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mild and refreshing; soft; soothing: balmy weather.
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having the qualities of balm; aromatic; fragrant: balmy leaves.
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producing balm: balmy plants; a balmy shrub. |
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to mix or merge so as to make a combination; blend; unite; combine: to amalgamate two companies.
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Metallurgy . to mix or alloy (a metal) with mercury. |
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small; petty; minor.
chiefly ( prenominal ) law of little or lesser importance; small: petit jury |
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a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
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the right or license granted by a company to an individual or group to market its products or services in a specific territory.
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a store, restaurant, or other business operating under such a license. |
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the right to vote, especially in a political election.
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a vote given in favor of a proposed measure, candidate, or the like.
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Ecclesiastical . a prayer, especially a short intercessory prayer or petition. |
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to divine or predict, as from omens; prognosticate.
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to serve as an omen or promise of; foreshadow; betoken: Mounting sales augur a profitable year.
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one of a group of ancient Roman officials charged with observing and interpreting omens for guidance in public affairs.
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soothsayer; prophet. |
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beginning to exist or develop: the nascent republic.
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Chemistry . (of an element) in the nascent state. |
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made hard; hardened.
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insensitive; indifferent; unsympathetic: They have a callous attitude toward the sufferings of others.
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having a callus; indurated, as parts of the skin exposed to friction. |
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a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation. |
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to irritate; annoy; provoke: His noisy neighbors often vexed him.
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to torment; trouble; distress; plague; worry: Lack of money vexes many.
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to discuss or debate (a subject, question, etc.) with vigor or at great length: to vex a question endlessly without agreeing. |
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to collect or gather into a cluster or mass. |
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the rule of a despot; the exercise of absolute authority.
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absolute power or control; tyranny.
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an absolute or autocratic government. |
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dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
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dependent on the will or pleasure of another; liable to be withdrawn or lost at the will of another: He held a precarious tenure under an arbitrary administration.
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exposed to or involving danger; dangerous; perilous; risky: the precarious life of an underseas diver. |
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to hasten the occurrence of; bring about prematurely, hastily, or suddenly: to precipitate an international crisis.
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to cast down headlong; fling or hurl down.
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to cast, plunge, or send, especially violently or abruptly: He precipitated himself into the struggle. |
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a chain or shackle placed on the feet.
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Usually, fetters. anything that confines or restrains: Boredom puts fetters upon the imagination. |
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the tip, point, or vertex; summit.
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climax; peak; acme: His election to the presidency was the apex of his career.
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Astronomy . solar apex. |
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an agreeable way or manner; courtesy; civility: the graceful amenities of society.
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any feature that provides comfort, convenience, or pleasure: The house has a swimming pool, two fireplaces, and other amenities.
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the quality of being pleasing or agreeable in situation, prospect, disposition, etc.; pleasantness: the amenity of the Caribbean climate. |
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a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.
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a person who is not a member of a given profession, as law or medicine. |
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composed of parts or elements that are all of the same kind; not heterogeneous: a homogeneous population.
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of the same kind or nature; essentially alike.
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having a common property throughout: a homogeneous solid figure.
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having all terms of the same degree: a homogeneous equation.
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relating to a function of several variables that becomes multiplied by some power of a constant when each variable is multiplied by that constant: x 2 y 3 is a homogeneous expression of degree 5.
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relating to a differential equation in which a linear combination of derivatives is set equal to zero |
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to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like: to vindicate someone's honor.
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to afford justification for; justify: Subsequent events vindicated his policy.
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to uphold or justify by argument or evidence: to vindicate a claim. |
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–noun, plural -fuls.
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the amount that a thimble will hold.
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a small quantity, especially of liquid.
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a small cap, usually of metal, worn over the fingertip to protect it when pushing a needle through cloth in sewing.
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Mechanics . any of various similar devices or attachments.
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Nautical . a metal ring with a concave groove on the outside, used to line the outside of a ring of rope forming an eye. |
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| willingness to secretly allow or be involved in wrongdoing, esp. an immoral or illegal act : this infringement of the law had taken place with the connivance of officials. |
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to remove or destroy totally; do away with; exterminate.
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to pull up by or as if by the roots; root up: to extirpate an unwanted hair. |
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the foremost division or the front part of an army; advance guard; van.
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the forefront in any movement, field, activity, or the like.
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the leaders of any intellectual or political movement. |
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a descendant.
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Also, cion. a shoot or twig, especially one cut for grafting or planting; a cutting. |
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face to face: They SAT vis-à-vis at the table.
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face-to-face: a vis-à-vis encounter.
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Numismatics . (of a coin) having two portraits facing each other.
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in relation to; compared with: income vis-à-vis expenditures.
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facing; opposite: They were now vis-à-vis the most famous painting in the Louvre.
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a person face to face with or situated opposite to another: He offered a cigarette to his vis-à-vis.
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a date at a social affair: She introduced her vis-à-vis to the hostess.
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a person of equal authority, rank, or the like: my vis-à-vis in the Louisville office. |
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the buying and renovation of houses and stores in deteriorated urban neighborhoods by upper- or middle-income families or individuals, thus improving property values but often displacing low-income families and small businesses.
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an instance of gentrifying; the condition of being gentrified. |
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like a churl; boorish; rude: churlish behavior.
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of a churl; peasantlike.
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niggardly; mean. |
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dependence on chance or on the fulfillment of a condition; uncertainty; fortuitousness: Nothing was left to contingency.
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a contingent event; a chance, accident, or possibility conditional on something uncertain: He was prepared for every contingency.
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something incidental to a thing. |
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a person who has special knowledge or skill in a field.
