| abjure
|
Solemnly renounce a belief, cause, or claim.
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Expert Political Judgment
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220
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| abstruse
|
Difficult to understand; obscure.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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86
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| accession
|
Te attainment or acquisition of a position of rank or power, typically that of monarch or president.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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178
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| accretion
|
The process of growth or increase, typically by the gradual accumulation of additional layers or matter.
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God is not Great
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107
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| acrimony
|
Bitterness or ill feeling.
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Expert Political Judgment
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134
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| adduce
|
Cite as evidence.
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The End of Faith
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215
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| adduce
|
Cite as evidence.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
|
509
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| adjudicate
|
Make a formal judgment or decision about a problem or disputed matter.
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The Signal and the Noise
|
371
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| adumbrated
|
Report or represent in outline. Indicate faintly. Foreshadow or symbolize.
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God is not Great
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121
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| aegis
|
The protection, backing, or support of a particular person or organization.
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Harvard Business Review, September 2016
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71
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| alacrity
|
Brisk and cheerful readiness.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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83
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| alighted
|
Descend from the air and settle. Descend from a train, bus, or other form of transportation.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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468
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| ameliorate
|
Make something bad or unsatisfactory better.
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Harvard Business Review, January 2012
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81
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| amity
|
A friendly relationship.
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Harvard Business Review, January 2012
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80
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| animus
|
Hostility or ill feeling. Motivation to do something.
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The End of Faith
|
101
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| anon
|
Soon; shortly.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
|
22
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| aphorism
|
A pithy observation that contains a general truth, such as, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it.".
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Harvard Business Review, January 2018
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153
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| aphorism
|
A pithy observation that contains a general truth, such as, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it.".
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Harvard Business Review, October 2016
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46
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| apocryphal
|
Of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true.
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Blink
|
126
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| apocryphal
|
Of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true.
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Freakonomics
|
238
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| apocryphal
|
Of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true.
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God is not Great
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110
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| apocryphal
|
Of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true.
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Leading at the Edge
|
2
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| apotheosis
|
The highest point in the development of something; culmination or climax. The elevation of someone to divine status; deification.
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Harvard Business Review, January 2012
|
80
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| approbation
|
Approval or praise.
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The Ambiguities of Experience
|
43
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| arbitrage
|
The simultaneous buying and selling of securities, currency, or commodities in different markets or in derivative forms in order to take advantage of differing prices for the same asset.
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Harvard Business Review, July 2011
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64
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| arbitrage
|
The simultaneous buying and selling of securities, currency, or commodities in different markets or in derivative forms in order to take advantage of differing prices for the same asset.
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The Signal and the Noise
|
352
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| ardor
|
Enthusiasm or passion.
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Rebounders
|
75
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| ardor
|
Enthusiasm or passion.
|
The End of Faith
|
205
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| ardor
|
Enthusiasm or passion.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
|
180
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| asceticism
|
Severe self-discipline and avoidance of all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.
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Extreme Ownership
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272
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| askance
|
With an attitude or look of suspicion or disapproval.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
|
271
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| atavistic
|
Relating to or characterized by reversion to something ancient or ancestral.
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God is not Great
|
190
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| atavistic
|
Relating to or characterized by reversion to something ancient or ancestral.
|
God is not Great
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28
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| augur
|
Portend a good or bad outcome of an event or circumstance.
|
God is not Great
|
128
|
| austerity
|
Extreme plainness and simplicity of style or appearance.
|
Expert Political Judgment
|
220
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| avarice
|
Extreme greed for wealth or material gain.
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God is not Great
|
214
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| avarice
|
Extreme greed for wealth or material gain.
|
The Signal and the Noise
|
23
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| avarice
|
Extreme greed for wealth or material gain.
|
Conversation
|
n/a
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| avowal
|
An open statement of affirmation; frank acknowledgment or admission.
|
Oxford Essential Guide to Writing
|
206
|
| badinage
|
Humorous or witty conversation.
|
Uncle Tom's Cabin
|
174
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| bagatelle
|
A thing of little importance; a very easy task.
|
Harvard Business Review, January 2012
|
54
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| beatific
|
Blissfully happy.
|
God is not Great
|
53
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| beguile
|
Charm or enchant someone, sometimes in a deceptive way.
