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Meaning of bane, bombast, divisibility, chauvinist, cantankerous, dictum, heresy, temerity, fathom, facade

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Meaning of bane (noun)
destruction; poison; misfortune

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The till was now 20 deep with impatient customers clutching their coffee pots and blenders - and then I discovered the real bane of the shop assistant's life: The Haggler.

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Meaning of bombast (noun)
pompous speech; pretentious words; trite cliches

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After he delivered his bombast at the podium, he arrogantly left the meeting.
The presenter ended his bombast with a prediction of his future success.

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Meaning of divisibility (noun)
ability to be separated or divided

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As can be seen, these are all fairly small, and in practice the lack of asset divisibility is not a major problem, although it does mean that a completely riskless arbitrage transaction may be impossible.

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Meaning of chauvinist (noun)
extreme patriot; person who is excessively devoted

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Jews complain that the Times betrays Israel, feminists that it is chauvinist, southerners that it is pro-Yankee, priests that it is anti-Catholic.

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Meaning of cantankerous (adjective)
ill-natured; quarrelsome; contentious; irritable

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It is hard not to sympathize with his desire to knock off managing director Duncan, a hammy, cantankerous old fool in Kevin Stoney's playing.

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Meaning of dictum (noun)
formal statement of either fact or opinion; maxim; pronouncement; saying

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Computer programmers have a dictum: garbage in, garbage out.

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Meaning of heresy (noun)
opinion contrary to popular belief

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In this town it is considered heresy to want parking with meters.

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Meaning of temerity (noun)
foolhardiness; impetuosity; rashness; boldness

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For the first few days we kept the family shut into the cow-shed, to protect them from the cats; but I really think that if any cat had had the temerity to put in an attack, the hen would have chased it half-way to Gloucester.
Many, it is true, shouted enthusiastically that we were right and to be congratulated, but many others were up in arms at our intrepid temerity.

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Meaning of fathom (noun)
nautical unit of depth; unit of length equal to six feet

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The submarine cruised at 17 fathoms below the surface.

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Meaning of facade (noun)
front or face, especially of a building; illusion; deceptive appearance

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This even applies to listed buildings: there is still a worryingly widespread general belief that listing only covers the facade, or perhaps just the exterior, whereas it is of course expressly designed to protect the whole building.

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