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| Description of hiatus (noun) interval; break; period of rest; separation; interruption; opening Samples of hiatus Summer vacation provided a much-needed hiatus for the students. Between graduation and the first day of his new job, Tim took a three-month hiatus in the Caribbean.
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| Description of resentment (noun) feeling of displeasure or indignation resulting from mistreatment or abuse Samples of resentment Being able to say these difficult, and intensely private things to her mother before the funeral was the trigger she wanted to be able to grieve genuinely and begin to feel the loss of her mother, rather than nurse the resentment she had had for so many years.
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| Description of reprisal (noun) injury inflicted in turn for one received; retaliation; revenge Samples of reprisal Informed sources in the Caribbean thought it likely that the political maneouvrings behind all this were by way of a reprisal for a report by Lord Avebury criticizing Forbes Burnham's ruling party for election-rigging.
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| Description of hypothesis (noun) assumption made for the sake of argument; supposition Samples of hypothesis This bold hypothesis would still be accepted by many anthropologists and historians, and even those who have tried to refute it are still working within its framework.
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| Description of buffoon (noun) clown; joker; fool; ludicrous figure Samples of buffoon He regarded the chaplain as a buffoon though a dedicated buffoon. Hitchcock sets an innocent woman against Charles Laughton's squire, a criminal buffoon, and a gang of smugglers, but there is never any real conflict, and the ending is almost comic.
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| Description of novice (noun) inexperienced person; beginner Samples of novice The book is divided into seven chapters/days, which guide you on from novice to competent windsurfer, with the help of written explanations and step by step photos and diagrams.
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| Description of gossamer (noun) very thin gauzelike fabric or structure; cobweb Samples of gossamer Saliva glistened on her chin like brown gossamer.
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| Description of cosmopolitan (noun) person who is at home in all countries; citizen of the world Samples of cosmopolitan Ultimately, many cosmopolitans had to accommodate what seems like a psychological imperative: that we have duties first and foremost to our intimates, for what use is a moral system that is wholly out of touch with the people it purports to guide?
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| Description of caricature (noun) drawing that exaggerates certain physical characteristics Samples of caricature This picture is, however, a caricature of Roman Catholic teaching on the subject, although unfortunately not always a caricature of Catholic practice.
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| Description of vicissitude (noun) change from one condition to another, often unexpected Samples of vicissitude There's a 'truth' of pop music to be found in the wet seats at Beatles or Stones concerts - as much as in the pantheon of Lennon's songwriting, or the vicissitudes of the counter culture.
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