GRE Vocabulary Deck 3

equitable

(adj) fair, just, embodying principles of justice SYN: right, reasonable, evenhanded. ANT: unjust, unfair, one-sided, disproportionate ~ distribution means everyone gets their fair share of something. If you work on a group project in class, you want an ~ share of the credit. When you look at ~, you might think you see the word, equal, but it doesn't mean fair in the sense of exactly the same. If you worked ten hours at a lemonade stand and your friend worked five, you'd want an ~ share of the profits rather than an equal share. ~ would take into account the amount of work you did, equal would not. "I wanted to ensure that we were evaluating students in an equitable manner," he said. It is worth repeating that most of the globe is experiencing a new historical period produced by a hyper-capitalist neoliberal system that is at odds with any just, prudent and equitable notion of the future. He said the federal government is committed to taking all measures to ensure "fair and equitable" distribution of vaccines once they are ready. Snyder favors big political points: notions of liberty and freedom and how they connect to the imperative to create a health-care system that is equitable and just.

bogus

(adj) fake, fraudulent, counterfeit ~ means fake. A ~ dollar bill is counterfeit, a ~ Picasso was not painted by him, and a ~ attempt at reconciliation would come from someone who never intended to end a fight. The word ~ originated in the U.S. It was coined as a name for a machine that printed counterfeit money and later became a trademark term among California surfers. In surfer speak, "totally ~, dude" would describe any unfortunate situation. The charges relate to an automated phone call, or robocall, made in their names last month which contained bogus claims and conspiracy theories about the mail-in voting process. One bogus company, Tellings Home Made Furniture, "borrowed" £50,000 by stealing the personal details of a man called Mark Telling. Instead, he launched into a list of familiar complaints and bogus allegations, including that mail-in ballots for him are already being discarded, and predicted a dark outcome. "You'd be surprised how many times phone numbers don't work, addresses are bogus, and it's a difficult thing to check on a person's exemption status," Kim said.

timely

(adj) well-timed, happening at a suitable time If something is finished quickly or on time, then it's been done in a ~ manner. Homework, thank-you notes, and your taxes are just a few things that you should complete in a ~ manner. Hear that clock ticking? That's the time limit for learning this word in a ~ fashion. But the word ~ isn't always about speed — being ~ can also mean being well-timed or doing something at the most appropriate moment. If you're going for a job interview, it's important to make a ~ arrival. And if you bump into friends just when they were wondering how you were doing, then you've made a ~ appearance. She dismisses the question: "Interestingly, this book predates everything that's happening now, and the book just happened to be very timely." And it raised more doubts about whether the doctors treating the president were sharing accurate, timely information with the American public about the severity of his condition. The Sept. 27 Arts & Style article "20 years later, 'Titans' appeal endures," was timely as it reemphasized the extraordinary national and international impact of the movie "Remember the Titans." "Full steam ahead with the fair, thorough, timely process that the nominee, the Court, & the country deserve," McConnell wrote on Twitter after speaking by phone with Trump, declaring that the president was in "good spirits."

fortuitous

(adj.) accidental, occurring by a happy chance ~ means by chance, like a lucky accident. If you and your best friend's families happen to go on vacation to the same place at the same time, that's a ~ coincidence! Something ~ is random like an accident, but there's no downside. A rock falling on your head is an accident, dollar bills falling on your head is ~. The meaning of ~ is changing from "happening by chance" to "lucky chance" because people get it mixed up with fortunate. But watch out: If you say ~ to mean just plain lucky without the element of chance -- that's a usage error. fortunate / fortuitous Get our your lucky rabbit's foot! Fortunate is lucky, but fortuitous means by chance or accident. Silly rabbit, these words aren't the same. The overall impact is likely to be minimal, he said, adding that the timing — while markets were closed across the region and after the American presidential debate — was "fortuitous." Our reconnection was fortuitous; two months later I found myself studying with her once again, after three decades - this time on Zoom. Carol Midgley of The Times said this was "amusing and fortuitous for Lucas", who kicked off the program with an impersonation of the Prime Minister in a tousled blond wig. It was "fortuitous timing," Grimm said in a recent interview.

scathing

(adj.) bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm, harshly critical ~ means witheringly harsh. If you enter a singing contest and the judge says that your singing is like that of a toad with laryngitis, that is ~ criticism. Scathing comes from an old Norse verb, to scathe, which means to injure by fire or lightning. Now we use it when someone's critique is so harsh that it feels like you've been burned. If your best friend turns against you and advertises your faults to the world, and you feel like everyone is staring and talking about you, you are having a ~ experience. Former CNN host Piers Morgan, who penned a scathing article on Trump's handling of the pandemic for the MailOnline earlier this year, also took to social media. In a scathing opinion, Judge White said the proclamation did not address the problem it purported to tackle, namely to lift the economy by providing job opportunities for Americans. Quino was able to use Mafalda's seeming innocence to spread scathing criticism, including of the dictatorships that plagued Latin America from the 1960s. Looking back, he is scathing about their impact.

egregious

(adj.) conspicuous, standing out from the mass (used particularly in an unfavorable sense) SYN: appalling, intolerable, crying, flagrant, glaring, gross, rank, conspicuous Something that is ~ stands out, but not in a good way — it means "really bad or offensive." If you make an ~ error during a championship soccer match, your coach might bench you for the rest of the game. An ~ error is so bad that it might not be forgivable. Some synonyms are appalling and intolerable. The word has made a 180-degree turn from its original sense in Latin, when it meant "exceptionally good." Word historians have speculated that the negative usage was originally meant to be ironic, but it is the only sense that has survived. Be careful not to use it to mean "outstanding," since no one wants to be called ~. We are witnessing an egregious preference for profit over public health and a disregard for morality and common sense, not to mention the health of young athletes. "Everybody is totally confused by their egregious behavior, which is just the way they want it," Trump continued. Murphy, a Democrat, called the gathering at the Seaside Heights house that hosted the MTV show one of the "most extreme and egregious" examples of "knucklehead" behavior since the outbreak began in March. "We want to strike a balance between making sure that if somebody did something egregious and if somebody was a bad actor, that we should be able to react strongly," Parthasarathy says.

affable

(adj.) friendly, good natured, courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to ~ means friendly, pleasant, and easy to talk to. An ~ host offers you something to drink and makes you feel at home. The adjective ~ entered English by way of the Latin word affābilis, which means "kind, friendly." If you're stuck on an airplane next to someone ~, the trip won't be so bad because that person will be easy to chat with but won't talk your ear off. Synonyms of ~ also refer to a pleasant and mild friendliness, such as genial, hospitable, and gracious. ~ people generally seem like they're in a good mood and are happy to see you. Delivered with affable passion, Sloan and Harding's analysis will deepen your appreciation of even the most familiar Top 40 hits. And even as he poked and jostled his opponent, he consistently displayed an affable manner — Mr. Biden used the phrase "my friend" 16 times in that debate. While at UPI, he caught the eye of a journalist who, noting his affable demeanor, encouraged him to pursue reporting, said his daughter, Amelia García. Asked to define the difference between a fizz and spritz, he takes a delightful foray into the wisdom of a 19th century bartender's manual, exemplifying the show's affable blend of passion and curiosity.

aghast

(adj.) horrified; filled with amazement, disgust, fear, or terror Would you be ~, or shocked, to find out that your friends believe in ghosts, or would you share their frightened, or ~, looks when a floating white being hovers over the campfire? ~ comes from Old English gasten, "frighten," which comes in turn from gāst, "ghost." If you've seen a look of absolute shock or terror on someone's face — like when your mom (or dad) sees a mouse — you can describe the look with the adjective ~. If someone says "You should have seen the look on your face!" after sneaking up on you, you probably looked ~ yourself. "Boo!" Ekunwe, who is also an associate pastor in her local church, adds she remains aghast at the way "blacks are treated in this country". Viewers may be aghast as these upsetting scenes unfold. We were both aghast to see such slow downloads in some of the places we spend most of our time. "As the world looks on aghast at the UK - the word of which was once accepted as inviolable - this government's action is shaming itself and embarrassing our nation," they added.

boisterous

(adj.) loud, rough, and noisy in a cheerful way; high-spirited ~ is a word used to describe someone spirited, loud, and slightly out of control — like someone with a spring in their step and a song in their heart singing to strangers on the street. ~ means "loud, clamorous, and unrestrained." Think of children on a playground or a lively party or a litter of puppies as ~. This word, which comes from Middle English, can also refer to very intense storms. You could call a hurricane ~, but you will most likely hear this word used to describe people. Both were extroverts who brought a boisterous levity that she did not, but which she enjoyed and, I think, knew she needed. Their return to the top flight is hugely welcome, not just for the heavy-metal machismo of Bilic but because of his side's similarly boisterous playing style. The Ravens usually draw a boisterous throng of around 70,000 fans. Tensions soared in the deeply divided nation days after the vote when thousands of opposition party supporters staged boisterous victory celebrations throughout the country.

indigent

(adj.) poor, needy, impoverished An ~ person is extremely poor, lacking the basic resources of a normal life. Often the ~ lack not only money but homes. ~ comes from a Latin word meaning wanting, which we used to use to mean "lacking" and not just to describe desires. Homeless shelters, soup kitchens, free medical clinics, and court-appointed lawyers are all institutions that our society has developed to help ~ people. They work with a wide range of people, from persons suffering from mental illness and substance abuse to the homeless and indigent. Between 70 and 80 percent are indigent and unable to pay. They are indigent folks, people without incomes, or people stuck in jail who qualify for our services. On this date in 1931, Pima County Supervisors charged the Maricopa County Supervisors with giving eastbound, indigent travelers enough gasoline to get them to Tucson.

quasi

(adj.) resembling but not actually being; seemingly but not actually or completely; somewhat; resembling; seeming; half شبه، شبیه Use ~ when you want to say something is almost but not quite what it describes. A ~ mathematician can add and subtract adequately, but has trouble figuring out fractions. The adjective ~ is often hyphenated with the word it resembles. ~-scientific ideas are ideas that resemble real science, but haven't been backed up with any real evidence. A ~-religious person may attend church services, but he doesn't take much interest in what's being said. Get the idea? It's a great alternative for "kind of." These gatherings are quasi pep rallies, often with campaign officials or surrogates as guest speakers and some sort of instruction for organizers. Police said they received information about an isolated "quasi community" on the island which deprived women and children of their basic rights. Described as "artery red," the dress looks like a slight throwback within In Fabric's quasi-'80s setting: long-sleeved, knee-length, with a modest plunge at the neckline. Ajax became a footballing nursery because of something innate to the Dutch sporting culture, an economic necessity, but also a quasi‑intellectual rigour.

affability

(n.) a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to) ~ is the quality of being easy to talk to. If you walk into a party smiling and generally seeming up for whatever, your ~ will draw people to you. ~ and intelligence will get you far in this world! To be affable is to be friendly and good-natured. The quality itself is called ~. Smiling and making jokes shows ~, and so does being friendly to strangers. Someone who tends to get along with everyone and has many friends has ~. In the Old French, it was affabilité, from the Latin root affabilis, for "approachable, courteous, or kind," and literally means "can be easily spoken to." Souza states that he wasn't crazy about Reagan's policies but was won over by his authentic affability. The same way Biden's supporters celebrate his goofball affability, Bass' colleagues and friends praise her disarming charm. The committees looked at affability as well as at track records, she says. That's a higher level of affability than answering questions in a polite and revealing manner.

