wary

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Pronunciation: /wri/

Definition of wary in English:

adjective (warier, wariest)
Feeling or showing caution about possible dangers or problems:dogs which have

been mistreated often remain very wary of strangersa wary look

Origin
Late 15th century: from ware2 + -y1.

arcane
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Pronunciation: /ken/

Definition of arcane in English:

adjective
Understood by few; mysterious or secret:arcane procedures for electing people

Derivatives
arcanely
1

adverb

Origin
Mid 16th century: from Latin arcanus, from arcere 'to shut up', from arca 'chest'

mosaic

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Pronunciation: /m()zek/

noun
1A picture

or pattern produced by arranging together small pieces of stone, tile, glass,

etc.mosaics on the interior depict scenes from the Old Testament[MASS

NOUN]:
1.1A

the walls and vaults are decorated by marble and mosaic

colourful and variegated pattern:the birds plumage was a mosaic

of slate-grey, blue, and brown

1.2A combination

of diverse elements forming a more or less coherent whole:a cultural

mosaic
1.3An

arrangement of photosensitive elements in a television camera.

2Biology

An individual (especially an animal) composed of cells of two genetically different

types.
3(also

mosaic disease)A virus disease that results in leaf variegation

in tobacco, maize, sugar cane, and other plants.

verb (mosaics, mosaicking, mosaicked)

[WITH OBJECT]Back

1Decorate

to top

with a mosaic:(as adjective mosaicked) the

mosaicked swimming pool

1.1Combine

(distinct or disparate elements) to form a picture or

pattern:the digital data were combined, or mosaicked,

to delineate counties
adjective

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Denoting an individual composed of cells of two genetically different types.

Derivatives
mosaicist
1

Pronunciation: /m()zesst/
noun

Origin
Late Middle English: from French mosaque, based on Latin musi(v)um decoration with small
square stones, perhaps ultimately from Greek mousa 'a muse'.

lousy
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Pronunciation: /lazi/

Definition of lousy in English:

adjective (lousier, lousiest)
1informal
1.1Used

Very poor or bad:the service is usually lousylousy weather

to express anger, contempt, or annoyance:you lousy creeps

1.2[PREDICATIVE]

Unwell:she felt lousy

2Infested

with lice.

2.1(lousy

with) informal Teeming with (something regarded as undesirable):the town is

lousy with tourists

Derivatives

lousily
1

adverb

lousiness
2

Pronunciation: /lazns/
noun

devious
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Pronunciation: /divs/

Definition of devious in English:

adjective
1Showing

a skilful use of underhand tactics to achieve goals:hes as devious as a

politician needs to bethey have devious ways of making money

2(Of

a route or journey) longer and less direct than the most straightforward way:they

arrived at the town by a devious route

Derivatives
deviously
1

Pronunciation: /divsli/
adverb

deviousness
2

Pronunciation: /divsns/
noun

Origin
Late 16th century: from Latin devius (from de- 'away from' + via 'way') + -ous. The original
sense was 'remote'; the later sense 'departing from the direct route' gave rise to the figurative
sense 'deviating from the straight way' and hence 'skilled in underhand tactics'

touchLine breaks: touch

Pronunciation: /tue/

Definition of touch in English:

exclamation
1(In

fencing) used as an acknowledgement of a hit by ones opponent.

1.1Used

as an acknowledgement during a discussion of a good or clever point made at

onesexpense by another person:You havent contributed much, this

evening. How could I have? Touch. I do go on.

Origin
French, literally 'touched', past participle of toucher.

cabal
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Pronunciation: /kbal/

Definition of cabal in English:

noun

political clique or faction:a cabal of dissidents

1A secret

1.1archaic

A secret intrigue.

Origin
Late 16th century (denoting the Kabbalah): from French cabale, from medieval
Latin cabala (seeKabbalah).

endow
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Pronunciation: /nda/
/nda/

Definition of endow in English:

verb
[WITH OBJECT]

1Give

or bequeath an income or property to (a person or institution):he endowed the

Church with lands

1.1Establish

(a university post, annual prize, etc.) by donating the funds needed to maintain

it:he endowed three chairs at Liverpool University

2Provide

with a quality, ability, or asset:he was endowed

with tremendous physical strength

2.1(be

endowed) informal Have breasts or a penis of specified size:the girl on page

three is well endowed

Derivatives
endower
1

noun

Origin
Late Middle English (also in the sense 'provide a dower or dowry'; formerly also as indow):
from legal Anglo-Norman French endouer, from en- 'in, towards' + Old French douer 'give as
a gift' (from Latin dotare: see dower).

inherent
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Pronunciation: /nhr()nt/
/nhr()nt/

Definition of inherent in English:

adjective
1Existing

in something as a permanent, essential, or characteristic attribute:any form

of mountaineering has its inherent dangers

1.1Law

Vested in (someone) as a right or privilege.

