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| quick study |
One who is able to memorize something easily and quickly or is able to understand and deal with something easily and successfully. |
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amistat1 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:21:39 GMT |
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| mandarin |
# A member of any of the nine ranks of high public officials in the Chinese Empire.
# A high government official or bureaucrat.
# A member of an elite group, especially a person having influence or high status in intellectual or cultural circles. |
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amistat1 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:21:38 GMT |
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quotidian
\kwō-ˈti-dē-ən\ |
1: occurring every day <quotidian fever>
2 a: belonging to each day : everyday <quotidian routine> b: commonplace, ordinary <quotidian drabness> |
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amistat1 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:31:34 GMT |
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imbroglio
\im-ˈbrōl-(ˌ)yō\ |
1: a confused mass2 a: an intricate or complicated situation (as in a drama or novel) b: an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding c: a violently confused or bitterly complicated altercation |
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amistat1 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 04:27:24 GMT |
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brio
\ˈbrē-(ˌ)ō\ |
: enthusiastic vigor : vivacity, verve |
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amistat1 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:19:43 GMT |
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| whippersnapper |
: a diminutive, insignificant, or presumptuous person |
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amistat1 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:19:43 GMT |
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fecund
\ˈfe-kənd, ˈfē-\ |
1 : fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific
2 : intellectually productive or inventive to a marked degree <a fecund imagination> |
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amistat1 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:19:43 GMT |
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| neologism |
1 : a new word, usage, or expression 2 : a meaningless word coined by a psychotic |
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amistat1 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:57:55 GMT |
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| auteur (ō-ˈtər) |
1: a film director whose practice accords with the auteur theory; broadly : director c
2: an artist (as a musician or writer) whose style and practice are distinctive |
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amistat1 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:34:38 GMT |
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| hellcat |
a violently temperamental person; especially : an ill-tempered woman |
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amistat1 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:12:22 GMT |
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| prescience |
: foreknowledge of events: a: divine omniscience b: human anticipation of the course of events : foresight |
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amistat1 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:12:22 GMT |
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| roundly |
1 a: in a complete or thorough manner : thoroughly <roundly disliked> <roundly satisfying> b: by nearly everyone : widely <roundly praised>
2: in a plainspoken manner : bluntly <told them roundly they would get no help>
3: with vigor or asperity <roundly attacked the plan> |
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amistat1 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:12:22 GMT |
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| ineffable |
1 a: incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable <ineffable joy> b: unspeakable <ineffable disgust>
2: not to be uttered : taboo <the ineffable name of Jehovah> |
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amistat1 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:12:22 GMT |
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| doyen |
1 a: the senior member of a body or group b: a person considered to be knowledgeable or uniquely skilled as a result of long experience in some field of endeavor
2: the oldest example of a category |
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amistat1 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:12:22 GMT |
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| paean |
1 : a joyous song or hymn of praise, tribute, thanksgiving, or triumph
2 : a work that praises or honors its subject : encomium, tribute |
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amistat1 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:12:22 GMT |
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| salVO |
2: something suggestive of a salvo: as a: a sudden burst <a salvo of cheers> b: a spirited attack <the first salvo of a political campaign> |
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amistat1 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:12:22 GMT |
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| inimical |
1: being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence <forces inimical to democracy>
2 a: having the disposition of an enemy : hostile <inimical factions> b: reflecting or indicating hostility : unfriendly <his father's inimical glare> |
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amistat1 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:12:22 GMT |
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| pusillanimous |
lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
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amistat1 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:12:22 GMT |
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