intrigue

(n.) crafty dealings, underhanded plotting; (n.) the atmosphere of interest and excitement that surrounds something secret or important (v.) to form and carry out plots; to secretly plan with other people to harm somebody (v.) to puzzle or excite the curiosity; to cause to be interested or curious An ~ is a secret plot. If you ever become the monarch of a small island kingdom, keep watch for signs of any ~ against you. ~ comes from the Latin verb intricare, to entangle, and is related to intricate. It can be a noun, meaning underhanded plot, or a verb for the act of plotting. Agents of two opposing powers ~ against each other. In the late nineteenth century it also came to mean the feeling of curiosity or interest. If someone's ideas ~ you, you want to know more about them. But it's the dial that most intrigues me, providing a ton of control over the keyboard itself as well as your PC. Once a fixture of fodder and intrigue, it now rarely hits news headlines. It's a miniature performance with all the trappings of an old Broadway song-and-dance production like "Chicago": vaudeville numbers, infidelity, intrigue. Photos released by the palace over the weekend showed the 7-year-old prince looking intrigued as he looked at the tooth. Instead, critics on social media concerned about Barrett's positions on abortion—and reporters intrigued by the unusual practices of a relatively small charismatic Christian group—are conflating Barrett's two religious affiliations. The young heroine steps into a web of intrigue in the academic world. a tale of treachery and court intrigue I soon learned about all the intrigues and scandals that went on in the little town. Sexual intrigues were almost part of the culture of high politics. The prime minister engaged in political intrigues against the king. North was a man who added to the intrigue of meetings. The idea intrigued her. You've really intrigued me—tell me more! There was something about him that intrigued her. It intrigues me that no one appears to have thought of this before.

bellbottom

(of trousers) having legs that flare at the bottom I spent my very early years in New York, living a very multiracial Sesame Street life, a big swinging bellbottom of a childhood. They'd ask me, where did you get your clothes, how do we get bellbottom jeans?

debase

(v.) make somebody/something less valuable or respected; to lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade, adulterate; to cause to deteriorate SYN: devalue To ~ something is to make it corrupt or impure. If your lemonade stand sells "pure lemonade," you'd insist on using real lemons instead of a mix; using a mix would ~ your product. ~ is often used in the context of two things: coins and people. To ~ a coin is to replace some of the precious metal in the coin with metal of lesser value. To ~ a person is to corrupt them, often by driving them to perform an immoral act like (gasp!) using the lemonade mix. Just promise us you won't do it. He argued that in a socialist society no worker would be willing to practise such a "debasing and repulsive" trade. "We today pay attention to a business's profits; the deeper question is whether the business ennobles or debases human existence," Mr. Boisture said. "Gold is the currency of last resort, particularly in an environment like the current one where governments are debasing their fiat currencies and pushing real interest rates to all-time lows." "The hatred of a group qua group is, after all, the most debased and irrational of hatreds, the weakest, the most banal," she writes.

squelch

(v.) suppress or crush completely (syn.) quell, quench, subdue, suppress When you ~ something, you're putting an end to it. You can ~ an idea or a rebellion. This word has several meanings, but it's usually a verb for crushing things. A mean remark could ~ your self-confidence, and a powerful military could ~ an invading country. ~ing can also mean to make a ~-like sucking sound — or to slop, slosh, splash, and squish through the mud. There's also a type of electric circuit that cuts off when the signal is weak: that's a ~ circuit, which ~es the connection. Ken Robinson, a dynamic, influential proponent of stimulating the creativity of students that has too often been squelched by schools in the service of conformity, died on Aug. 21 at his home in London. He was 70. The public university in Arizona confronted the steep challenge of squelching infection threats on multiple campuses in the Phoenix area as it delivered a mix of face-to-face and online instruction to 74,000 students. In routing the Falcons 38-25 on Sunday, the Seahawks did nothing to squelch the preseason hype surrounding them as a potential Super Bowl contender. Unusual lightning storms are igniting multiple fires at a time, overwhelming our ability to squelch them early.

remonstrate

(v.) to argue or plead with someone against something; protest against; object to; censure severely or angrily; argue in protest or opposition SYN: bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lecture, rag, rebuke, reprimand, reproof, scold, take to task, trounce, vituperate ~ means to call someone on something that's wrong. If your mother yells at you in public, you might call this getting chewed out. She might call it ~ing. Either way, it's embarrassing. ~ has its roots in a Latin verb meaning "to show," and it used to mean "to make plain." Which is why ~ is a word that puts the glow of respectability on the action of yelling at someone or telling them that they're wrong. The sense is that the person ~ing is the victim — they're just making the injustice plain. Other clips showed students remonstrating with the police as those arrested were pulled away, and pleading with a university official to respond to the incident. Leno's howls of pain were audible in the empty Amex Stadium and the goalkeeper remonstrated angrily with Maupay while being carried off on a stretcher. In America, when things aren't right, remonstrate and demonstrate until you grow hoarse and your feet hurt. In another, a man with coronavirus symptoms remonstrates with hospital security guards who turn him away.

precipitate

(v.) to fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to cause to happen; to hurl down from a great height; to give distinct form to; (adj.) characterized by excessive haste; hasty; rash (n.) moisture; the product of an action or process ~ usually means "bringing something on" or "making it happen" — and not always in a good way. An unpopular verdict might "~ violence" or one false step at the Grand Canyon could ~ you down into the gorge. ~, as a verb, can also mean specifically, "to fall from clouds," such as rain, snow, or other forms of precipitation. When used as an adjective, ~ means "hasty" or "acting suddenly." If you decide to throw your class project in a trash masher just because someone in your class had a similar idea, then your actions might be described as ~. Or if you do that sort of thing regularly, you may be a ~ person. One thing he said precipitated the move is a rule change in 2016 allowing offensive coordinators to talk directly via headset to quarterbacks on the field. That increased the risk of the most damaging, no-deal economic split precipitating at the end of the year when Britain's standstill post-Brexit transition ends. The combination of poor air quality and the track being used as an evacuation center precipitated the decision. In calling for climate-driven policy changes, the report's authors likened the financial risk of global warming to the threat posed by the coronavirus today and by mortgage-backed securities that precipitated the financial crash in 2008.

gaucherie

- awkwardness; a socially awkward or tactless act; faux pas; gaffe; slip; solecism; - the quality of being rustic or gauche; rusticity; - behavior that shows you are shy or uncomfortable when dealing with people and often saying or doing the wrong thing Determined to escape the gaucheries of the family's exclusive Turtle Creek enclave, Yvonne ascends from cheerleader to top majorette baton twirler to debutante to sorority girl. I am very different from that self who drove to Manderley for the first time, hopeful and eager, handicapped by a rather desperate gaucherie and filled with an intense desire to please. The American's attempt to seem sophisticated is thus taken by the waiter as a mark of irredeemable American gaucherie.

preach

1. to give a religious talk in a public place, especially in a church during a service 2. to tell people about a particular religion, way of life, system, etc. in order to persuade them to accept it To ~ is to deliver a sermon or an otherwise powerful message. You may go to church to hear the minister ~, and you may ~ tolerance to your friends. Have you ever heard anyone say, "That's ~ing to the choir"? That means you're wasting your words on somebody who already believes what you believe. If you're giving an impassioned speech about recycling to an audience dressed in reclaimed clothing and sandals made of old tires, you're likely to be ~ing to the choir. The word ~ comes from the Latin prae, "before," and dicare, "declare." When you ~, you're not just talking — you're declaring something with conviction. He preached that schools needed not only to broaden their curriculums but also to support teachers as creative professionals and to personalize learning by breaking large classrooms — artificial environments that invite boredom, he said — into small groups. Like most garden experts, Savio preaches the benefits of feeding your soil, not your plants. But I recognize it as preaching, however sumptuously mounted, all the same. Seen together, there's really only one word for what he was preaching: it's fascism. And he never reduces his messages to preaching or polemic.

juggling

1. to throw a set of three or more objects such as balls into the air and catch and throw them again quickly, one at a time, so as to keep at least one in the air at all times - My uncle taught me to ~. - to ~ with balls - (figurative) I was ~ing books, shopping bags and the baby (= I was trying to hold them all without dropping them). 2. to try to deal with two or more important jobs or activities at the same time so that you can fit all of them into your life - Working mothers are used to ~ing their jobs, their children's needs and their housework. - I'm sure I can ~ things around to fit you in. 3. to organize information, figures, the money you spend, etc. in the most useful or effective way "But in delivering it, Wyld consistently entertains, juggling the pleasures of several different genres." The film oscillates to and from the present day with Monáe juggling a dual role as Veronica, a successful author, wife and mother confronting the systemic racism that persists in the modern world. New speedcubing records were set, as were records for solving the cube underwater, while skydiving, while blindfolded, while juggling. More used to strategizing Xs and Os this time of year, Wright is juggling scheduling, health issues such as testing, and how to keep an eye on a roster still practicing in pod form.

sclerotic

1. ​(medical) (of soft body tissue) becoming hard in a way that is not normal; becoming rigid and unresponsive; 2. ​(formal, disapproving) losing the ability to change and adapt - The movement was becoming increasingly ~ and bureaucratic. A British-born teacher, author, and lecturer, Mr. Robinson viewed large school systems as sclerotic, squeezing the creative juices out of children by overemphasizing standardized testing and subjects like mathematics and science over the arts and humanities. For Boaler, the sclerotic nature of the mathematics curriculum is above all an equity issue, and for that she places calculus at the center. Many Indians, exasperated with the sclerotic functioning of an overburdened and often corrupt law enforcement system, crave justice and welcome the elimination of people they see as criminals. Nigeria's notoriously sclerotic power infrastructure means fuel-powered generators provide at least four times as much electricity as the grid. This United States is looking sclerotic in contrast.

sovereignty

A government's absolute power or authority ~ can describe the power of one state or thing over another or the freedom a state or thing has to control itself. Look closely at the word ~, and you will see it is all about who reigns, or rules. Although ~ is usually used in a political sense — particularly the power of nations, it can be used to describe personal control as well: If your mother insists upon your wearing wool hats in summertime, you might declare complete ~ over your wardrobe. The word is also occasionally used for the power of royalty, like a queen. Meanwhile, Ukraine's foreign minister on Friday warned Russia against interfering with Belarus' sovereignty amid the civil unrest. Fox NewsSep 20, 2020 The new drills Friday were a "legitimate action of the Chinese military in promoting our security and sovereignty and territorial integrity," Col. Washington PostSep 18, 2020 The following year, the administration formally recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, which Israel captured from Syria in 1967, reversing a long-standing U.S. policy and irking other countries. ReutersSep 18, 2020 During the U.N. debate, Ukraine's foreign minister warned Russia against taking steps that may undermine the sovereignty of Belarus and destabilise the region.

traitor

A person who betrays his or her country SYN: betrayer, double-crosser, double-dealer, two-timer, treasonist, quisling A ~ says one thing but does another. If you promise a friend you'll keep his secret, but instead you blab it to everyone, you're a ~. The word origin says it all: traditorem is the Latin word for "betrayer." Liar? Yes. Backstabber? Yes. True friend? Heavens, no. ~s betray the trust of those who have faith in them or believe their promises. ~ also applies to a person who betrays his country by committing treason: turning against his own government, perhaps by selling secret information. The work is a representation of Benedict Arnold, the American Revolutionary officer turned traitor, informing Sir Henry Clinton, the British commander in chief, in 1780 of Gen. George Washington's secret plan to cross the Hudson. "In politics everyone loves betrayal, but no one loves a traitor," said an official at the CDU headquarters when asked about such an option. "If I ever said that I would be disgraced and considered a traitor."

resurgence

A rising again to life, use, acceptance, or prominence; a revival ~ means coming back. Biker jackets are always cool--but in certain decades they experience a ~, and suddenly you see them everywhere. There is nothing steady about ~--a surge is a sudden gush--think dancing fountain or an oil well that's just been tapped. Often, after a national tragedy, there is a ~ in interest in family values and getting back to basics. In prosperous times, there's often a ~ in sales of contemporary art. "That is to say, even without an epidemic, everyone should consider the possibility of a resurgence and weigh whether they want to get a shot or not." "I would expect on Day One problems in Idaho, Indiana and Kentucky," Charbonneau said, predicting a resurgence of risky, illegal abortions. Several European countries are recording a rising number of daily cases amid fears of a resurgence of the virus.

