a distinction between magma (molten rock underground) and lava (molten rock on the surface).
Derived terms
* lava lamp
* Lava millstone
* lava ware
REFERRENCE:
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♣FUSSING♣
1. Needlessly nervous or useless activity; commotion
2. A state of excessive and unwarranted concern over an unimportant matter: made a big fuss over one low test grade.
3. An objection; a protest: The longer working hours caused a big fuss.
4. A quarrel.
5. A display of affectionate excitement and attention
6.To trouble or worry over trifles.
7. To be excessively careful or solicitous
8. To get into or be in a state of nervous or useless activity: fussed with the collar of his coat.
9. To object; complain.
10. To disturb or vex with unimportant matters.
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♦BLASPHEMY♦
. impious utterance or action concerning God or sacred things.
2. Judaism. a. an act of cursing or reviling God.
b. pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton (YHVH) in the original, now forbidden manner instead of using a substitute pronunciation such as Adonai.
3. Theology. the crime of assuming to oneself the rights or qualities of God.
4. irreverent behavior toward anything held sacred, priceless, etc.: He uttered blasphemies against life itself.
SOURCE:
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