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10/01/2007

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Term
mercenary
Definition
noun and adj
Origin: Mercenaries, latin "hired, paid," merces "wages, salary"
Def: a hireling, especially a hired professional soldiers
motivated solely by a desire for material gain.
r.f mercenaries
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hired hand
Definition
an paid employee
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freelancer
Definition
medieval mercenary
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soldier of fortune
Definition
a military adventuer, ready to serve anywhere for pay
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condottiere
Definition
a leader of private band of mercenary soliders, Italian
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greedy
Definition
longing and stingy for money
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avaricious
Definition
greedy
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acquisitive
Definition
eager to get wealthy
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grasping
Definition
tending to graps, greedy
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rapacious
Definition
seizing for plunder or satisfaction of greed
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altruistic
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selfless
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disinterested
Definition
indifferent
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moot
Definition
adj, verb
Origin: Old English, a meeting for discussion
def: Debatable and therefore unresolved to bring up for discussion
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arguable
Definition
able to challenge, questionable
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disputable
Definition
capable of being disputed, debatable
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questionable
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able to bring to question
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doubtful
Definition
not really certain
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Broach
Definition
to bring up as an discussion concerned
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raise
Definition
to put forward
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pose
Definition
to assert, state, or put forward
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put forward
Definition
to propose
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incontrovertible
Definition
not able to be controversial, factual
not open to question
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indisputable
Definition
cannot be argued
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irrefutable
Definition
cannot be disproved
can't prove to be wrong
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gordian knot
Definition
intractable problem, from alexander the great
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a foregone conclusion
Definition
inevitable conclusion
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Morass
Definition
noun
Origin: Dutch, moeras, from maresc, mareis old French, "swamp", of Germanic origin and related to mersc, merisc "old English," "marsh"
Def: a swamp
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marsh
Definition
low wet land
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fen
Definition
low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land
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quagmire
Definition
an area of miry or boggy ground soft land
an awkward situation
Term
motley
Definition
noun, adj
Origin: uncertain, mot "speck"
Def: a kind of muticolored cloth, a garment made from this cloth, especially the costume worn by a court jester or clown
multicolored, diverse or varied
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polychrome
Definition
being of many colors
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polychromatic
Definition
being of many colors
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piebald
Definition
having patches of black and white or of other colors
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variegated
Definition
caried in appearance due to addition darker or lighter shade
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heterogeneous
Definition
different in kind
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uniform
Definition
identical
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a pluralistic society
Definition
multi-cultural
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miscellaneous
Definition
having various qualities
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monochrome
Definition
a painting using a single color
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monochromatic
Definition
containing a single color
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monolithic
Definition
consisting of one piece
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homogeneous
Definition
composed of parts or elements that are all of the same kind
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a diversified economy
Definition
an economy where it is very varied in range (steadier)
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checkered career
Definition
stained career (bad connotation)
Term
mundane
Definition
adj
Origin: mundanus, latin :related to the world" from mundus Latin "world"
Def: worldly (as opposed to spiritual); humdrum or everyday.
r.f: mundanely
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earthly
Definition
worldly, possible
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terrestrial
Definition
living on land
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secular
Definition
not pertaining to or connected with religion
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temporal
Definition
civil
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material
Definition
any object that has physical property
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physical
Definition
not spiritual
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ordinary
Definition
pertaining to this world
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prosaic
Definition
common, dull
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routine
Definition
regular
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commonplace
Definition
without individuality
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banal
Definition
constant use
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celestial
Definition
pertaining to the sky or visible heaven
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heavenly
Definition
pertaining to the heaven
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cosmic
Definition
pertaining to the space, vast
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unworldly
Definition
spiritually minded, unsophisticated
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spiritual
Definition
not physical
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metaphysical
Definition
beyong reality, not physical
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transcendental
Definition
beyong ordinary experience
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extraordinary
Definition
something that is really odd or strange
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unique
Definition
special, one of a kind
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worldly goods
Definition
all the property that someone possess
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worldly wisdom
Definition
experienced in and wise to the ways of the world
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a man of the world
Definition
a sophisticated man
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myriad
Definition
adj
Origin: myriadis, Greek, "ten thousand" from myrios Greek, "countless,"
def: countless, innumerable
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Multitudinous
Definition
crowded or thronged
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multifarious
Definition
numerous
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manifold
Definition
of many kinds
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infinite
Definition
countless
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finite
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countable
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limited
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restricted
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Narcissitic
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adj
Origin: Narcissus+istic greek "like"
Def: dominated by an excessive love or admiration of oneself
r.f
Narcissism
Narcissist
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egotistical
Definition
boastful, selfish
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egoistic
Definition
selfish, boastful
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ecomanical
Definition
boastful, selfish
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self-centered
Definition
self-interested
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conceited
Definition
good opinion about oneself
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vain
Definition
excessively proud
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self-deprecatory
Definition
not appreciating oneself
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self-critical
Definition
capable of criticizing oneself objectively
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self-destructive
Definition
harming oneself
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Nebulous
Definition
adj
Origin: Latin, "cloudy, misty", from nebul, cloud
def: hazy, vague, or indistinct
r.f: nebulousness, nebulosity, nebula
Term
opaque
Definition
not shinign or bright, thick
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opaque
Definition
not shinign or bright, thick solid
Term
neglibigle
Definition
adj
Origin: neglegere, lating "ignore"+abilis, abile, "able to"
def: too small to be significant
r.f: negligibility, negligibleness
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inconsequential
Definition
having no importance
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trivial
Definition
original, detail, insignificant
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piddling
Definition
to spend time in a wasteful way
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trifling
Definition
thing of small value
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nugatory
Definition
worthless
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telling
Definition
powerful, weighing a lot
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small potatoes
Definition
something that worth very little
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trivia
Definition
matters or things that are very unimportant
Term
nepotism
Definition
noun
Origin: nepotism, latin "favoritism to nephews," from nepote, Italian, "nephew", from nepos, nepotism, latin, "nephew, descendant"
def: unwarranted favoritism shown to relatives or friends by someone in high office.
r.f: noun, neopotist, adj, nepotistic
Term
partisanship
Definition
strong supporter of a person, group, party
Term
a client state
Definition
country that is dependent on the economic or military support of a larger, more powerful country
Term
the spoils system
Definition
letting active supporter in high ranking jobs
Term
the spoils system
Definition
letting active supporter in high ranking jobs
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the merit system
Definition
based on merit, not on political loyalty
Term
nomadic
Definition
adj
Origin: nomas, nomados, "greek", wanderer in search of pasturage" nemein "pasture"+ikos "pertaining to"
Def: wandering, roving
r.f. nomad
Term
partisanship
Definition
strong supporter of a person, group, party
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itinerant
Definition
moving from place to place
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peripatetic
Definition
walking or traveling about
Term
footloose and fancy-free
Definition
not married, free to do whatever one wants
Term
a fly-by-night operation
Definition
shady or untrustworthy
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a roving reporter
Definition
reporter that moves from place to place
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a peripatetic phiolsopher
Definition
ex. aristotle
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a migrant farmworker
Definition
someone who regularly works away from home
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wanderlust
Definition
wanting to travel
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