sermon

A speech intended to provide religious instruction A ~ is a speech, usually religious in nature, given by a priest, preacher, rabbi, or other religious leader as part of a service. Although most ~s focus on Bible passages, you can use the word ~ more generally to refer to any speech that contains a moral lesson. Sports coaches are known to deliver moving ~s, as are teachers and camp counselors. But if you come in late, after missing your curfew, the last thing you want to hear is a ~ by your mom on the importance of keeping your word. Hawke, accelerating without notice into passionate sermons or welling into sentimental tears, cuts through the contradictions by emphasizing a theatricality that doesn't undermine Brown's sincerity but is inextricable from it. As Saudi Arabia prepares to mark its 90th National Day on Wednesday, clerics across the country were directed to deliver sermons about the importance of obeying the ruler to preserve unity and peace. For rabbis, Rosh Hashana is often "the main sermon of the year," said Jason Weiner, rabbi at Congregation Knesset Israel, an Orthodox synagogue in Los Angeles. "It's nothing like looking at the sermon on my phone."

audit

A thorough review An ~ is a thorough counting, review, or assessment of a situation or collection of things. Before baking cookies, you'd better make an ~ of the ingredients available to see whether there is enough sugar and butter. The most common use of the word ~ is with the Internal Revenue Service, which sometimes performs an ~ of a taxpayer's finances to see whether that taxpayer has accurately reported his or her income. It can also be used in this context as a verb. It's easy to get nervous if the IRS is planning to ~ you! You can also ~ a class if you attend but don't pay for it. Just don't think that you'll get credit towards graduation from that. A recent government audit of the Honduran agency tasked with procuring medical supplies to fight the coronavirus found tens of millions of dollars wasted. But critics say the funds that support science are heavily audited and not mishandled. "I will continue to oppose all methods of voting that do not provide for a voter-verifiable paper audit trail as required by New York law." But the chief also told me he is now conducting his own internal audit based on the whistleblower allegations and my questions about them.

conformity

Adjusting one's behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard. Compliance with standards, rules, or laws. متابعت، مطابقت، هم‌نوایی behavior or actions that follow the accepted rules of society - a society of outward religious ~ - They act in unthinking ~ to customs. in ~ with something: ​following the rules of something; conforming to something regulations that are in ~ with European law If all your friends wear jeans to school and you wear checkered slacks, you could say you reject ~ — doing the same thing as everyone else. ~ usually refers to people's behavior or looks, but it can also be used to describe something that matches the form of something else — for example, a one-story house built in ~ to the low-slung buildings that surround it. It's common for ~ to follow the word in. Ken Robinson, a dynamic, influential proponent of stimulating the creativity of students that has too often been squelched by schools in the service of conformity, died on Aug. 21 at his home in London. He was 70. Public lynchings in the late 1800s and early 1900s were used as a method to maintain racial conformity by terrorizing and instilling fear in Black Americans. Prosecutors say the report provides a foundation for the state's theory that Ramos was not mentally ill and acted in conformity with other mass shooters' behaviors. What moved her to this was a quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson about nonconformity that "woke" her: "Your genuine action will explain itself and will explain your other genuine actions. Your conformity explains nothing." For example, the study results suggested that mountains might underlie lower scores for conscientiousness, a measure of conformity.

sleuth

An investigator or detective ~ is a fun, sometimes playful, word for "detective." As a verb, it's also what a detective does. When you seek clues, you ~. You, ~, you! The word ~ comes from the Old Norse sloth, meaning "trail" and ~ing is following a trail. One type of bloodhound skilled at following trails is called a ~hound, and that word was shortened to ~ in the late 19th Century, referring to an investigator. As an amateur ~, you caught the robber dressed as a mummy before the police did. He would have escaped if not for you, you meddling ~! Agatha Christie's super sleuth, Hercule Poirot Contact tracing is part science and part sleuthing. He is by no means the only player turning ESG sleuth, reflecting the shifting demands of the investment industry. But their sleuthing gets serious with the here-and-now murder of a local property dealer. These agents were still learning scientific sleuthing, still adjusting to completing their reports on a typewriter. A footballer turned sleuth midway through a haircut to hunt down the thief that stole his wallet. She was unsuccessful until 2018, when after an online hint and some quick sleuthing, she and her mother raced over to the beach near the North Light lighthouse. Online sleuths were likely to find their addresses in revenge for a wrong against Carlson that never even took place.

subjective

Existing in the mind or relating to one's own thoughts, opinions, emotions, etc.; personal, individual, based on feelings SYN: personal, prejudiced, unverifiable, unobjective; immanent Things that are ~ are open to interpretation. If you go see a movie about a jewel thief, the topic is not ~. But whether it's a good movie or not is ~. ~ things depend on your own ideas and opinions: there isn't any universal truth. ~ is the opposite of objective, which refers to things that are more clear-cut. That Earth has one moon is ~ — it's a fact. Whether the moon is pretty or not is ~ — not everyone will agree. Facts are objective, but opinions are ~. What's the best song, band, movie, or TV show? These are all very ~ issues. There's no right answer. objective / subjective Anything objective sticks to the facts, but anything subjective has feelings. Objective and subjective are opposites. Objective: It is raining. Subjective: I love the rain! How does one determine the significance of any contribution? Significance may be subjective. What isn't subjective and fun is supporting lazy storylines to mask jealousy. Black girls in particular are more likely to be punished for subjective infractions like dress code violations and insubordination. Pence, however, went on to "raise a concern" about Sisolak's "subjective decision to disproportionately apply mitigation efforts in ways that appear to openly discriminate against people of faith." Below, the six biggest questions going in about the candidates' strategies, ranked in a completely subjective order of importance.

prophetic

Foreseeing or predicting the future If you make a prediction and it comes true, your words were ~. Like the time you warned your dad against eating a whole box of donuts. He got sick, right? That was a ~ warning. The adjective ~ traces all the way back to the Greek word prophētikos, meaning "predicting." You know who's really good at predicting stuff? Prophets. Usually, ~ is used to describe a thing — like a warning, a feeling, or a complaint — rather than a person. How does your background in the Black Christian prophetic tradition inform your understanding of the Age of Trump and what must be done? French wunderkind Marine Serre found new fame last season for a series of masked looks in her Paris ready-to-wear show in February that were branded prophetic. In the end, the key to properly understanding polls is to realize that they are not meant to be prophetic. Earlier on Saturday, Jonathan Cahn, a novelist of apocalyptic fiction and a Messianic Jewish pastor, is scheduled to deliver a "prophetic word to America," according to the website for the event dubbed "The Return."

find someone well

It means "I hope this email arrives at a time when you are well (healthy, happy, etc)" In other words, "I hope you are doing well." It is not a question, it is just offering nice wishes.

narrative / narration

Narration is simply telling the story a narrative is the story itself

conquest

Taking control of a people or place through military force; the act of conquering; success in mastering something difficult; an act of seduction; an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone تسخیر Alexander the Great's famous ~ of the Persian Empire was an act of conquering. For Casanova, on the other hand, a ~ was an act of seduction. ~ derives from the Vulgar Latin word conquaerere, meaning "to search for, procure by effort, or win." In addition to its most commonly used meanings — conquering and seduction — ~ has a third, less well-known meaning: a success in mastering something difficult, like the violin, for instance, or flying an airplane. There can be no doubt as to the momentous nature of the Arab conquests of the seventh and early eighth centuries. To Xi, Taiwan's autonomy means that the communist conquest of China in 1949 remains incomplete. Its economy would recover by building "vertically rather than horizontally" — that is, at home rather than through foreign conquests. The numbers are necessarily approximate, but even from within the deadliest conflict in history, such devastation from a single, airdropped device raised the stakes of war from conquest into the realm of human annihilation. Arana, a former Washington Post Book World editor, weaves a gripping account of Latin America's conquest and exploitation over 500 years.

mortify

To embarrass or humiliate To ~ someone is to cause them extreme embarrassment. Your mother may not have been trying to ~ you when she showed up at your senior prom with a bunch of unicorn balloons, but she did. The root of the verb ~ is from the Latin word mors, which means "death." To ~ something used to mean to destroy its life, but now ~ is mostly used when you feel so ashamed or embarrassed you "want to die." To punish yourself through deprivation from food or another desire, you can ~ that compulsion, but it's probably best to just ~ your parents by showing up at their work place with a new mohawk. But Bell, 40, said she was initially mortified when she recently checked in on her girls while they were attending school over Zoom to find that they were sipping on the nonalcoholic beverage. Elfi obeyed, mortified, as the soldiers sprayed her hair, and all over her body, down to her toes. But his sister Marchaunte Fisher, who lives in Sacramento and regularly speaks with her brother, said she was "mortified" seeing Farrow strike him in the video. It's difficult to verbalize how mortifying and inexcusable this is.

cannon

a big gun, especially one mounted on a base or wheels

ascertain

to find out for certain; make sure of ~ is a verb that means to find out something. You might have to go to the bank to ~ if there is any money in your account. This is a formal word that often applies to discovering the facts or truth about something through examination or experimentation. Information that is ~ed is certain beyond a doubt. If you want a less formal synonym, use discover. A week later, Modi's government asked the Indian Supreme Court to direct media outlets to publish stories on the disease only after ascertaining the government's "true factual position." It's too early in the season to ascertain whether the Rams are a true Super Bowl contender. It's hard enough to ascertain engagement and understanding in a virtual environment where everyone is two-dimensional and muted. Fidelity said it was not possible to ascertain why an investor was unable to participate in an IPO without knowing the customer's details.

designation

a distinguishing name or mark; identification; description; appellation; appellative; denomination; appointment; assignment; naming ویژگی، توصیف، طرح، تخصیص، تعیین، نقش، علامت When something has a ~, it has a title or a description that helps you identify it. The "organic" ~ on the vegetables you buy lets you know that no pesticides were used in growing the plants. ~ can refer to a title, official or otherwise. You may earn the ~ "class clown" for your goofiness, or ask your friends to refer to you by the ~, "Madame Super Brain." ~ is also the act of assigning such a title or position, like the ~ of your daughter as heir to your estate. Often, ~ refers to giving a formal position. The district board may be responsible for the ~ of the next principal at your school. A spokesman for Canada's public health agency said the Indigenous territory of Akwesasne, which spreads across Quebec, Ontario and New York, is the only place with that designation. "The Supreme Court's original designation was to interpret the Constitution of the United States," Shapiro argued. This phenomenon is known as eco-gentrification, and it leads to a situation where only the relatively wealthy benefit from the designation of new urban green spaces. St. Joseph's officials say the hospital "made a significant investment in talent and technology" to achieve the designation, including two new trauma rooms, emergency department renovations, staff training and related equipment and instruments.

diety

a god or goddess A ~ is a supernatural being, like a god or goddess, that is worshipped by people who believe it controls or exerts force over some aspect of the world. The word ~ means "divine nature." It was coined by Saint Augustine, a theologian whose writings were very influential in the shaping of Western Christianity. ~ comes from the Latin word for "god": deus. The divine nature of ~ies is believed to be immortal goodness and powerfulness. When the fish escaped the control of Kashima, the deity thought to prevent earthquakes, its thrashing shook the planet and triggered catastrophic quakes. She portrays deities and royalty figures in various scenarios working to raise Black communal consciousness and empower Black women. The gods and demons are shown in art throughout, and the game is narrated by the deities Durga and Vishnu. There are two definitions of the term - 1. a female deity, and 2. a woman who is powerfully attractive and beautiful.

apathy

a lack of feeling, emotion, or interest; an absence of emotion or enthusiasm Use the noun ~ when someone isn't interested in the important things that are happening. You might feel ~ for the political process after watching candidates bicker tediously with one another. Although ~ is a lazy-sounding word indicating a lack of interest, action, or emotion, it has traveled through many languages to arrive in English. From the Greek apatheia, "freedom from suffering" or "impassibility," ~ has existed in English since the 17th century. Not just one person, but a whole segment of the population can be accused of inaction or emotional detachment: the expressions voter apathy, student apathy, and consumer apathy show just how unenthusiastic groups of people can be. Aside from novichok, perhaps the biggest problem for any politician in Russia now is apathy, and the feeling that sociologists call "learned helplessness" - a decision based on experience that attempts to change things are pointless. Similar apathy reigns in the state legislature, where Republicans hold a lock on both houses. This apathy does not run in the blood. Along with a Russian propaganda campaign that targeted Black voter apathy, analysts pinpoint young, progressives overall who stayed home or sought third-party alternatives.

