cogitate
- verb consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one's mind
- verb use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments
cerebrate; think.
- I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere
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verbalize
- verb be verbose
verbalise.
- This lawyer verbalizes and is rather tedious
- verb express in speech
verbalise; mouth; utter; talk; speak.
- She talks a lot of nonsense
- This depressed patient does not verbalize
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desistance
The act or state of desisting; cessation. R. Boyle. If fatigue of body or brain were in every case followed by desistance . . . then would the system be but seldom out of working order. H. Spencer.
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unmistaken
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nonliteral
- adjective (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech
figurative.
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grammatic
- adjective of or pertaining to grammar
grammatical.
- the grammatic structure of a sentence
- grammatical rules
- grammatical gender
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cognise
- verb be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
know; cognize.
- I know that the President lied to the people
- I want to know who is winning the game!
- I know it's time
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nuance
- noun a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
nicety; refinement; subtlety; shade.
- without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor
- don't argue about shades of meaning
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afrocentrism
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masculinity
- noun the properties characteristic of the male sex
maleness.
- noun the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for men
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empathetic
- adjective satellite showing empathy or ready comprehension of others' states
empathic.
- a sensitive and empathetic school counselor
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cognize
- verb be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
know; cognise.
- I know that the President lied to the people
- I want to know who is winning the game!
- I know it's time
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unchurch
- verb exclude from a church or a religious community
curse; excommunicate.
- The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner
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empathic
- adjective satellite showing empathy or ready comprehension of others' states
empathetic.
- a sensitive and empathetic school counselor
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ratify
- verb approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
sign.
- All parties ratified the peace treaty
- Have you signed your contract yet?
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transsexualism
- noun condition in which a person assumes the identity and permanently acts the part of the gender opposite to his or her biological sex
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interreligious
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bisexuality
- noun showing characteristics of both sexes
androgyny; hermaphroditism.
- noun sexual activity with both men and women
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contextualised
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secularisation
- noun the activity of changing something (art or education or society or morality etc.) so it is no longer under the control or influence of religion
secularization.
- noun transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil possession
secularization.
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hazy
- adjective satellite filled or abounding with fog or mist
foggy; brumous; misty.
- a brumous October morning
- adjective satellite indistinct or hazy in outline
muzzy; blurred; fuzzy; foggy; bleary; blurry.
- a landscape of blurred outlines
- the trees were just blurry shapes
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electrocardiography
- noun diagnostic procedure consisting of recording the activity of the heart electronically with a cardiograph (and producing a cardiogram)
cardiography.
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verbalize
- verb be verbose
verbalise.
- This lawyer verbalizes and is rather tedious
- verb express in speech
verbalise; mouth; utter; talk; speak.
- She talks a lot of nonsense
- This depressed patient does not verbalize
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christocentric
Making Christ the center, about whom all things are grouped, as in religion or history; tending toward Christ, as the central object of thought or emotion. J. W. Chadwick.
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dawn
- noun the first light of day
sunup; daybreak; break of day; dawning; aurora; morning; break of the day; first light; dayspring; cockcrow; sunrise.
- we got up before dawn
- they talked until morning
- noun the earliest period
morning.
- the dawn of civilization
- the morning of the world
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commonsensical
- adjective satellite exhibiting native good judgment
commonsensible; commonsense.
- arrive home at a reasonable hour
- commonsense scholarship on the foibles of a genius
- unlearned and commonsensical countryfolk were capable of solving problems that beset the more sophisticated
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legislate
- verb make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation
pass.
- They passed the amendment
- We cannot legislate how people spend their free time
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comic
- noun a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts
comedian.
- adjective satellite arousing or provoking laughter
funny; risible; mirthful; amusing; laughable; comical.
- an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls
- an amusing fellow
- a comic hat
- a comical look of surprise
- funny stories that made everybody laugh
- a very funny writer
- it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much
- a mirthful experience
- risible courtroom antics
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contextualized
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sketchy
- adjective satellite giving only major points; lacking completeness
unelaborated.
- a sketchy account
- details of the plan remain sketchy
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demonstrative
- noun a pronoun that points out an intended referent
demonstrative pronoun.
