2010 May Week 4

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HETEROGENEOUS

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1. different in kind; unlike; incongruous.
2. composed of parts of different kinds; having widely dissimilar elements or constituents.
3. Chemistry. (of a mixture) composed of different substances or the same substance in different phases, as solid ice and liquid water.

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HIATUS

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1. a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, etc.
2. a missing part; gap or lacuna.
3. any gap or opening.
5. Anatomy. a natural fissure, cleft, or foramen in a bone or other structure.

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HISTRIONIC

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1. of or pertaining to actors or acting.
2. deliberately affected or self-consciously emotional; overly dramatic, in behavior or speech.

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HOGSHEAD

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1. a large cask, esp. one containing from 63 to 140 gallons (238 to 530 liters).
2. any of various units of liquid measure, esp. one equivalent to 63 gallons (238 liters).

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HOI POLLOI

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1. the common people; the masses

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HOMOGENEOUS

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1. composed of parts or elements that are all of the same kind; not heterogeneous: a homogeneous population.
2. of the same kind or nature; essentially alike.

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HONE

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–noun
1. a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
2. a precision tool with a mechanically rotated abrasive tip, for enlarging holes to precise dimensions.
–verb (used with object)
3. to sharpen on a hone: to hone a carving knife.
4. to enlarge or finish (a hole) with a hone.
5. to make more acute or effective; improve; perfect: to hone one's skills.

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HOSTELRY

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1. an inn or hotel.

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HOSTILITY

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1. a hostile state, condition, or attitude; enmity; antagonism; unfriendliness.
2. a hostile act.
3. opposition or resistance to an idea, plan, project, etc.

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IMMINENT

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1. likely to occur at any moment; impending: Her death is imminent.
2. projecting or leaning forward; overhanging.

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IMPASSE

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1. a position or situation from which there is no escape; deadlock.
2. a road or way that has no outlet; cul-de-sac.

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IMPECCABLE

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1. faultless; flawless; irreproachable: impeccable manners.
2. not liable to sin; incapable of sin.

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IMPEDE

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1. to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder.

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IMPERVIOUS

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1. not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable.
2. incapable of being injured or impaired.
3. incapable of being influenced, persuaded, or affected.

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IMPETUS

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1. a moving force; impulse; stimulus: The grant for building the opera house gave impetus to the city's cultural life.
2. (broadly) the momentum of a moving body, esp. with reference to the cause of motion.