contraption

a mechanical gadget or device A ~ is a device that has a specific purpose and is often overly complicated. If your dad yells, "Get that ~ out of here!" He doesn't appreciate the Rube Goldberg machine you made out of his golf clubs. The word is English, all right, but how it got here is a mystery. It may be from a combination of contrive and adaptation. ~s — also called gadgets or gizmos — are devices people make for various purposes. Often, this word is used when someone isn't quite sure what something is, as in "What's that ~?" Oh that's just a dog-walking machine made of a roller skate, bacon, and four paper clips. His contraptions meet at the cross-section of childlike whimsy and technical wizardry, as gears, pulleys, innovation and inspiration coalesce into eccentric creations. Responding to Flume's stuttering, bittersweet "Never Be Like You," the trio sculpted itself into a fast-paced fantasy of machines and hinged contraptions and even, eerily, a guillotine matched to a chilling sound effect. Bras are often considered to be a necessary, but unwelcome, contraption. "It was a hit," he says, sharing a video of Keona squealing in delight while bouncing on the contraption.

incantation

a ritual recite of words believed to have a magical effect "Double, double toil and trouble / Fire burn, and cauldron bubble." These lines, cackled by the Weird Sisters in Shakespeare's Macbeth, are part of the most famous ~ — or magic spell made of words — in English literature. ~ shares a Latin source with enchant, both of which are related to chant. An ~, then, summons a thing or action into being with words that are sung, spoken, or written. Long before it became the catchword of stage magicians, abracadabra was regarded as a powerful ~ capable of warding off serious disease. The phrase hocus pocus may be a corruption of a seventeenth-century incantation spoken during the Roman Catholic liturgy of the Eucharist, "hoc est corpus meum" ("this is my body"). But now that the world knows Bre's name, we won't stop saying it until it becomes a kind of incantation to bind the devil in our divided justice system. Trump's latest solution for the wildfires is something he describes as "forest management," a term he continually repeats as if it's a magic incantation. Ideal for physical distancing, the genre requires an actor to find drama in the incantation of character. Perhaps Trump understands this as a form of magical incantation; after all, he said the same thing four years ago, and it seemed to work.

scrupulous

exact, careful, attending thoroughly to details; having high moral standards, principled ~ means very careful to do things properly and correctly, such as paying friends back for money borrowed right away, or not returning a pair of shoes after they've been worn outdoors. A ~ person is full of scruples, which are concerns about doing things that are morally right. Such a person is hesitant or doubtful, and might have trouble deciding what is morally right or wrong. The adjective ~ is from Latin scrūpulōsus, from scrūpulus "scruple." A near synonym is punctilious. Sokolowski guessed that this was due to scrupulous print journalists "holding the line." Unlike Pete Rose, he said he was scrupulous in staying away from betting on the sport that made him famous. The Florida Highway Patrol Drug Courier Profile cautioned troopers to be suspicious of "scrupulous obedience to traffic laws." McBath's bookseller was the most sympathetic voice, but there were also concerns of less scrupulous Marketplace sellers smuggling counterfeit products onto Amazon's store.

sorority

a society or club of women or girls, especially in college If you join a ~, you're joining a social organization for women, typically one based at a university or college. Your ~ probably has a lot of social events such as meetings, mixers, galas, and fundraisers. First used in the 1530s, the noun ~ stems from the Middle Latin word sororitas, meaning "sisterhood, of or pertaining to sisters." Although members of a ~ aren't actually biological sisters, the idea is to form a strong bond between members — or "sisters" — based on commitment to the group. To build allegiance, members of a ~ might wear the same sweatshirts with Greek letters and attend social events and regular club meetings. She was a founder of Alpha Kappa Alpha, the first sorority for Black university women. Determined to escape the gaucheries of the family's exclusive Turtle Creek enclave, Yvonne ascends from cheerleader to top majorette baton twirler to debutante to sorority girl. The UW outbreak, the second to strike the UW's Greek system since June, involves students in 11 fraternities and sororities at the Seattle campus, where classes, most of them remote, started Wednesday. Currently, fewer than 2,000 students live in 42 fraternity and sorority houses in the neighborhood north of the university campus.

prerogative

a special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence A ~ is someone's special right or privilege. As Bobby Brown once sang, "I don't need permission / Make my own decisions / That's my ~." ~ goes back to a Latin root for a group having the right to vote first (prae-, "pre-" + rogare, "to ask") and thus came to mean "privileged rank." In current use, it refers to a right or privilege held by any person or group. A near synonym is privilege, which puts more emphasis on the fact that others do not have it. The self-justifying phrase "That's my ~" (for example, in reference to changing one's mind) is quite common. But voters did pick the president - and it's Donald J. Trump's prerogative under the Constitution to nominate the next Justice. Fox NewsSep 20, 2020 Addressing any of them would require, for starters, radically curbing the prerogatives of capitalist vested interests wedded to a destructive status quo. The GuardianSep 19, 2020 Then he eschewed interviews, the prerogative of one not in contention or on the list of champions. Washington PostSep 17, 2020 "What he does off of school grounds is his prerogative."

mohawk

a tribe in the Iroquois Confederacy; a hairstyle with a narrow center strip of upright hair and the sides of the head shaved; While the ~ hairstyle takes its name from the people of the M~ nation, an indigenous people of North America who originally inhabited the M~ Valley in upstate New York, the association comes from Hollywood and more specifically from the popular 1939 movie Drums Along the M~ starring Henry Fonda. Chris Brockett caught a white catfish in the Mohawk River in upstate New York on Aug. 22, New York Upstate reports. In the beginning, there were five Native American nations — the Mohawk, Onondaga, Cayuga, Oneida and Seneca — constantly at war. The campground sits above a vein called the Mohawk, from which hundreds of tons of gold ore were extracted during the 1800s. Interactions between the French, the English, Hudson's Bay Company agents, the Wendat and the Mohawk drive the story, creating a world fraught with hardship, mistrust and reluctant alliances.

erstwhile

adj. Former; previous; of an earlier time adv. in the past, formerly If your dad used to play in a punk band, but is now a computer programmer, you could call him an ~ punk rocker. ~ means "former." ~ comes from Old English and is a formal way to say "former." You can go to your class reunion 20 years after you graduate high school and see your ~ friends. That means that they had been your friends, but you lost touch with them, so that they weren't friends of yours anymore. Can you think of some people that you wish were ~ classmates of yours? Suffice to say, TV's erstwhile Mrs. Hart reveals more than just an amusing Italian accent in her brief role. The Cardinals leaned on Wainwright, their erstwhile ace, who faced the minimum number of batters through the first five winnings. And while her peers and erstwhile best friends successfully pivoted to enjoy long careers on TV, Hilton's star burned brightly and appeared to fade quickly. Then, I walked down to Whole Foods, my erstwhile grazing ground.

prosthetic

an artificial body part Use the adjective ~ to describe something that has to do with an artificial body part. You might know someone who walks with the help of a ~ leg. Something that's ~ fills in for a missing part. In some cases, people are born without an arm or a foot, and in others they've lost a limb in an accident. ~ limbs can help them get along more easily, substituting for the absent part. ~ has a Greek root, prostithenai, or "addition," and an early meaning of "that which is added to the body." Soon, however, his computer, which he likens to a prosthetic limb, led him astray. On Aug. 31, Hinton posted a Twitter video of him taking steps on his prosthetic leg using a walker. He's raising money for the Range of Motion Project, which provides prosthetic care to people without access to services. In the music video, the "Cardigan" singer underwent a major transformation using prosthetics and a movement coach to become a man.

canon

an established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature حکم، قانون شرع، معیار، قانون کلی، مجموعه کتاب ~ (one "n") refers to a collection of rules or texts that are considered to be authoritative. Shakespeare and Chaucer are part of the ~ of Western literature, so you might read their work in an English class. A ~ can also be a body of work, like the Shakespeare ~, which includes all of the Bard's plays and poems. These days, many schools and colleges include more diverse and underrepresented authors in literature classes and encourage students to read works not included in the standard literary ~. The literary ~ can change with time, and so can the cultural ~. Don't confuse this word with cannon with two n's, the big gun that shoots bowling-size balls at the enemy. Where do you put this in your canon of things to be worried about? People gathered nearby danced to music as the monument, along with a canon, were removed. The artist-in-residence program at the Studio Museum in Harlem is an institution — an early-career incubator whose alumni list, in annual cohorts of three, reads like a canon of a half-century of Black American art. It's significant that Kathryn Bigelow — deservedly — became the first woman to win best director for "The Hurt Locker," a movie that fit right into the established cinematic canon.

acerbic

bitter, biting, sharp in taste or temper SYN: acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulfurous, virulent, vitriolic If you say something ~, or harshly bitter, to someone, it can leave a bitter taste in your own mouth that lingers, and the ~, or acidic, words can eat away at the person on the receiving end too. It is fitting that the first part of ~ sounds like the first part of "acid," because the Latin source of acerbic is acerbus, "sour-tasting." ~ speech is like acid, because it is sour and corrodes, or weakens, relationships. There are ways to use sharp words for humor, and some comedians are known for their "~ wit," but just as you would take safety precautions in using acid in a science lab, you should be cautious about using ~ language in conversation. He spoke at the airport there, attacking Mr. Biden's debate performance and delivering an unusually acerbic attack against Somalian refugees and Representative Ilhan Omar, Democrat of Minnesota, a refugee from Somalia herself. The cartoonist was remembered affectionately by comic fans, cultural commentators and Argentina's political class, which was frequently the target of his acerbic humor. Those stories draw from contemporary culture in ways that are at once acerbic and poignant. Stormfront is introduced as a social media savant whose acerbic commentary and outward refusal to follow Vought's rules scream "girl power."

intriguing

capable of arousing interest or curiosity; very interesting because of being unusual or not having an obvious answer SYN: captivating; delightful; interesting; riveting; titillating; provocative ~ things or people arouse curiosity and have an indescribable draw. If you find the night sky ~ and enjoy pondering the limitlessness of the universe, you should consider becoming an astronomer. When this adjective was first recorded in the 1600's, anything ~ had something to do with "tricking, deceiving, or cheating." It wasn't until much later that ~ lost its sinister sense and became simply a word to describe something with alluring mystery. Synonyms for ~ run the gamut from captivating and delightful to riveting and titillating. In 1970 Peter Eisenman wrote an intriguing article, but he published only a few footnote indications for it on the pages of Design Quarterly. It was an intriguing mix that turned into a big hit, and now Riot is bringing the band back in a big way. More intriguing is "Human Events," which chops a nude model's body into disconnected parts across two screens. An intriguing location for the Thunderbolt 4 port. Pollet, chair of the House Local Government Committee, is already working on several intriguing proposals.

polemical

causing debate or argument; controversial; argumentative The adjective ~ describes something related to an argument or controversy. To keep the peace, avoid discussing politics at Thanksgiving, which usually deteriorates into a ~ argument with Uncle Bob. Better stick to football or apple versus pumpkin pie. ~ is the adjective form of the noun polemic, which itself comes from the Greek word, polemos, meaning "war." Use ~ to describe a controversy or argument that could end up as a huge conflict, because ~ refers to a major disagreement. The word is often used to describe speech and writing — a ~ discussion or a ~ essay — that usually starts a war of words. He was passionate about politics — an honorable profession, he believed — but he was never polemical or even terribly partisan. "Woke" is political, but not polemical — a conversation, not a sermon. Frank's purpose here is explicitly polemical: He wants to realign history in order to force us to reimagine the present. Shortly after Arnold Schoenberg died in Brentwood in 1951, Pierre Boulez wrote a polemical essay, "Schoenberg Is Dead," that instantly became infamous.