- adjective given to or marked by the open expression of emotion
- an affectionate and demonstrative family
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intercultural
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deepen
- verb make more intense, stronger, or more marked
heighten; intensify; compound.
- The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her
- Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness
- This event only deepened my convictions
- verb become more intense
intensify.
- The debate intensified
- His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan
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dawn
- noun the first light of day
sunup; daybreak; break of day; dawning; aurora; morning; break of the day; first light; dayspring; cockcrow; sunrise.
- we got up before dawn
- they talked until morning
- noun the earliest period
morning.
- the dawn of civilization
- the morning of the world
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biculturalism
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interfaith
- adjective satellite involving persons of different religious faiths
- an interfaith marriage
- interfaith good will
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africana
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prescientific
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psychologized
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generalist
- noun a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests
Renaissance man.
- a statistician has to be something of a generalist
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micronesian
Of or pertaining to Micronesia, a collective designation of the islands in the western part of the Pacific Ocean, embracing the Marshall and Gilbert groups, the Ladrones, the Carolines, etc.
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tacit
- adjective satellite implied by or inferred from actions or statements
understood; silent.
- gave silent consent
- a tacit agreement
- the understood provisos of a custody agreement
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asperger
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totalize
- verb make into a total
totalise.
- Can we totalize these different ideas into one philosophy?
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thomistic
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jct
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musician
- noun someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
player; instrumentalist.
- noun artist who composes or conducts music as a profession
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commonsense
- adjective satellite exhibiting native good judgment
commonsensible; commonsensical.
- arrive home at a reasonable hour
- commonsense scholarship on the foibles of a genius
- unlearned and commonsensical countryfolk were capable of solving problems that beset the more sophisticated
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brecht
- noun German dramatist and poet who developed a style of epic theater (1898-1956)
Bertolt Brecht.
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underpin
- verb support from beneath
- verb support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm
corroborate; support; bear out.
- The stories and claims were born out by the evidence
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profound
- adjective showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth
- the differences are profound
- a profound insight
- a profound book
- a profound mind
- profound contempt
- profound regret
- adjective satellite of the greatest intensity; complete
- a profound silence
- a state of profound shock
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pietism
- noun exaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal
religionism; religiousism; religiosity.
- noun 17th and 18th-century German movement in the Lutheran Church stressing personal piety and devotion
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countertransference
- noun the psychoanalyst's displacement of emotion onto the patient or more generally the psychoanalyst's emotional involvement in the therapeutic interaction
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hermeneutical
Unfolding the signification; of or pertaining to interpretation; exegetical; explanatory; as, hermeneutic theology, or the art of expounding the Scriptures; a hermeneutic phrase.
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url
- noun the address of a web page on the world wide web
universal resource locator; uniform resource locator.
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clear
- noun the state of being free of suspicion
- investigation showed that he was in the clear
- noun a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
open.
- finally broke out of the forest into the open
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dim
- verb switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
dip.
- verb become dim or lusterless
- the lights dimmed and the curtain rose
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globalization
- noun growth to a global or worldwide scale
globalisation.
- the globalization of the communication industry
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trinitarian
Of or pertaining to the Trinity, the doctrine of the Trinity, or believers in that doctrine.
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stakeholder
- noun someone entrusted to hold the stakes for two or more persons betting against one another; must deliver the stakes to the winner
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deepen
- verb make more intense, stronger, or more marked
heighten; intensify; compound.
- The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her
- Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness
- This event only deepened my convictions
- verb become more intense
intensify.
- The debate intensified
- His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan
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deviance
- noun a state or condition markedly different from the norm
aberrance; aberrancy; aberration.
- noun deviate behavior
deviation.
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mantra
- noun a commonly repeated word or phrase
- she repeated `So pleased with how its going' at intervals like a mantra
- noun (Sanskrit) literally a `sacred utterance' in Vedism; one of a collection of orally transmitted poetic hymns
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intuitive
- adjective satellite spontaneously derived from or prompted by a natural tendency
- adjective satellite obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation
visceral; nonrational.
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apprehend
- verb get the meaning of something
grok; dig; comprehend; grasp; compass; savvy; get the picture.
- Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?
- verb take into custody
nab; cop; pick up; nail; arrest; collar.
- the police nabbed the suspected criminals
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verbalized
- adjective satellite communicated in words
uttered; verbalised; expressed.
