Heat Vocab #5

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requiem

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Roman Catholic Church .
a.
Also called Requiem Mass . the Mass celebrated for the repose of the souls of the dead.
b.
a celebration of this Mass.
c.
a plainsong setting for this Mass.
2.
any musical service, hymn, or dirge for the repose of the dead.

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raucous

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harsh; strident; grating: raucous voices; raucous laughter.
2.
rowdy; disorderly: a raucous party.

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oblivious

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unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually fol. by of or to ): She was oblivious of his admiration.
2.
forgetful; without remembrance or memory: oblivious of my former failure.
3.
Archaic . inducing forgetfulness.

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feudal

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of, pertaining to, or like the feudal system, or its political, military, social, and economic structure.
2.
of or pertaining to the Middle Ages.
3.
of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a fief or fee: a feudal estate.
4.
of or pertaining to the holding of land in a fief or fee.
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gravitas

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seriousness or sobriety, as of conduct or speech.

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eccentric

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deviating from the recognized or customary character, practice, etc.; irregular; erratic; peculiar; odd: eccentric conduct; an eccentric person.
2.
Geometry . not having the same center; not concentric: used esp. of two circles or spheres at least one of which contains the centers of both.
3.
(of an axis, axle, etc.) not situated in the center.
4.
Machinery . having the axis or support away from the center: an eccentric wheel.
5.
Astronomy . deviating from a circular form, as an elliptic orbit.

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myopic

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Ophthalmology . pertaining to or having myopia; nearsighted.
2.
unable or unwilling to act prudently; shortsighted.
3.
lacking tolerance or understanding; narrow-minded.

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covert

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concealed; secret; disguised.
2.
covered; sheltered.

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liberate

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to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
2.
to free (a nation or area) from control by a foreign or oppressive government.
3.
to free (a group or individual) from social or economic constraints or discrimination, esp. arising from traditional role expectations or bias.
4.
to disengage; set free from combination, as a gas.
5.
Slang . to steal or take over illegally: The soldiers liberated a consignment of cigarettes.

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imperative

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absolutely necessary or required; unavoidable: It is imperative that we leave.
2.
of the nature of or expressing a command; commanding.

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aesthetic

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pertaining to a sense of the beautiful or to the science of aesthetics.
2.
having a sense of the beautiful; characterized by a love of beauty.
3.
pertaining to, involving, or concerned with pure emotion and sensation as opposed to pure intellectuality
a philosophical theory or idea of what is aesthetically valid at a given time and place:

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ad hoc

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for the special purpose or end presently under consideration: a committee formed ad hoc to deal with the issue.


concerned or dealing with a specific subject, purpose, or end: The ad hoc committee disbanded after making its final report.
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masticate

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to chew.
2.
to reduce to a pulp by crushing or kneading, as rubber.

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hyperventilate

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to be afflicted with hyperventilation; breathe abnormally fast and deep.

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gyration

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the act of gyrating; circular or spiral motion; revolution; rotation; whirling.

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disconcerting

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to disturb the self-possession of; perturb; ruffle: Her angry reply disconcerted me completely.
2.
to throw into disorder or confusion; disarrange: He changed his mind and disconcerted everybody's plans.

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carnality

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pertaining to or characterized by the flesh or the body, its passions and appetites; sensual: carnal pleasures.
2.
not spiritual; merely human; temporal; worldly: a man of secular, rather carnal, leanings.
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precariously

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dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
2.
dependent on the will or pleasure of another; liable to be withdrawn or lost at the will of another: He held a precarious tenure under an arbitrary administration.
3.
exposed to or involving danger; dangerous; perilous; risky: the precarious life of an underseas diver.
4.
having insufficient, little, or no foundation: a precarious assumption.

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abstraction

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an abstract or general idea or term.
2.
the act of considering something as a general quality or characteristic, apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances.
3.
an impractical idea; something visionary and unrealistic.
4.
the act of taking away or separating; withdrawal: The sensation of cold is due to the abstraction of heat from our bodies.
5.
secret removal, esp. theft.
6.
absent-mindedness; inattention; mental absorption.
7.
Fine Arts .

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integrity

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adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty.
2.
the state of being whole, entire, or undiminished: to preserve the integrity of the empire.
3.
a sound, unimpaired, or perfect condition: the integrity of a ship's hull.