canonical

conforming to orthodox or recognized rules; exemplary, paradigmatic شرعی، قانونی، استاندارد؛ مقبول، پذیرفته If something's ~, it follows a principle or rule, usually in a religious or church-related situation. It is also used in mathematics, music and can refer to something reduced to its most basic form. The word ~ is from the root canon, with both evolving from the Latin cononicus, or "according to rule," a meaning applied to religion during the Middle Ages. However, the definition of "rules" also applies in other areas as well. In mathematics, the word is used to describe an equation reduced to its most basic form. In ~ music, a melody line is repeated at intervals throughout a piece. Perhaps the most familiar of these is Pachebel's "Canon in D." Crouch was raised in Los Angeles by his mother and from childhood on wanted to learn, reading William Faulkner, Mark Twain and other canonical writers and teaching himself how to drum. The influence of these canonical films pervades "Dark Shadows." "The statement 'Beethoven was black' was a disruption of a very canonical way of thinking," he tells me. As the schools tentatively reopen, there is no better time to revisit that most canonical of teen TV genres: the high school drama. Science and technology: Canonical form: a natural unique representation of an object, or a preferred notation for some object. Mathematics: Canonical coordinates: sets of coordinates that can be used to describe a physical system at any given point in time. Canonical map: a morphism that is uniquely defined by its main property. Canonical polyhedron: a polyhedron whose edges are all tangent to a common sphere, whose center is the average of its vertices. Canonical ring: a graded ring associated to an algebraic variety. Canonical representative: in set theory a standard member of each element of a set partition. Differential geometry: Canonical one-form: a special 1-form defined on the cotangent bundle T*M of a manifold M Canonical symplectic form: the exterior derivative of this form. Canonical vector field: the corresponding special vector field defined on the tangent bundle TM of a manifold M. Physics: Canonical ensemble: in statistical mechanics, is a statistical ensemble representing a probability distribution of microscopic states of the system. Canonical quantum gravity: an attempt to quantize the canonical formulation of general relativity. Canonical stress-energy tensor: a conserved current associated with translations through space and time. Canonical theory: a unified molecular theory of physics, chemistry, and biology. Canonical conjugate variables: pairs of variables mathematically defined in such a way that they become Fourier transform duals. Canonical transformation: in Hamiltonian mechanics. Computing: Canonical Huffman code: a particular type of Huffman code with unique properties which allow it to be described in a very compact manner. Canonical link element: an HTML element that helps webmasters prevent duplicate content issues by specifying the "canonical" or "preferred" version. Canonical model: a design pattern used to communicate between different data formats. Canonical name record (CNAME record): a type of Domain Name System record. Canonical S-expressions: a binary encoding form of a subset of general S-expression. Canonical XML: a normal form of XML, intended to allow relatively simple comparison of pairs of XML documents. MAC address (formerly canonical number): a unique identifier assigned to network interfaces for communications on the physical network segment Chemistry: Canonical form (chemistry): any of a set of representations of the resonance structure of a molecule each of which contributes to the real structure. Religion: Canon law of the Catholic Church: the system of laws and legal principles made and enforced by the hierarchical authorities of the Catholic Church. Canonical coronation: an institutional act of the pope to legally crown images venerated by the faithful through a papal bull. Canonical hours: the divisions of the day in terms of periods of fixed prayer at regular intervals. Biblical canon: - Canonical gospel: the four gospels accepted as part of the New Testament - Canonical criticism: a way of interpreting the Bible that focuses on the text of the biblical canon itself as a finished product. The scriptures of the Pāli Canon: of Theravāda Buddhism (these include the Sutta Pitaka, the Vinaya Pitaka and the Abhidhamma Pitaka) Other uses: Canonical (company): a UK software company, developer of Ubuntu. Grand canonical ensemble: a probability distribution of microscopic states for an open system, which is being maintained in thermodynamic equilibrium. Microcanonical ensemble: a theoretical tool used to analyze an isolated thermodynamic system. Canonical injection: in set theory Archetype, in behavior, modern psychological theory, and literary analysis Canon (disambiguation) Canonicalization: a process for converting data to canonical form Canonization: the act of a pope's declaring a deceased person a saint

scrutiny

critical observation or examination; a prolonged intense look بررسی موشکافانه ~ is when you look at something really closely, like when you are checking a test for mistakes. ~ can also be an intense look, like when your mother looks at you — trying to tell if you might be lying. ~ comes from the Latin scrutari, which means "to search," but which originally meant, "to sort trash." When you turn in a draft of your essay, you are subjecting it to your teacher's ~ — and there's a good chance that she'll find some sentences that can be "trashed" as well as sections that could be improved. This essay examines portraits of old women that were produced for the households of the professional and elite classes in Emilia-Romagna, Lombardy, and the Veneto during the second half of the sixteenth century, when, as a result of religious and social reform, women's lives came under increasing scrutiny. One CDC report that drew particular scrutiny was on hydroxychloroquine. There were problems with exams across the UK this summer, but in England it's the Department for Education and Ofqual which will face public scrutiny to explain the confusion, the colossal U-turns and resignations. The deal, if it goes forward, would be one of the largest ever in the chip sector and would likely face intense regulatory scrutiny. One thing Boeing is gearing up for when the MAX begins scheduled flights again is intense scrutiny of anything more going wrong, however minor.

reverence

deep or profound respect for sb or sth ~ is a feeling of deep respect or awe — like what you have for a president, a hero, or a favorite football player. ~ can be a feeling of awe, and it can also describe how you treat someone, particularly when used with the word with. To treat someone "with ~" is to show them intense respect. Your friends may respect you for your loyalty, though they probably do not bow to you with ~ every day. The relationship is characterized by absolute obedience and reverence by the student for the guru, who occupies a lofty status bordering on the semi-divine. That doesn't mean he didn't speak with reverence when asked about the Lakers' best player. It was a broader theme of unity in general, as well as reverence for human rights and respect for all people that dominated the focus of the weekend's rally. And a third, said the Fountain Valley pediatrician, is a host of ingrained cultural habits: respect for authorities, reverence for elders, and a belief in the importance of the collective welfare.

repugnance

extreme dislike; disgust; intense aversion ~ means strong distaste for something. If you love animals, you probably feel ~ for people who mistreat their horses. The word ~ comes from Latin root words, re, meaning back, and pugnare, to fight. When we use ~, we don't just mean the feeling of fighting back or resisting, but also a feeling of horror or sickness that causes you to resist in the first place. If something grosses you out, you feel ~ for it. ~ can also express a feeling of moral horror: you probably feel ~ at photographs of torture. Some combination of awe and repugnance and confusion that she's spent so many of her obviously prodigious talents spinning stories for men who need their stories spun. It highlights his father's repugnance for "prejudices toward women, race, and creed," Cash says. "Finally, and perhaps most importantly, sometimes you need to add a charge that reflects the social repugnance of a crime of this nature, which goes beyond normal legal considerations." He told the court: "Those tempted to act in a sectarian way must understand society's repugnance of and weariness of that kind of behavior and must expect to be dealt with accordingly."

auspicious

favorable; auguring favorable circumstances and good luck Use the adjective ~ for a favorable situation or set of conditions. If you start a marathon by falling flat on your face, that's not an ~ start. If something seems likely to bring success — either because it creates favorable conditions or you just consider it a lucky sign — label it ~. The word is related to auspice, "a divine omen," an old word with a colorful history. In Latin, an auspex was a person who observed the flight of birds to predict things about the future. Luckily, you no longer have to be a bird-watching fortune-teller to guess whether something is ~ or not. Look for a key turnover and late, Wilson-led drive to be the difference in the game, as the Seahawks start the year in an auspicious fashion. But the day felt as auspicious as was promised. It is either auspicious or unfortunate, that Katy Perry is releasing her sixth album, "Smile," the same week that her titanically successful 2010 record "Teenage Dream" is celebrating its 10th birthday. The home run, which put the Dodgers on the scoreboard en route to an 8-3 win over the Angels, was the highlight of an all-round auspicious start to Ruiz's big league career.

disparate

fundamentally different, distinct, or dissimilar; entirely unlike The trunk of some people's cars may contain items as ~ as old clothes, rotting food, and possibly a missing relative. ~ things are very different from each other. Near synonyms are unequal and dissimilar. The adjective ~ is from Latin disparātus, from disparāre "to separate, divide," from the prefix dis- "apart" plus parāre "to prepare." Disparate in the sense of "very different" probably developed by association with the Latin adjective dispar "unequal, different." Mr. Fallah said his paintings for the museum are self-portraits with imagery from disparate cultures that express injustices all over the world. Muto summed up dealing with so many disparate and often competing interests representing 15,400 Olympic and Paralympic athletes, officials, coaches, sponsors - not to mention the question of Japanese and foreign fans. The firm helps agents access different databases, build profiles from disparate sources, from commercial data brokers to driver's license records, and see how targets interrelate to each other.

providential

happening by good fortune; lucky, fortunate, or relating to divine care (the idea that a deity has helped or cared for a person) If your best friend pulls up beside you in her convertible just as your bike gets a flat tire, you could call it ~, or magically lucky. The Latin root of ~ is providentia, "foresight or precaution." Providence changed over the years; it usually referred specifically to the care of God, and it was spelled with a capital P. Providential, likewise, has another meaning that's purely religious, "resulting from God's intervention." Whether you're talking about God or not, if something is ~, it feels a little miraculous. He considered it a providential sign that he was meant to run, one day, for president. But surviving the fall of 1918 was a nearly providential feat. The book's recipes include many examples of the providential approach to cooking, including easily modified recipes for comfort-food favorites such as her favorite roast chicken and her mother's Garlicky Noodle Soup. The personal and specific element is crucial here, because the Christian tradition offers not one but many different explanations for how suffering fits into a providential plan.

infamous

having a reputation of the worst kind, vicious, notoriously bad SYN: ill-famed, notorious, disgraceful, odious Someone who is ~ has a very bad reputation. If you become a Hollywood star and find yourself on the pages of gossip magazines for your affairs and addictions, you will have succeeded in becoming ~. ~ is from Latin infamis, for negative fame. If you're bad but unknown, then you're not ~ — it's reserved for those wicked and well-known people that capture our collective imagination. It is a strong and resonant term. Some synonyms are notorious, disgraceful, and odious. The stress is on the first syllable. The Block holds an infamous record: 155 oil spills in the last nine years. In fact, Wheeler said that a Karen who infamously called the cops on Black men barbecuing in an Oakland public park in 2018 was one of the inspirations for the sardonic krewe. Meyer, who now owns a home in Washington, infamously never visited Forks before she wrote "Twilight"; her location choice was almost purely by chance. As one infamously said, it is what it is.

unscrupulous

having or showing no moral principles; not honest or fair; dishonest Use the adjective ~ to describe someone who behaves in a dishonest or unethical way. ~ behavior is the unfortunate resort of many ambitious people — it's the immoral stuff they do to make success more attainable. When you sell someone bad loans, when you hack into your competition's accounts, when you read your roommate's mail for signs of an opportunity with his girlfriend, you're being ~. She said the state was investigating "unscrupulous attacks" exploiting identity theft and vulnerabilities in the system. No time would be a good time to let unscrupulous payday lenders start preying on North Carolina residents again. Paying workers for every hem or cuff they sew is traditional in the apparel industry, but labor advocates say it facilitates wage theft by unscrupulous factory owners. Then, under a torrent of threats and duress, the same unscrupulous prosecutors coerced him into a guilty plea.

evenhanded

impartial; fair ~ means fair to all sides. If your essay is ~, it should look at both sides of an argument, without showing preference for one side or the other. When you talk about two opposing ideas, you often invoke the idea of hands. "On the one hand," you begin, discussing the first idea, and then move on to discuss its opposite, starting in with, "On the other hand." ~ means treating both "hands" evenly. Of course, you're not really talking about hands — you're talking about sides of an argument, or siblings splitting a cookie. Her views on police reform were similarly evenhanded. The leadership in Houston strives to remain evenhanded and fair among a few dozen of the most ambitious individuals on the planet. Unsurprisingly, Cobb once again maintains an evenhanded approach to the updated report, resuming the conversations he filmed with Baraka in 2015 and 2016 and placing what was said then in a more current context. Comey said he thinks there are many Republicans who do not like to see the erosion of truth-telling and evenhanded law enforcement, because they are the group in power.

