2008 October Week 3

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IMPUTE

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1 : to lay the responsibility or blame for often falsely or unjustly 2 : to credit to a person or a cause : attribute <our vices as well as our virtues have been imputed to bodily derangement — B. N. Cardozo>

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SENTIENT

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1 : responsive to or conscious of sense impressions <sentient beings> 2 : aware
3 : finely sensitive in perception or feeling
— sen·tient·ly adverb

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TEPID

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1: moderately warm : lukewarm <a tepid bath>
2 a: lacking in passion, force, or zest <tepid poetry>
b: marked by an absence of enthusiasm or conviction <a tepid interest> <a tepid response>

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AMENABLE

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1: liable to be brought to account : answerable <citizens amenable to the law>
2 a: capable of submission (as to judgment or test) : suited <the data is amenable to analysis> b: readily brought to yield, submit, or cooperate <a government not amenable to change>
c: willing 1 <was amenable to spending more time at home>

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ANTHROPOMORPHIZE

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transitive verb : to attribute human form or personality to
intransitive verb : to attribute human form or personality to things not human

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VITICULTURE

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: the cultivation or culture of grapes especially for wine making

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PANDEMONIUM

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1: the capital of Hell in Milton's Paradise Lost
2: the infernal regions : hell3not capitalized : a wild uproar : tumult

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ANECDOTE

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: a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident

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ANTIDOTE

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1 : a remedy to counteract the effects of poison
2 : something that relieves, prevents, or counteracts <an antidote to the mechanization of our society>
— antidote transitive verb

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LIEN

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1 : a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law
2 : the security interest created by a mortgage

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INEFFABLE

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1 a: incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable <ineffable joy> b: unspeakable <ineffable disgust>
2: not to be uttered : taboo <the ineffable name of Jehovah>

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INERT

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1: lacking the power to move
2: very slow to move or act : sluggish
3: deficient in active properties ; especially : lacking a usual or anticipated chemical or biological action

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ENDIVE

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1: an annual or biennial composite herb (Cichorium endivia) occurring in two forms: a: one having slightly bitter curly usually dissected leaves used especially in salads b: one having slightly bitter broad flat leaves used especially cooked as a vegetable —called also escarole
2: Belgian endive

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HAILSTORM

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: a storm accompanied by hail

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THUNDERCLOUD

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: a cloud charged with electricity and producing lightning and thunder