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05/01/2012

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Term

Venerated

Definition

Verb.

Regard with great respect; revere.

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Entrepreneurs
Definition

noun.

1. A person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on financial risk to do so.

2. A promoter in the entertainment industry.

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Apostles
Definition

noun.

1. Each of the twelve chief disciples of Jesus Christ.

2. Any important early Christian teacher, esp. St. Paul.

Term
 Faux pas 
Definition

noun.

An embarrassing or tactless act or remark in a social situation.

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Unprecedented
Definition

noun.

Never done or known before

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Jihad
Definition

noun.

1. (among Muslims) A war or struggle against unbelievers

2. The spiritual struggle within oneself against sin

Term
Anonymity
Definition

n. pl.

1. The quality or state of being unknown or unacknowledged

2. One that is unknown or unacknowledged.

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Random
Definition

adj.

 Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective: random movements

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Innovative
Definition

adj.

Marked by or given to innovations.

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Volatile
Definition

adj.

1. Chemistry
a. Evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures.
b. That can be readily vaporized.
2.
a. Tending to vary often or widely, as in price: the ups and downs of volatile stocks.
b. Inconstant; fickle: a flirt's volatile affections.
c. Lighthearted; flighty: in a volatile mood.
d. Ephemeral; fleeting.
3. Tending to violence; explosive: a volatile situation with troops and rioters eager for a confrontation.
4. Flying or capable of flying; volant.
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Altruistic
Definition

n.

1. Unselfish concern for the welfare of others; selflessness.
2. Zoology Instinctive behavior that is detrimental to the individual but favors the survival or spread of that individual's genes, as by benefiting its relatives.
Term
Oblivion
Definition
noun.
1. The condition or quality of being completely forgotten: "He knows that everything he writes is consigned to posterity (oblivion's other, seemingly more benign, face)" (Joyce Carol Oates).
2. The act or an instance of forgetting; total forgetfulness: sought the great oblivion of sleep.
3. Official overlooking of offenses; amnesty.
Term
Aberration
Definition

n.

1. A deviation from the proper or expected course. See Synonyms at deviation.
2. A departure from the normal or typical: events that were aberrations from the norm.
3. Psychology A disorder or abnormal alteration in one's mental state.
4.
a. A defect of focus, such as blurring in an image.
b. An imperfect image caused by a physical defect in an optical element, as in a lens.
5. The apparent displacement of the position of a celestial body in the direction of motion of an observer on Earth, caused by the motion of Earth and the finite velocity of light.
6. Genetics A deviation in the normal structure or number of chromosomes in an organism.
Term
Inclination
Definition

n.

1. The act of inclining or the state of being inclined; a bend or tilt: The inclination of the child's head suggested sleep.
2.
a. A deviation or the degree of deviation from the horizontal or vertical; a slant: the steep inclination of a roof.
b. An inclined surface; a slope.
3. A tendency toward a certain condition or character: the alkaline inclination of the local waters.
4. A characteristic disposition to do, prefer, or favor one thing rather than another; a propensity: "I shall indulge the inclination so natural in old men, to be talking of themselves" (Benjamin Franklin).
Term
Rapacious
Definition

adj.

1. Taking by force; plundering.
2. Greedy; ravenous.
3. Subsisting on live prey.
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carnage
Definition
Noun: The killing of a large number of people
Term
constituting 
Definition

verb: be (a part) of a whole.

 Making up; to be made up of.

Term
impairments
Definition

noun: The state or fact of being impaired, esp. in a specified faculty: "memory impairment.

Handicaps.

Term
testosterone 
Definition
Male sex hormone.
Term
glandular
Definition

consisting of, containing, or bearing glands.

Related to bodily secretions.

Term
salient
Definition

adj. Most noticeable or important: "the salient points of the case".

 Outstanding; attention getting; important.

Term
terminated
Definition
verb. Bring to an end: "he was advised to terminate the contract".
Term
sectors 
Definition
noun: An area or portion that is distinct from others
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circumvent 
Definition
verb: To find a way around (an obstacle).
Term
estrogen 
Definition
noun: female sex hormone.
Term
analogy
Definition

noun

A comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification

or

A comparison made between one thing and another in order to explain or clarify 

Term
law-abiding
Definition

 adhering strictly to laws and rules and customs

 Obedient to the laws of society

Term
deterrence
Definition

a negative motivational influence.

 A thing that discourages or is intended to discourage someone from doing something

Term
unwarranted
Definition
Not justified or authorized
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rash
Definition

adj

Displaying or proceeding from a lack of careful consideration of the possible consequences of an action:

 Acting or done impetuously, without careful consideration

Term
brandishing
Definition

Waving or flourishing as a threat or in anger or excitement

Term
post hoc
Definition

adj

Occurring or done after the event

 When one event precedes another in time, the first is assumed to cause the other.

Term
ergo propter hoc
Definition
Latin for "after this, therefore because of this", is a logical fallacy
Term
false analogy
Definition

False analogy is an informal fallacy applying to inductive arguments

 Ignoring differences and stressing similarities, often in an attempt to prove something 

Term
Hasty generalization
Definition

Hasty generalization is a logical fallacy of faulty generalization by reaching an inductive generalization based on insufficient

 conclusion based on too few reliable instances

Term
false dilemma
Definition

he logical fallacy of false dilemma (also called false dichotomy, the either-or fallacy) involves a situation in which only two

 Presenting only two alternatives from which to choose when there may be another  

Term
Argumentum ad hominem
Definition

An ad hominem (Latin: "to the man"), also known as argumentum ad hominem, is an attempt to link the validity of a premise to a...


Abusing and discrediting your opponent instead of keeping to the main issues of the argument.

Term
Refutation
Definition
 Taking the opposing view into account, mainly to point out its fundamental weakness 
Term
proposition
Definition
The topic sentence of an argument paragraph or the thesis of an argument essay.  
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