inexorable

impossible to stop, resist, or prevent When a person is ~, they're stubborn. When a thing or process is ~, it can't be stopped. This is a word for people and things that will not change direction. An ~ person is hard-headed and cannot be convinced to change their mind, no matter what. You can also say that a process, like the progress of a deadly illness, is ~ because it can't be stopped. A speeding train with no brakes is ~; it's not stopping till it crashes. When you see the word ~, think "No one's stopping that." We're led to believe that our country faces inexorable decline and that those who see the possibility of reform and redemption are deluded. The prevailing view of globalization as an inexorable, benign force dissolved into a seething cauldron of nationalism and populism. This scenario is "a slow and agonizing one," Mack says, "marked by increasing isolation, inexorable decay and an eons-long fade into darkness." Now, half a century after its debut, a new documentary named "Mr. Soul!" is arriving, with a focus on the inexorable link between the program and its host.

spontaneity

impulsive action; unplanned event; the quality of following personal impulse rather than outside influences or planning Acting with ~ might mean bursting into song on the street, or throwing down your rake and jumping in a pile of leaves — in other words, doing something without thinking it through beforehand. The noun ~ is related to a more common word, the adjective spontaneous. The writer Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "Our spontaneous action is always the best. You cannot, with your best deliberation and heed, come so close to any question as your spontaneous glance shall bring you." He meant that if we learn to trust our instincts instead of weighing the potential consequences of everything we do, we'll make better decisions. It may be a long time before the world gets back to joyful spontaneity. This Colorado race gets the 2020 Surge Award in Campaign Innovation for the candidates' efforts to eliminate even the most remote possibilities of spontaneity. Though the show of generosity and spontaneity felt manipulative to me, the audience loved it. Conventions lost their spontaneity and bite a long time ago.

indigenous

native; aboriginal Use ~ to describe a plant, animal or person that is native or original to an area. Though Switzerland is known for its chocolates, chocolate, which comes from the cocoa plant, is ~ to South America. ~, aboriginal, and native all mean the same thing. Aboriginal, however, is commonly used in connection with Australia, and native with North America. The most neutral of the three terms, ~ comes from the Latin word, indigena meaning "a native." An ~ ceremony or religion is one traditionally used by a certain group of people. The report was compiled from more than 1,500 academic papers and reports from indigenous groups. He cited Young's work on recent legislation involving hydropower, tribes, veterans, healthy oceans, and murdered and missing indigenous women. Lower-income, indigenous, and trans people are disproportionately exposed to the practice, the data shows. A video of a dying indigenous woman screaming in distress and being insulted by staff shows the "worst form of racism", says Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

tumultuous

noisy and disorderly; making a loud, confused noise; uproarious; riotous, violently agitated, marked by disturbance or uproar; noisy, chaotic پرسروصدا، پر همهمه، پرآشوب، به‌هم ریخته، بی‌نظم، شلوغ The adjective ~ means "disruptive," "troubled," "disorderly," or "turbulent." You might hear the adjective ~ in news stories about riots because it's one of the best words to describe a group of people in turmoil or disorder, but it can mean anything in a state of unrest. For example, you might steer your boat into a safe harbor before a heavy storm, so the ~ waves won't sweep you onto the rocks. New York finally reopened classrooms for hundreds of thousands of students this week, following a tumultuous summer of last-minute changes and political opposition to reopening. The initial years after reunification were so tumultuous that security services were incapable of controlling this coalescing extremist movement. He served as secretary of state during the most tumultuous changes in the world in the past half-century — but was he just in the right place at the right time? Released at the end of the tumultuous summer of 1968, James Brown's civil rights anthem provided a soundtrack to black Americans trying to break through inter-racial barriers.

aperiodic

not recurring at periodic or regular intervals In 1944, Erwin Schrödinger published What Is Life?, which built on work by biophysicist Max Delbrück to suggest that genes were "aperiodic crystals". Here Schrödinger made the auspicious proposal that the genetic material is an "aperiodic crystal": a structure with a specific but not periodic arrangement of atoms, encoding information that somehow guides the development of the organism. It was Gardner who introduced the public to Conway's Game of Life, Penrose's aperiodic tilings of the plane, and Mandelbrot's fractals.

inoperable

not working; not able to be fixed or cured An ~ condition is one that can't be fixed through surgery. If someone's diagnosed with ~ cancer, it means that an operation would not be helpful. Many kinds of cancer can be treated at least partly through surgery, but those that can't are ~. Another way to use this adjective is to mean "not working." If your computer is ~, it won't turn on, and if your fireplace is ~, you can't actually light a fire in it. Operable, "able to be used," comes from operate, which has a Latin root, operari, "to work." The prefix in- means "not." Investigators reported finding inoperable fire exits, doors and alarms, plus faulty heating systems in some apartments. It is also, in any conventional sense, largely inoperable right now. The company says that to maintain the line, it would spend an additional $67.5 million each year it remains inoperable. An inoperable, malignant tumor of the brainstem with a median survival time of nine months from diagnosis.

eccentric

odd; unconventional and slightly strange SYN: bizarre, flakey, flaky, freakish, freaky, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish, outre, unconventional, flake, geek, oddball, case, character, type You're most likely to encounter the adjective ~ in a description of an unusual or quirky person — like a scatterbrained aunt who leaves her life savings to her cat. From the Greek ekkentros, "out of the center," this word originally had to do with the orbits of planets that were observed to be slightly out of whack. Eventually it came to describe people who were a little kooky, both as an adjective and as a noun, too: an ~ is an unconventional, odd person. Think of them as following a slightly different orbit from the rest of society. But what appears to be a wry portrayal of eccentric off-the-gridders becomes something much weirder, deeper and more unsettling as "Kajillionaire's" true subject matter emerges. American Visionary Art Museum: The eccentric Baltimore museum, which champions the art of everyday people with more passion than training, reopens on Sept. 25 after more than six months of closure. Yet the fatherly persona also brings with it an eccentric and an authoritarian approach to leadership, experts contend, in which opposition parties are routinely repressed, imprisoned, and sometimes "disappeared" without a trace. What was once a "slightly eccentric approach", he says, is now the standard of care for some cancers.

idiosyncrasy

oddity, eccentricity; unusual; one's own particular, usually odd, behavior If a person has an ~, he or she has a little quirk, or a funny behavior, that makes him or her different. If you only say goodbye in French, never in English, that would be an ~. Idio seems like it means stupid, but really it is Latin for "one's own," as an ~ is one's own particular, usually odd, behavior. Putting salt in your hot chocolate or needing the light on to sleep or tapping your head while you think are all ~ies. A machine such as a DVD player has an ~ if you have to do something weird to it to make it work like having to bang it on the back left-hand side to stop it from skipping. Shaggy and Scooby's constant hunger was simply an attempt by Mr. Ruby and Spears "to insert certain idiosyncrasies into their characters," the animator Takamoto wrote in a memoir, "My Life with a Thousand Characters." So it's the same types of algorithms that now allow speech-recognition software to do a decent job of understanding spoken speech — including individual idiosyncrasies of pronunciation and regional accents — that may now enable brain-reading technology. But that does not reflect the idiosyncrasies of how this virus spreads, numerous researchers said. Those who embrace the vagaries of a municipal course with idiosyncrasies are surging to the fore.

semiotic

of or relating to signs or symbols; the study of signs and symbols and their use or interpretation In philosophy and linguistics, ~s is the branch of study concerned with the meanings and functions of signs and symbols. Have you ever thought about traffic lights? How did we decide red means "stop," green means "go," and yellow means "slow down" (even if most people speed up)? Traffic lights are symbolic, and the study of symbols is ~s. Just don't get absorbed with ~s when there are cars behind you at a traffic light! Ruscha does not propose an ironic twist, much less the longueurs of a lesson in semiotics. The regressive cultural shorthand of fatness = laziness is one of the most prominent motifs in the movie, a bit of semiotics that plays that much louder in a movie with very little dialogue. What amuses me is that I don't think the second one is more complicated than the first one, because of semiotics. Welcome to the world of the post-modern pandemic, where anxiety spreads ahead of the tideline, where unraveling the semiotics of plague and plague politics seems to be almost as pressing as the plague itself.

canonicity

officially accepted; مقبول، معمول The quality or state of being "canonical: according to the set rules" مشروع When there are multiple "official" works or original media, the question of what is canonical can be unclear. This is resolved either by explicitly excluding certain media from the status of canon (as in the case of Star Trek and Star Wars), by assigning different levels of canonicity to different media (as was in the case of Star Wars before the franchise was purchased by Disney), by considering different but licensed media treatments official and equally canonical to the series timeline within their own continuities universe, but not across them, or not resolved at all. The use of canon is of particular importance with regard to reboots or re-imaginings of established franchises, such as the Star Trek remake (2009), because of the ways in which it influences the viewer experience. The official Star Trek website describes Star Trek canon as "the events that take place within the episodes and movies" referring to the live-action television series and films, with Star Trek: The Animated Series having long existed in a nebulous gray area of canonicity. Events, characters and storylines from tie-in novels, comic books, and video games are explicitly excluded from the Star Trek canon, but the site notes that elements from these sources have been subsequently introduced into the television series, and says that "canon is not something set in stone." Some non-canonical elements that later became canonical in the Star Trek universe are Uhura's first name Nyota, introduced in the novels and made canonical in the 2009 film Star Trek, and James T. Kirk's middle name Tiberius, introduced in the Star Trek animated series and made canonical in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. The Star Wars canon originally existed on several levels. The highest level was the original Star Wars films, and statements by George Lucas; tie-in fiction from the Star Wars expanded universe had a different level of canonicity.[4] The complex system was maintained by Leland Chee, a Lucasfilm employee.[4] After Disney bought the franchise, all material published prior to April 25, 2014 that was not any of the Star Wars movies or the CGI cartoon The Clone Wars was declared in the "Legends" continuity, marking them as no longer official canon. All subsequent material exists on the same level of canon, with the Lucasfilm Story Group being established to ensure no contradictions among canon works. The makers of Doctor Who have generally avoided making pronouncements about canonicity, with Russell T Davies explaining that he does not think about the concept for the Doctor Who television series or its spin-offs.

riddle

pierce with many holes; spread or diffuse through; a question requiring thought to answer or understand; a puzzle or conundrum; a question or statement that teases the mind What's a question or problem that requires a bit of thought before you answer? It's a ~, of course. The verb ~ can mean to speak in a puzzling fashion, though that use is not very common. The word ~ might put you in mind of such brain-teasers as "Why did the chicken cross the road?", but ~s actually have a distinguished history in English literature going back to the 10th century. Today, you often find ~ used to mean a hard problem or question to figure out. Is it a ~ to you why you have to go to school? In an unrelated use, if something is ~d with holes, there are many holes in it, quite possibly from bullets! My purpose in discussing this text is not to focus on Eisenman and what he intended, but to see the text as a riddle that I will try to unravel in order to make a few points about the status of architecture in general. Schlafly, a misguided bigot, fascinates precisely because she is riddled with the sort of flaws—self-deception, vanity, opportunism—that hamper most of us mortals. A report by Justice Department Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz last year concluded the FBI's application to surveil Mr. Page was riddled with errors, mistakes and omissions. Earlier this week, Alan Garten, an attorney for the Trump Organization, said in a statement that the New York Times's story "is riddled with gross inaccuracies." I became a fire scientist to try to solve this riddle.

lamentable

regrettable; unfortunate Something that's ~ is unfortunate. If your basketball team gets killed in the final game, you could call it a ~ way for the season to end. Something that's not satisfactory can be described as ~, like a high school art room equipped with only crayons and construction paper. A person's inappropriate behavior could also be considered ~ — whether it's the cruel words of a bully or your lack of preparation for an important speech. The Latin word lamentationem is at the root of ~, and it means "wailing, moaning, or weeping." If a situation is bad enough to make you cry, it's ~. The Teatro Real spokeswoman said the opera house would investigate what she called "a lamentable incident." In a letter Friday to British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, the human rights lawyer said she is quitting her role as the U.K.'s special envoy on media freedom over the government's "lamentable" suggestion. The human rights lawyer said it was "lamentable" for Boris Johnson to be contemplating overriding the Brexit agreement he signed last year. Despite this lamentable violence — for which Trump and the right must bear ultimate responsibility — for progressives and other people of conscience Portland is a symbol of resistance and hope.