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a person who excels in musical technique or execution.
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a person who has a cultivated appreciation of artistic excellence, as a connoisseur or collector of objects of art, antiques, etc. |
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the condition or service of a peon.
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the practice of holding persons in servitude or partial slavery, as to work off a debt or to serve a penal sentence. |
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characterized by lack of order or planning, by irregularity, or by randomness; determined by or dependent on chance; aimless.
lacking any obvious principle of organization : the kitchen drawers contained a haphazard collection of silver souvenir spoons. |
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something that remunerates; reward; pay: He received little remuneration for his services.
money paid for work or a service. |
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a unit of length equal to six feet (approximately 1.8 meters), chiefly used in reference to the depth of water : sonar says that we're in eighteen fathoms.
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1 [usu. with negative ] understand (a difficult problem or an enigmatic person) after much thought : he could scarcely fathom the idea that people actually lived in Las Vegas | [with clause ] he couldn't fathom why she was being so anxious.
2 measure the depth of (water) : an attempt to fathom the ocean |
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| a principle or belief, esp. one of the main principles of a religion or philosophy : the tenets of classical liberalism. |
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1 technical a typical example or pattern of something; a model : there is a new paradigm for public art in this country. See note at model .
• a worldview underlying the theories and methodology of a particular scientific subject : the discovery of universal gravitation became the paradigm of successful science.
2 a set of linguistic items that form mutually exclusive choices in particular syntactic roles : English determiners form a paradigm: we can say “a book” or “his book” but not “a his book.” Often contrasted with syntagm .
• (in the traditional grammar of Latin, Greek, and other inflected languages) a table of all the inflected forms of a particular verb, noun, or adjective, serving as a model for other words of the same conjugation or declension. |
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belonging naturally; essential : access to the arts is intrinsic to a high quality of life. See note at inherent .
• (of a muscle) contained wholly within the organ on which it acts. |
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coming after something in time; following : the theory was developed subsequent to the earthquake of 1906. |
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| Brinkmanship (engl. für „Spiel mit dem Feuer“ oder „Politik am Rande des Abgrunds“) bezeichnet in der Spieltheorie eine riskante Strategie bei Verhandlungen. Der Spieler geht mit dem Gegenspieler zur Klärung einer Streitfrage sinnbildlich bis an den Rand (engl. “brink”) einer Felsklippe, wodurch der Gegenspieler zum Nachgeben gebracht werden soll, bevor am Ende beide in den Abgrund fallen. Die Brinkmanship wird beispielsweise in der Außenpolitik von Staaten oder bei Streiks von Arbeitnehmern angewendet. |
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a gap or missing part, as in a manuscript, series, or logical argument; hiatus.
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Anatomy . one of the numerous minute cavities in the substance of bone, supposed to contain nucleate cells.
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Botany . an air space in the cellular tissue of plants. |
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| undermine the power and authority of (an established system or institution) : an attempt to subvert democratic government |
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| • the people so dispersed : the Ukrainian diaspora flocked back to Kiev. |
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having the style or diction of prose; lacking poetic beauty : prosaic language can't convey the experience.
• commonplace; unromantic : the masses were too preoccupied by prosaic day-to-day concerns. |
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1 relating to worldly as opposed to spiritual affairs; secular.
2 of or relating to time.
• Grammar relating to or denoting time or tense. |
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Secular |ˈsekyələr|
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1 denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis : secular buildings | secular moral theory. Contrasted with sacred .
2 Christian Church (of clergy) not subject to or bound by religious rule; not belonging to or living in a monastic or other order. Contrasted with regular .
3 Astronomy of or denoting slow changes in the motion of the sun or planets.
4 Economics (of a fluctuation or trend) occurring or persisting over an indefinitely long period : there is evidence that the slump is not cyclical but secular.
5 occurring once every century or similarly long period (used esp. in reference to celebratory games in ancient Rome). |
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Secular |ˈsekyələr|
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1 denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis : secular buildings | secular moral theory. Contrasted with sacred .
2 Christian Church (of clergy) not subject to or bound by religious rule; not belonging to or living in a monastic or other order. Contrasted with regular .
3 Astronomy of or denoting slow changes in the motion of the sun or planets.
4 Economics (of a fluctuation or trend) occurring or persisting over an indefinitely long period : there is evidence that the slump is not cyclical but secular.
5 occurring once every century or similarly long period (used esp. in reference to celebratory games in ancient Rome). |
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| (of relations between people) having a spirit of friendliness; without serious disagreement or rancor : there will be an amicable settlement of the dispute. |
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just begun and so not fully formed or developed; rudimentary : a still inchoate democracy. |
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| a strong or habitual liking for something or tendency to do something : he has a penchant for adopting stray dogs. |
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pleasantly gentle or agreeable: a bland, affable manner.
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soothing or balmy, as air: a bland southern breeze.
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nonirritating, as food or medicines: a bland diet. |
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a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
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Also, he·don·is·tic. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a hedonist or hedonism.
1. ethics
a. See utilitarianism the doctrine that moral value can be defined in terms of pleasure
b. the doctrine that the pursuit of pleasure is the highest good
2. the pursuit of pleasure as a matter of principle
3. indulgence in sensual pleasures |
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–verb (used with object), -at·ed, -at·ing.
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to take possession of, especially for public use by the right of eminent domain, thus divesting the title of the private owner: The government expropriated the land for a recreation area.
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to dispossess (a person) of ownership: The revolutionary government expropriated the landowners from their estates.
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to take (something) from another's possession for one's own use: He expropriated my ideas for his own article. |
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