|
Uncle Tom's Cabin
|
417
|
| bespoke
|
Made to order.
|
Trillions
|
28
|
| bespoke
|
Made to order.
|
Conversation
|
n/a
|
| blandishment
|
A flattering or pleasing statement or action used to persuade someone gently to do something.
|
Harvard Business Review, July 2012
|
158
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| bricolage
|
Something constructed or created from a diverse range of available things.
|
The Ambiguities of Experience
|
56
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| cadge
|
Ask for or obtain something to which one is not strictly entitled.
|
Harvard Business Review
|
130
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| calaboose
|
A prision.
|
Uncle Tom's Cabin
|
198
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| canaille
|
The common people; the masses.
|
Uncle Tom's Cabin
|
305
|
| caprice
|
A sudden and unaccountable change of mood or behavior.
|
God is not Great
|
231
|
| castigate
|
Reprimand someone severely.
|
Conversation
|
n/a
|
| casuistry
|
The use of clever but unsound reasoning, especially in relation to moral questions; sophistry.
|
God is not Great
|
120
|
| casuistry
|
The use of clever but unsound reasoning, especially in relation to moral questions; sophistry.
|
The End of Faith
|
111
|
| catharsis
|
The process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions.
|
The Power of Habit
|
71
|
| cathartic
|
Providing psychological relief through the open expression of strong emotions; causing catharsis.
|
Trillions
|
131
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| cavil
|
Make petty or unnecessary objections.
|
Uncle Tom's Cabin
|
259
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| censer
|
A container in which incense is burned, typically during a religious ceremony.
|
Uncle Tom's Cabin
|
235
|
| ceteris paribus
|
With other conditions remaining the same.
|
Expert Political Judgment
|
41
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| chattel
|
A personal possession.
|
God is not Great
|
99
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| chimera
|
A thing that is hoped or wished for but in fact is illusory or impossible to achieve.
|
God is not Great
|
252
|
| churlish
|
Rude in a mean-spirited and surly way.
|
Freakonomics
|
129
|
| cloy
|
Disgust or sicken someone with an excess of sweetness, richness, or sentiment.
|
Expert Political Judgment
|
108
|
| cogent
|
Clear, logical, and convincing argument or case.
|
Harvard Business Review, March 2016
|
55
|
| cogent
|
Clear, logical, and convincing argument or case.
|
Harvard Business Review, November 2017
|
82
|
| colloquy
|
A conversation.
|
Uncle Tom's Cabin
|
219
|
| compeer
|
A person of equal rank, status, or ability.
|
Uncle Tom's Cabin
|
85
|
| comport
|
Conduct oneself; behave. Accord with; agree with.
|
Trillions
|
55
|
| concision
|
Concise quality; brevity; terseness.
|
The End of Faith
|
123
|
| concomitant
|
Naturally accompanying or associated.
|
Harvard Business Review, June 2011
|
135
|
| contagion
|
The communication of disease from one person to another by close contact. The spreading of a harmful idea or practice.
|
Expert Political Judgment
|
135
|
| convivial
|
Friendly, lively, and enjoyable atmosphere or event. Cheerful and friendly; jovial person.
|
Harvard Business Review, September 2011
|
86
|
| coterminous
|
Having the same boundaries or extent in space, time, or meaning.
|
The Opposable Mind
|
121
|
| crepuscular
|
Of, resembling, or relating to twilight.
|
Harvard Business Review, November 2008
|
41
|
| cupidity
|
Greed for money or possessions.
|
God is not Great
|
214
|
| daguerreotype
|
A photograph taken by an early photographic process employing an iodine-sensitized silvered plate and mercury vapor.
|
Uncle Tom's Cabin
|
24
|
| de novo
|
Starting from the beginning.
|
Envish v. Microsoft
|
9
|
| delirium
|
An acutely disturbed state of mind that occurs in fever, intoxication, and other disorders and is characterized by restlessness, illusions, and incoherence of thought and speech. Wild excitement or ecstasy.
|
Oxford Essential Guide to Writing
|
368
|
| demur
|
Raise doubts or objections or show reluctance. The action or process of objecting to or hesitating over something.
|
Expert Political Judgment
|
17
|
| denizen
|
An inhabitant or occupant of a particular place. A foreigner allowed certain rights in the adopted country.