rekindle

restart; relight; revive Use the verb ~ when you're trying to get something started again, like a fire or a romance. If your campfire goes out while you're getting the marshmallows out of your tent, you'll want to ~ it. Likewise, if you've lost touch with a childhood friend, you might try to ~ your relationship when you meet again as adults. Re means "again," and kindle means "start a fire," probably from the Old Norse kynda, "to light a fire." ~ has been used in the figurative sense from around 1300. However, her keen interest in European art was rekindled during the PhD program by Philip Sohm, and while doing research in Venice, Florence, and Rome for her PhD dissertation on Italian art theory and criticism, she developed a passion for Italy that continues unabated. A recent surge in coronavirus cases is rekindling economic anxieties in North Dakota, where wildly fluctuating oil prices and recent drops in production threaten to leave the state's finances in fresh disarray. While undermining the pricing model for business travellers who pay a premium for flexibility in ticket changes, the move aims to rekindle domestic demand that in July was 73% below 2019 levels. Now the row risks rekindling broader resentment over Trump's tariff wars, climate crisis denial, and efforts to divide the EU by wooing conservative eastern states. And that's how two clowns walked into an Encinitas restaurant, recalled days of clowning around in Meridian and rekindled a friendship.

snooty

showing disapproval or contempt toward others, especially those considered to belong to a lower social class; snobbish; overly conceited or arrogant Use the word ~ to describe someone who is a terrible, stuck-up snob. Your snooty grandmother might refuse to take the subway because she doesn't want to mix with regular people. ~ people generally think they're better than everyone else, often because they have more money or believe they belong to a higher social class. A ~ college freshman might demand a single room in the very best dorm, and a ~ waiter in a fancy restaurant might make you feel like you don't belong there. ~ first appeared as college slang in 1918, from the now-defunct 1800's word snouty, which implied "looking down your nose at people." A grocer's daughter dates a football hero and joins a snooty sorority. From slapstick comedy to snooty stoicism, British television is a soothing escape from troubled times. A third, his ears poking through striped, curling horns, looked up with a snooty expression as we walked past. O'Hara said that in playing Moira she wanted to avoid doing "snooty rich lady."

ruthless

showing no mercy; pitiless ~ means showing no mercy or compassion. If you really want to cut down on the clutter in your apartment, you can't be sentimental about keepsakes. You have to be ~ and throw out everything that's not absolutely essential. If you're ~, you're the polar opposite of Mother Theresa. You get called heartless and cold-blooded. That's one of the reasons the word crops up so often to describe dictators and tyrants, though it can also apply to other personality types — like corporate raiders and colleagues so success-driven that they'll gladly steamroll anyone to get ahead. It finds its way into milder contexts, too: Just be ~ and rip off the Band-Aid already! But her motives prove deceptive, and her methods ruthless. Small but ruthless, she learned the art of negotiation and persuasion selling sugar cane at the market with her father. Pit Stop, originally titled The Winner, might just be Hill's best work, a blistering study of the ruthless, soul-shredding pursuit of excellence in the dark art of vehicular carnage.

wrest

to take by force To ~ is to forcefully grab or take something away. You can ~ away many things, such as remote controls and championships. This word is strong and a little violent. It's not easy to ~ something away. ~ting away is a little like "wrestling" something away — you can't get it without a fight. Objects can be ~ed away, but so can non-physical things. In a tough election, you could say the new president ~s away the title of commander-in-chief from the incumbent candidate. How ever did the WFT wrest him away from the competition? But he made it look easy, showing how tough it will be to wrest the yellow jersey from him in the climactic last week. Williams needed to win several extended rallies to wrest control of the match, including a 24-shot exchange to break serve to 5-3 in the second set. At one point, her video froze as they tried to wrest the laptop from her, the Daily Mail reported.

diffidence

shyness, reserve, unassertiveness, lack of self-assurance The noun ~ refers to a lack of self-confidence. Your ~ might be the reason why you never say "hi" to the cute guy or gal in the elevator or why you never ask for a raise. The noun ~ comes from the Latin word diffidere, meaning "to mistrust" or "to lack confidence." ~ is often mistaken for snootiness because people don't understand that the diffident person is shy and lacking in confidence. "They asked him to be the team leader, but he expressed diffidence, saying that he didn't think he had enough time to do the job justice, nor did he think he had enough experience." While he speaks reverently of Mr. Mueller, he also says his boss's diffidence made him ill-suited for aspects of shepherding the politically charged investigation. Body neutrality may help topple the body hierarchies that dictate our desire and diffidence. "Her fearlessness, her grit and her entire absence of artificiality and diffidence" was the conclusion. He's always been one of this series' underexposed bright spots; his sly, bookish diffidence is the perfect counterweight to his alter ego's uncontrollable rage.

gourmand

someone fond of eating and drinking A ~ is someone obsessively and unhealthily devoted to eating good food and lots of it. In Monty Python's film "The Meaning of Life," there is a character who literally explodes after eating just one more mint after a big meal. Well, that in a nutshell is a ~. ~ is not to be confused with gourmet. A gourmet is a connoisseur of good food who enjoys eating but doesn't do so to excess. A gourmet might find himself full in his favorite restaurant, but he would never explode. Both words are from the Medieval French term gourmant, meaning "glutton." If you're not quite at the point of offering a DNA tasting menu to prospective gourmands, perhaps a bit of solo exposure therapy would help. With commentary from food celebrities like Andrew Zimmern and chefs like Kyle Connaughton, it follows the gourmand's taste, from ancient times to the present, for the pentagonal gonads of the spiny creatures. In cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong, there's little sign of markets catering to gourmands seeking "ye wei," or "wild flavors." "It's an interactive cultural space focused on food and health, for gourmands of all ages."

monstrosity

something hideous or frightful; something, especially a building, that is very large and is considered unsightly. A ~ is something so hideous that you can hardly stand to look at it, like a zombie or an ugly modern building. A monster can certainly be described as a ~, but so can anything that is as frightening or disgusting as a monster. A dictator's cruel regime is a ~, and so is a three-headed fish. The word comes from the Latin word for monster, monstrum, with a root, monere, that means "warn," from the tradition of interpreting monstrous, deformed animals as omens — or warnings — of bad luck. Hegel, in emphasizing the living drama of history, was critical of the relevance of this type of effort which, though produced under the pretext of "higher criticism," created in reality" all the anti-historical monstrosities that a vain imagination could suggest. For Phillips, there was never a doubt that the shadows were harmless, and that the actual monstrosity of the episode was Nick's indoctrination. Shubow's words were part of a more widespread series of attacks by press and politicians over the past decade; it was called a "monstrosity", an example of "commemorative bric-a-brac," a "classic Washington boondoggle". You think that these empires were evil monstrosities that spread death, oppression and injustice around the world? If you want to see some of the other monstrosities on Amazon, just search "radiator gamepads" and prepare to see some amazing art renders, like this one below that shows your phone blasting off.

stern

strict; serious and difficult You know when you've done something really wrong, and the person who gets you in trouble has that unforgiving look on his face? The best word for that look is ~, meaning "strict" or "severe." ~, strict, severe, harsh, unforgiving — they all more or less mean the same thing, which is very tough and exacting, with a little helping of seriousness thrown in for good measure. What does this have to do with the ~ of a boat, also known as the rear area? Um, nothing? But it's good to know about that meaning too, since it could come in handy some day when you're giving directions on a ship. But for one brief moment, Washington's enthusiasm for the New York Yankees in the 1999 World Series caused the method actor to break his stern exterior between takes. Later, his colleagues found his shoes at the stern of the ship. Krach's arrival in Taiwan marked the second visit by a high-level American official in two months and prompted a stern warning of possible retaliation from China. Instead, on Friday and Monday, the network used the impending Supreme Court nomination process as just another opportunity to terrify its viewers and send them scampering back into Trump's stern and clammy embrace.

impetus

that which drives one; momentum; a moving force; impulse; stimulus An ~ is the force behind something, whether it's a boulder rolling down a hill or a person making a decision. Very little would get done if there were no such thing as an ~: an ~ is some kind of force that gets something or somebody moving. If you push a car that's out of gas, you're the ~ that's getting it moving. An ~ doesn't have to be physical. Advertisers hope their commercials will be an ~ to buy the product. To that extent, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden spoke in Old City, Philadelphia on Sunday and declared that Trump's main impetus for deciding to select a jurist so soon is wielding his executive power. Fox NewsSep 20, 2020 The decision highlights the importance of prime time TV broadcasts, likely a major impetus for the playoff change, which would incur additional costs if the finale went past Sunday. New York TimesSep 15, 2020 This is the same impetus that no doubt helped transform the unsolved mystery of William Morgan's disappearance into a nationwide political movement. SalonSep 7, 2020 Regarding the impetus of this letter: I appreciate loyal readership!

lament

to express sorrow; to grieve; tp mourn If you are really upset or sorry about something, you might ~ it. A ~ is full of regret and grief. If you ~ something, then you feel sorry about it. You could ~ a mistake you made, or you could ~ a horrible thing that happened to a friend. Also, a ~ is an expression of grief. So if you keep saying how sorry you are about something, someone could say, "Enough of your ~s!" There's also an old literary form called "a ~," which expresses feelings of loss in a long dramatic poem. Jeffrey Slavin, mayor of the nearby town of Somerset in Montgomery County, said residents lament the lack of such services as a 24-hour pharmacy, a convenience store, and a hardware store. "It's like training for a knife fight and somebody is getting an Uzi," lamented one Democratic congressional aide. The ad starts with a voice, allegedly of a steelworker, lamenting the decline of the steel industry in the United States. Many leaders lamented that they can't convene in person this year.

inclusion

the action or state of including or of being included within a group or structure. Educating a child with special education needs full-time in the regular classroom. a piece of an older rock that becomes part of a new rock. ~ is the act of including someone in something, like a school, club, or team. If you are familiar with the word include — meaning to make someone or something a part of something larger — then ~ should make sense. You might be happy at your ~ on the school's volleyball team. The ~ of an actor in a movie is exciting. When there's a new President, people wait and see who will earn ~ in the cabinet. In biology, an ~ body is a very small body found within another on the cellular level. Throughout her life, Ginsburg repaid that faith by serving our nation and widening its circle of inclusion. Washington PostSep 20, 2020 He also urged the inclusion of civil society, cities, the private sector and young people at top tables, saying they are "essential voices in shaping the world we want." Seattle TimesSep 20, 2020 Dechausay was also recently appointed to a national working group - assembled by the LEAD1 Association - to examine diversity, equality and inclusion. Washington TimesSep 20, 2020 But it is also a sober recognition that inclusion in the latter is the only means to secure the former.

outcrop

the part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land An ~ is an area of land where the underlying rocks are exposed. You can see many rocky ~s throughout Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. The term ~ and the alternative ~ping come from the "head or sprout" meaning of crop, from the idea of seeing the "head" of the rock below. Most of the earth's land surface is covered with soil and plants, but in areas where erosion has worn these away, you can see ~s of the bedrock beneath. These ~s can be low, flat sheets of rock, or taller rocky expanses along the edges of mountain ridges. Amid the remorseless exploration of a technological unconscious that defines the landscape of Sigfried Gideon's book, we find a number of peculiar outcrops - pieces of 'parent furniture' manufactured by American inventors in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Eight months after the fires, a beloved coastal outcrop called Pretty Point is still soot-blackened and dead except for weeds. "I started getting all these messages from people telling me how just seeing pictures of Max cheered them up," Kerry says, as we stroll in the shade of the rocky outcrops of Low Riggs. Fernando de Noronha - a spectacular chain of 21 islands, islets and volcanic outcrops in the Atlantic Ocean - is perhaps Brazil's most hyped destination, famed for its emerald waters, idyllic beaches and well-heeled guests. His childhood home in the northeast corner of town looms over Oildale, an uninspired outcropping of barren land and parasitic derricks.

