2009 September Week 1

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RETICENT

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1: inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved
2: restrained in expression, presentation, or appearance
3: reluctant

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RETREAT

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1a(1) : an act or process of withdrawing especially from what is difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable (2): the process of receding from a position or state attained
b(1) : the usually forced withdrawal of troops from an enemy or from an advanced position
(2): a signal for retreating
c(1): a signal given by bugle at the beginning of a military flag-lowering ceremony
(2) : a military flag-lowering ceremony
2: a place of privacy or safety : refuge
3: a period of group withdrawal for prayer, meditation, study, or instruction under a director

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REVEL

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1: to take part in a revel : carouse
2: to take intense pleasure or satisfaction

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RIBALD

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1: crude, offensive <ribald language>
2: characterized by or using coarse indecent humor

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ROBUST

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1a : having or exhibiting strength or vigorous health b: having or showing vigor, strength, or firmness c: strongly formed or constructed : sturdy d : capable of performing without failure under a wide range of conditions
2: rough, rude
3 : requiring strength or vigor
4 : full-bodied; also : hearty
5 : of, relating to, resembling, or being a relatively large, heavyset

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RUFFIAN

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a brutal person : bully

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SAGACIOUS

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1 obsolete: keen in sense perception
2a : of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : discerning b : caused by or indicating acute discernment

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SALIENT

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1: moving by leaps or springs : jumping
2: jetting upward
3a : projecting beyond a line, surface, or level b : standing out conspicuously: prominent; especially: of notable significance

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SANGUINE

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1: bloodred
2a : consisting of or relating to blood b : bloodthirsty, sanguinary c of the complexion : ruddy
3: having blood as the predominating bodily humor; also : having the bodily conformation and temperament held characteristic of such predominance and marked by sturdiness, high color, and cheerfulness
4: confident, optimistic

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SCIENTER

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Deliberately or knowingly

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SCURRILOUS

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1. grossly or obscenely abusive: a scurrilous attack on the mayor.
2. characterized by or using low buffoonery; coarsely jocular or derisive: a scurrilous jest.

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SEMANTICS

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1.Linguistics.
a.the study of meaning.
b. the study of linguistic development by classifying and examining changes in meaning and form.
2. Also called significs. the branch of semiotics dealing with the relations between signs and what they denote.
3. the meaning, or an interpretation of the meaning, of a word, sign, sentence, etc.

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SENTIENT

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–adjective
1. having the power of perception by the senses; conscious.
2. characterized by sensation and consciousness.
–noun
3. a person or thing that is sentient.
4. Archaic. the conscious mind.

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SIGN

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1. a token; indication.
2. any object, action, event, pattern, etc., that conveys a meaning.
3. a conventional or arbitrary mark, figure, or symbol used as an abbreviation for the word or words it represents.
4. a motion or gesture used to express or convey an idea, command, decision, etc.: Her nod was a sign that it was time to leave.

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SINECURE

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1. an office or position requiring little or no work, esp. one yielding profitable returns.
2. an ecclesiastical benefice without cure of souls.