|
Harvard Business Review, April 2012
|
103
|
| denizen
|
An inhabitant or occupant of a particular place. A foreigner allowed certain rights in the adopted country.
|
The End of Faith
|
123
|
| denizen
|
An inhabitant or occupant of a particular place. A foreigner allowed certain rights in the adopted country.
|
The Week, February 2, 2018
|
|
| denouement
|
The final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved. The climax of a chain of events, usually when something is decided or made clear.
|
Oxford Essential Guide to Writing
|
370
|
| depredation
|
An act of attacking or plundering.
|
Harvard Business Review, March 2016
|
84
|
| deracinate
|
Tear something up by the roots.
|
Harvard Business Review, September 2016
|
42
|
| desuetude
|
A state of disuse.
|
Uncle Tom's Cabin
|
454
|
| desultory
|
Lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm.
|
Outliers
|
267
|
| detente
|
The easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries.
|
Harvard Business Review, January 2012
|
61
|
| detente
|
The easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries.
|
The Signal and the Noise
|
87
|
| diablerie
|
Reckless mischief; charismatic wildness.
|
Uncle Tom's Cabin
|
282
|
| diaspora
|
The dispersion of the Jews beyond Israel.
|
Expert Political Judgment
|
133
|
| diaspora
|
The dispersion of the Jews beyond Israel.
|
God is not Great
|
25
|
| diffident
|
Modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence.
|
Expert Political Judgment
|
61
|
| digerati
|
People with expertise or professional involvement in information technology.
|
Trillions
|
45
|
| dilettante
|
A person who cultivates an area of interest, such as the arts, without real commitment or knowledge.
|
Expert Political Judgment
|
43
|
| dilettante
|
A person who cultivates an area of interest, such as the arts, without real commitment or knowledge.
|
Uncle Tom's Cabin
|
85
|
| discrepant
|
Differing; disagreeing; inconsistent.
|
The Ambiguities of Experience
|
51
|
| disquisition
|
A long or elaborate essay or discussion on a particular subject.
|
The Opposable Mind
|
61
|
| doleful
|
Expressing sorrow; mournful.
|
Uncle Tom's Cabin
|
274
|
| dour
|
Relentlessly severe, stern, or gloomy in manner or appearance.
|
Expert Political Judgment
|
103
|
| dour
|
Relentlessly severe, stern, or gloomy in manner or appearance.
|
Freakonomics
|
33
|
| droll
|
Curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement. A jester or entertainer; a buffoon.
|
Uncle Tom's Cabin
|
85
|
| drollery
|
Something whimsically amusing or funny.
|
Uncle Tom's Cabin
|
271
|
| ebullition
|
The action of bubbling or boiling.
|
Uncle Tom's Cabin
|
14
|
| efface
|
Erase a mark from a surface. Make oneself appear insignificant or inconspicuous.
|
God is not Great
|
231
|
| elan
|
Energy, style, and enthusiasm.
|
The Opposable Mind
|
141
|
| elision
|
The omission of a sound or syllable when speaking. An omission of a passage in a book, speech, or film. The process of joining together or merging things, especially abstract ideas.
|
The End of Faith
|
34
|
| endemic
|
Regularly found among particular people or in a certain area. Native or restricted to a certain country or area.
|
The Ambiguities of Experience
|
3
|
| endogenous
|
Having an internal cause or origin.
|
The Ambiguities of Experience
|
28
|
| enervate
|
Cause someone to feel drained of energy or vitality; weaken.
|
Jack: Straight from the Gut
|
160
|
| ennui
|
A feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement.
|
Leading at the Edge
|
186
|
| ennui
|
A feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement.
|
Uncle Tom's Cabin
|
176
|
| ensconce
|
Establish or settle someone in a comfortable, safe, or secret place.
|
Harvard Business Review, November 2010
|
89
|
| envisage
|
Contemplate or conceive of as a possibility or a desirable future event.
|
Harvard Business Review, May 2016
|
57
|
| ephemera
|
Things that exist or are used or enjoyed for only a short time.
|
Expert Political Judgment
|
88
|
| epicure
|
A person who takes particular pleasure in fine food and drink.
|
Uncle Tom's Cabin
|
235
|
| epistemic
|
Relating to knowledge or to the degree of its validation.