gamut

the whole range or extent A visit with a long-lost cousin might arouse emotions that run the ~ of from joy to nostalgia to sorrow. A ~ is a full or complete range. In the 16th century, the ~ was the lowest note on the musical scale. In music as well as life, the word has expanded to mean from high to low, or the whole range. The word is often associated with "run," as in "run the ~ from totally excited to so terrified you're quaking with fear." And if you've talked about every discussion point on your agenda, you've covered the ~ of issues that need discussing. The results run the gamut from clever to outlandish. The 11 levels of noise cancellation run the gamut from full transparency to fully muting the world around you. Those shows run the gamut from locals reading books on air for an hour solid, to talks about dreamcatchers to a morning show between two female relatives with what Manson describes as anarchist views. A player in a typical series faces "the full gamut of emotions" from the crowd, Greg Anthony, the former Knicks point guard and Turner Sports announcer, told me from inside the bubble.

rigor

thoroughness; excessive sternness hardship; severity When a school boasts of its academic ~, it means its students learn a lot and work really hard. ~ means thoroughness and exhaustiveness--the gold standard for a good teacher. You may have heard of "~ mortis"--which is a medical term describing the stiffness of a body after death. ~ used to mean stiffness outside of the corpse context, i.e., sternness. The word changes meaning along with our changing standards for what we want teachers to be. 1. the fact of being careful and paying great attention to detail - academic/intellectual/scientific, etc. rigor 2. ​[uncountable] (formal) the fact of being strict or severe SYN: severity - This crime must be treated with the full rigor of the law. 3. [plural] the difficulties and unpleasant conditions of something - The plants were unable to withstand the rigors of a harsh winter. - She woke refreshed to face the rigors of a new day. It engaged the Norwegian director Stefan Herheim, known for productions combining intellectual rigor and an almost childlike sense of theatrical wonder. Berhalter credited the U.S. development system, which includes long-standing independent clubs and the rise of MLS youth academies over the past 10 years, for preparing players for professional rigors. Eberhart argued that the question going into next week's debate remains is Biden's "mental acuity still sharp enough to handle the rigors of the job." Directed with admirable control and visual style, "New Order" recalls last year's "Parasite," which took similar aim at wealth inequality but with far less intellectual rigor and precision.

boast

to brag; to show off; talk about oneself with excessive pride or self-regard; to have something that is impressive When you ~ you are bragging about yourself and your accomplishments (or maybe those of your family), often to the boredom and annoyance of your audience. Used as either a noun or a verb, ~ usually suggests exaggeration, vanity, or pride. Along those lines, English poet Sir Thomas Overbury, who died in 1613, once said, "The man who has nothing to ~ of but his illustrious ancestry is like the potato — the best part underground." However, the word can also be used in a positive way: a town can ~ a new library, or a school can ~ a high graduation rate. He once boasted that his tax returns were "very big" and "beautiful." "My room way up at the top," he boasted. The area boasts A-list movie stars, Nobel laureates, some of the nicest views in London, and in a few minutes' time Jessica Stewart will officially open the neighborhood's new yoga studio.

cavort

to play boisterously; to leap about in a sprightly manner; tto romp or prance around exuberantly; to make merry SYN: prance; frolic; lark; rollick; romp; carouse; disport; frisk; gambol; skylark How to ~, in one easy step: dance around all crazy, jumping on and over anything nearby like you just ate a lot of sugar. Give it a try! ~ing requires a good mood, lots of energy, and some running room. Children love to ~, and so do parents when they win the lottery. The origins of the word are unclear, perhaps coming from the word curvet, meaning "leap gracefully or energetically," and leaping is a great addition to any ~ing. There are lots of synonyms, so if you ever get tired of ~ing, you could always prance, frolic, lark, rollick, romp, or carouse. The choice is yours. He rose from humble Balkan beginnings in a village in what is now Croatia to cavort with New York high society. Men and women pressed close to the stage as a parade of dancers — Dior, Jasmine, Binky, and Wifey — cavorted on poles. "She cavorted and strutted, sometimes within view of Hollywood glitterati, who used the same firing range to hone the gunplay they would use for movies and TV."

preclude

to prevent from happening To ~ something is to prevent it from happening. A muzzle ~s a dog from biting. This is a very formal word, but it has a simple meaning: when something is ~d, it can't happen. See the prefix pre in preclude and in prevent? It is signaling that these words are all about things done before another action would happen — to make it impossible. Staying away from water ~s the possibility of drowning, though it also ~s any chance of having fun swimming. Clearly, Derrida is the medium by which one navigates through this problem, but if Eisenman's interest in and former personal relationship with Derrida might seem to preclude an arm's-length relationship to this line of investigation, I would like to point out that it is a different - or at least to some degree different - Derrida that one needs to follow than the Derrida that was made familiar to us by architects. There is no reason why an audit would preclude him from releasing the documents. The utility won't be prosecuted if it cooperates, but nothing precludes prosecutors from charging individual current or former staffers.

beget

to produce; to make happen; to give birth to; to create To ~ means to generate something, usually children, and it can be used to refer to the role of either a mother or a father. If we analyze the word ~, we get the prefix be-, which tends to intensify the meaning of the following verb, and get, which means to cause something to enter one's possession. The word is usually used to refer to having children, although it can be used to refer to anything that generates something else — for example, an inspiration can ~ a brilliant idea. Anger begets anger. Fighting back requires "unforgetting," he writes, because "forgetting begets forgetting, begets ongoing mass murder." And since the reading brain network "recycles" the speech and language network, an atypical speech system begets atypical reading. Scientists also worry about what the future holds because of the role wildfire emissions play in what's called a "climate feedback loop," in which the global warming begets more warming. One home greenhouse eventually begot a farm and many more.

instantiate

to represent by a specific example When you provide a specific example to illustrate an idea, you ~ it. You say you believe in unicorns, but so far you haven't been able to ~ that belief. Philosophers often use this term, which can be most simply understood as "represent by an instance." A multi-millionaire may choose to ~ their wealth by driving an extremely expensive car and wearing $500 shoes. A photojournalist might attempt to ~ the dangers of a particular intersection by taking photos of car accidents that occur there. Whenever you clarify or explain a concept with a real-world example of it, you ~ that idea. Here, taxidermy becomes a way to instantiate our relationship to bodies—both our own and those of others. The New YorkerAug 21, 2019 They are placed strategically throughout the site to instantiate visitors with the sense that this mess will someday be complete - but it may not be meant for them. The GuardianMar 15, 2019 By instituting the zero-tolerance policy, the Justice Department is able to instantiate Trump's long-held ethnological worldview that Central American and Mexican individuals are criminals. SlateNov 23, 2018 The nation-state law declares that Israel is a country established to instantiate the Jewish people's "right to national self-determination."

disseminate

to scatter or spread widely; to cause to become widely known ~ means to spread information, knowledge, opinions widely. Semin- derives from the Latin word for seed; the idea with ~ is that information travels like seeds sown by a farmer. Think about a teacher distributing a hand out at the beginning of a class. The dis- of ~ and distribute come from the same Latin prefix which means "apart, in a different direction." But unlike papers distributed in class, information, once spread around in all directions, cannot be pulled back in. Think about false rumors or political smear campaigns and you'll understand that ~ion is usually a one-way process. The directors call their film the "'Ocean's 11' of immigration" and their stars' heroic quest — infiltrating a detention center to disseminate information to help detainees avoid deportation — is at once exhilarating and heart-rending. It is reported that Mr. Winer played a key role in disseminating the Steele dossier to officials within the State Department, which then relayed it to the FBI. Triller provided a statement to Business Insider, which said that the former employees were "disseminating inaccurate information." Doctors and nurses began delivering talking points, provided by the CDC's communications team and disseminated by partners such as the Immunization Action Coalition, a foundation-, industry-, and government-funded nonprofit, that touted the vaccine's cancer-preventing qualities.

upholster

to stuff and cover furniture To ~ is to cover a piece of furniture with fabric and soft padding. If your brother's cat scratches up your sofa, you may want to ~ it — but it's probably wise to wait until your brother and Mr. Whiskers move out. ~y is everything that covers your couches, love seats, and soft chairs, from the springs to the velvet cushions. The act of making these furniture coverings is also ~y, and when you do it, you ~. The word for the expert who specializes in this, ~er, came first, from the Middle English upholden, "to repair." Open rain or shine, it's tented, carpeted, well upholstered and dripping with chandeliers. Like those pricey, upholstered deluxe editions, it tries to turn the immediacy and muscularity of live-action into dramatic dividends. Orr said theatergoers will enjoy the wider, plush upholstered balcony seats, and they'll also appreciate updates to The World's heating and air conditioning systems. Like her mother, she became an expert at upholstering furniture and a skilled artist.

supplant

to take the place of; replace; supersede جایگزین شدن Kate was out sick for a month with mono, and when she came back to school, Jessie had ~ed her as the funny girl at the lunch table. ~ means to take the place of. Being ~ed is something that often happens to ideas or ways of thinking. Encouraging children's freedom has ~ed old ideas about children being better seen than heard. After a shocking upset at Wimbledon, a new tennis player has ~ed the reigning champion. The party says jobs are at risk as young foreigners supplant older Swiss, housing gets scarcer and dearer, schools and transport become overcrowded and construction swallows up the landscape. In many countries, they were supplanted during the second world war by antibiotics but continued to be used for decades in eastern Europe. But in a follow-up message to the judges, he said his earlier memo was not intended "to supplant judicial interpretation."

precarious

uncertain; dangerous; risky; lacking in security or stability Grab for the adjective ~ when something is unstable, dangerous, or difficult and likely to get worse. Are you totally broke and the people you owe money to keep calling? You're in a ~ financial situation! The Latin root of ~ means "obtained by asking or praying." This fits well as ~ always signals that help is needed desperately. If your life is ~ or you are in a ~ situation, things could become difficult, maybe even dangerous, for you. If your footing or hold on something is ~, it is unstable or not firmly placed, so that you are likely to slip or lose your grip. Many endure precarious conditions and become sources of cheap labor. The system is a failure and Indigenous health is as precarious as ever. Window frames jut at precarious angles from its shell. Redfield is in a precarious position after weeks of public confrontations with the White House.

unpremeditated

unplanned; not prepared or planned in advance; spontaneity No movement or sound went astray; clearly, Ms. Doherty's work is choreographed within an inch of its life, but the material is so deeply embedded in her compact, pliable form that it also seems unpremeditated. Garcia was convicted of two counts of a lesser, unpremeditated form of homicide — second-degree murder — as well as two gun counts. Marine at the Marine Barracks on Capitol Hill in which another Marine was charged with unpremeditated murder. Behenna was convicted of unpremeditated murder and sentenced to 25 years after stripping a detainee naked, interrogating him without authorization and shooting him twice.

atypical

unusual, not typical, abnormal Typical means what you would expect—a typical suburban town has lots of neat little houses and people. ~ means outside of type—an ~ suburban town might be populated by zombies in damp caves. ~ is a synonym of "unusual," but it carries a more objective feel—scientific studies might mention ~ results, suggesting that there is a clear definition of what is typical and what is not. "Unusual" is more of a casual observation that one might make in a non-scientific context. The hospital audit also highlighted as "grossly excessive and atypical" the fees promised to Healthcare Integrity if Rehoboth were to terminate its management contract early or sell the property. The atypical offerings represent an intervention in American classical programming. After an uptick that analysts say is atypical of September, U.S. markets plummeted Thursday and Friday, dragged down by the tech giants ahead of the long holiday weekend. Devon and Cornwall police said 1,200 logs was not atypical for a Saturday but any over that made it "extremely busy".

as such

with respect to its inherent nature با توجه به ماهیت ذاتی آن as the word is usually understood; in the exact sense of the word همانطور که این کلمه معمولاً قابل درک است. به معنای دقیق کلمه intrinsically considered : in itself ذاتی در نظر گرفته شده: به خودی خود As such, the Jakob Factory proposal was seen as an opportunity for the architects to propose an alternative to these detrimental practices, presenting a strategically land-saving project with a focus on passive design elements.