- frequently uttered sentiments
- verb be verbose
verbalise; verbalize.
- This lawyer verbalizes and is rather tedious
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prosper
- verb make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance
flourish; fly high; thrive.
- The new student is thriving
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exclusivist
One who favor or practices any from of exclusiveness or exclusivism. The field of Greek mythology . . . the favorite sporting ground of the exclusivists of the solar theory. Gladstone.
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grasp
- noun understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
appreciation; hold.
- he has a good grasp of accounting practices
- noun the limit of capability
range; reach; compass.
- within the compass of education
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holistic
- adjective emphasizing the organic or functional relation between parts and the whole
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firewall
- noun (colloquial) the application of maximum thrust
- he moved the throttle to the firewall
- noun (computing) a security system consisting of a combination of hardware and software that limits the exposure of a computer or computer network to attack from crackers; commonly used on local area networks that are connected to the internet
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dawning
- noun the first light of day
sunup; daybreak; break of day; aurora; morning; break of the day; first light; dayspring; dawn; cockcrow; sunrise.
- we got up before dawn
- they talked until morning
- verb become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
get through; get across; sink in; come home; fall into place; penetrate; dawn; click.
- It dawned on him that she had betrayed him
- she was penetrated with sorrow
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unspoken
- adjective satellite expressed without speech
wordless; tongueless; mute.
- a mute appeal
- a silent curse
- best grief is tongueless"- Emily Dickinson
- the words stopped at her lips unsounded
- unspoken grief
- choking exasperation and wordless shame"- Thomas Wolfe
- adjective satellite not made explicit
unexpressed; unstated; unverbalised; unvoiced; unuttered; unverbalized; unsaid.
- the unexpressed terms of the agreement
- things left unsaid
- some kind of unspoken agreement
- his action is clear but his reason remains unstated
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impoverishment
- noun the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
poverty; poorness.
- noun the act of making someone poor
pauperization; pauperisation.
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mechanistic
- adjective satellite explained in terms of physical forces
- adjective of or relating to the philosophical theory of mechanism
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latino
- noun a native of Latin America
Latin American.
- noun an artificial language based on words common to the Romance languages
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intergovernmental
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autism
- noun (psychiatry) an abnormal absorption with the self; marked by communication disorders and short attention span and inability to treat others as people
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psychodynamic
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hitman
- noun a professional killer who uses a gun
hit man; gunslinger; hired gun; shooter; gun; triggerman; gunman; torpedo; gun for hire.
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newfound
- adjective satellite newly discovered
- his newfound aggressiveness
- Hudson pointed his ship down the coast of the newfound sea
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esl
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kabbalistic
- adjective satellite having a secret or hidden meaning
cryptical; cryptic; sibylline; cabalistic; qabalistic.
- cabalistic symbols engraved in stone
- cryptic writings
- thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther
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adhd
- noun a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; minimal brain dysfunction; MBD; attention deficit disorder; ADD; minimal brain damage; hyperkinetic syndrome.
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decent
- adjective satellite socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous
nice.
- from a decent family
- a nice girl
- adjective satellite according with custom or propriety
comme il faut; becoming; seemly; comely; decorous.
- her becoming modesty
- comely behavior
- it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money
- a decent burial
- seemly behavior
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mcluhan
- noun Canadian writer noted for his analyses of the mass media (1911-1980)
Herbert Marshall McLuhan; Marshall McLuhan.
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vague
- adjective satellite not clearly understood or expressed
obscure.
- an obscure turn of phrase
- an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit"-Anatole Broyard
- their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear"- P.A.Sorokin
- vague...forms of speech...have so long passed for mysteries of science"- John Locke
- adjective not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished
undefined.
- an undefined term
- undefined authority
- some undefined sense of excitement
- vague feelings of sadness
- a vague uneasiness
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chimpanzee
- noun intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests
Pan troglodytes; chimp.
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dialog
- noun a conversation between two persons
dialogue; duologue.
- noun the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction
dialogue.
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thorough
- adjective satellite painstakingly careful and accurate
- our accountant is thorough
- thorough research
- adjective satellite performed comprehensively and completely
exhaustive; thoroughgoing.
- an exhaustive study
- made a thorough search
- thoroughgoing research
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