In my opinion, this is not a matter falling within my inherent

jurisdiction as a superior court judge.

I would regard them as powers which are inherent in its

jurisdiction.

It does not indicate that the court has an inherent power to

enlarge a statutory time limit.
1.2Linguistics

(Of an adjective) having the same meaning in

both attributive and predicativeuses.

Derivatives
inherence
1

Pronunciation: /nhr()ns/
/nhr()ns/
noun

Origin
Late 16th century: from Latin inhaerent- 'sticking to', from the verb inhaerere, from in- 'in,
towards' + haerere 'to stick'

naive
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Pronunciation: /niv/
/niv/
(also nave)

Definition of naive in English:

adjective
1(Of

a person or action) showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgement:the rather

naive young man had been totally misled

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1.1(Of

a person) natural and unaffected; innocent:Andy had a sweet, naive look

when he smiled
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1.2Of

or denoting art produced in a style which deliberately

rejects sophisticated artistictechniques and has a bold directness resembling a childs work,
typically in bright colours with little or no perspective.
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His style seems to represent a point halfway between naive art

and Expressionism.

Like the sculpture, the images represent a very naive

viewpoint in the art world.

The collection is striking in its combination of works from both

the realms of art brut and naive art.

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Derivatives
naiveness
1

noun
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Origin
Mid 17th century: from French nave, feminine of naf, from Latin nativus 'native,

viable
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Pronunciation: /vb()l/

Definition of viable in English:

adjective
1Capable

of working successfully; feasible:the proposed investment

was economically viable

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1.1Botany

(Of a seed or spore) able to germinate:most clones can

produce thousands of viable seeds

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1.2Biology

(Of a plant, animal, or cell) capable of surviving or living successfully, especially

under particular environmental conditions:the largest and most

viable population of this endangered vetchlittle of the

frozen semen has been viable when thawed
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1.3Medicine

(Of a fetus or unborn child) able to live after birth:what if the fetus were

viable?
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Derivatives
viability
1

Pronunciation: /vblti/
noun
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viably
2

adverb
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Origin
Early 19th century: from French, from vie 'life', from Latin vita.

quod erat demonstrandumLine

breaks: quod erat demon|strandum
Pronunciation: /kwd rat dmnstrandm/
(abbreviation: QED)

Definition of quod erat demonstrandum in English:

exclamation
Used to convey that a fact or situation demonstrates the truth of ones theory or claim,
especially to mark the conclusion of a formal proof.

Origin
Latin, literally 'which was to be demonstrated'.

doohickey
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Pronunciation: /duhki/

Definition of doohickey in English:

noun (plural doohickeys)
North American informal
A small object or gadget, especially one whose precise name the speaker
cannot recall:a garage filled with electronic parts and

other valuable doohickeys

hiatus
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Pronunciation: /hets/

Definition of hiatus in English:

noun (plural hiatuses)
[USUALLY IN SINGULAR]

1A

pause or break in continuity in a sequence or activity:there was a brief hiatus in

the war with France

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1.1Prosody

& Grammar A break between two vowels coming together but not in the

samesyllable, as in the ear and cooperate.

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Derivatives
hiatal
1

adjective

Origin
Mid 16th century (originally denoting a physical gap): from Latin, literally 'gaping',
from hiare'gape'.

Words that rhyme with hiatus

apparatus, Donatus, status

Procrastinate

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verb
1.

delay or postpone action; put off doing something.

"the temptation will be to procrastinate until the power struggle plays itself out"
synony delay, put off doing something, postpone action, defer action, be
ms:
dilatory,use delaying tactics, stall, temporize, play for time, play a
waiting game,dally, drag one's feet/heels, take one's time; More

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narcissist
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Pronunciation: /nssst/

Definition of narcissist in English:

noun

The drivers for

A person who has an excessive interest in or admiration of themselves:narcissists who

think the world revolves around

themnarcissists preening themselves in front of the mirror

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spew
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Pronunciation: /spju/

Definition of spew in English:

verb
[WITH OBJECT]

1Expel

large quantities of (something) rapidly and forcibly:buses were spewing

out black clouds of exhaust

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1.1[NO OBJECT, WITH ADVERBIAL OF DIRECTION]

Be poured or forced out

in large quantities:great screeds of paper spewed out of the computer

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1.2[NO OBJECT]

informal Vomit:he felt faint and nauseoushe had to get out

before he spewed
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noun
[MASS NOUN]

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Vomit.
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Derivatives
spewer
1

noun
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Origin
Old English spwan, spowan, of Germanic origin; related to German speien.

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lollapaloozaLine breaks: lolla|pa|looza

Pronunciation: /llpluz/
(also lalapalooza)

Definition of lollapalooza in English:

noun
North American informal
A person or thing that is particularly impressive or attractive:its a lollapalooza, just

like your other books

Origin
Late 19th century: of fanciful formation.

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