|
Expert Political Judgment
|
23
|
| epistemological
|
Relating to the theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity, and scope, and the distinction between justified belief and opinion.
|
Expert Political Judgment
|
137
|
| equanimity
|
Mental calmness, composure, and evenness of temper, especially in a difficult situation.
|
Rebounders
|
195
|
| equanimity
|
Mental calmness, composure, and evenness of temper, especially in a difficult situation.
|
The End of Faith
|
64
|
| erudition
|
The quality of having or showing great knowledge or learning; scholarship.
|
Outliers
|
72
|
| escutcheon
|
A shield or emblem bearing a coat of arms. A flat piece of metal for protection and often ornamentation, around a keyhole, door handle, or light switch.
|
Uncle Tom's Cabin
|
493
|
| estoppel
|
The principle that precludes a person from asserting something contrary to what is implied by a previous action or statement of that person or by a previous pertinent judicial determination.
|
Envish v. Microsoft
|
25
|
| eugenics
|
The science of improving a human population by controlled breeding to increase the occurrence of desirable heritable characteristics.
|
God is not Great
|
237
|
| eviscerate
|
Disembowel a person or animal. Deprive something of its essential content.
|
Harvard Business Review, December 2012
|
131
|
| ex ante
|
Based on forecasts rather than actual results.
|
Expert Political Judgment
|
30
|
| ex post
|
Based on actual results rather than forecasts.
|
Expert Political Judgment
|
42
|
| excoriate
|
Censure or criticize severely.
|
Harvard Business Review, April 2013
|
80
|
| execration
|
An angry denouncement or curse.
|
Uncle Tom's Cabin
|
449
|
| exegesis
|
Critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially of scripture.
|
The End of Faith
|
20
|
| extirpate
|
Root out and destroy completely.
|
God is not Great
|
247
|
| facile
|
Appearing neat and comprehensive only by ignoring the true complexities of an issue.
|
Data Driven
|
70
|
| fain
|
Pleased or willing under the circumstances.
|
Uncle Tom's Cabin
|
442
|
| farrago
|
A confused mixture.
|
God is not Great
|
111
|
| fatuity
|
Stupidity, foolishness.
|
God is not Great
|
119
|
| fatuous
|
Silly and pointless.
|
God is not Great
|
12
|
| fatuous
|
Silly and pointless.
|
God is not Great
|
240
|
| fealty
|
TBD - Working on it! Added some definitions on 2017-11-25. Will keep going!
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The Signal and the Noise
|
173
|
| feckless
|
TBD - Working on it! Added some definitions on 2017-11-25. Will keep going!
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Harvard Business Review, April 2012
|
143
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| fecundity
|
TBD - Working on it! Added some definitions on 2017-11-25. Will keep going!
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The Week
|
07-Feb-2017
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| felicitous
|
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The End of Faith
|
130
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| felicitousness
|
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Trillions
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189
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| ferment
|
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The Opposable Mind (used as noun)
|
74
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| fillip
|
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The End of Faith
|
123
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| flambeaux
|
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
|
461
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| floe
|
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
|
vii
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| furtive
|
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
|
274
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| fusillades
|
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Oxford Essential Guide to Writing
|
211
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| garrulous
|
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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249
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| haute
|
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The Signal and the Noise
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185
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| hauteur
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Oxford Essential Guide to Writing
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329
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| hypernym
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Harvard Business Review, December 2015
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87
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| hyponym
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Harvard Business Review, December 2015
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87
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| ignominious
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Rebounders
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179
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| iconoclasm
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Conversation
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n/a
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| immolation
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God is not Great
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149
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| implacable
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The Tipping Point
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259
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| imprimatur
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Rebounders
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50
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| inchoate
|
Just begun and so not fully formed or developed; rudimentary.
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Expert Political Judgment
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216
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| inchoate
|
Just begun and so not fully formed or developed; rudimentary.
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The End of Faith
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201
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| incipient
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Know What You Don't Know
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143
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| indigent
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National Public Radio
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n/a
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| indolent
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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230
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| ineluctable
|
Unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable.
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The End of Faith
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101
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| ineluctably
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God is not Great
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274
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| ingenue
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Rebounders
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77
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| inimical
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The Ambiguities of Experience
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82
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| insuperable
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Expert Political Judgment
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236
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| insuperable
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God is not Great
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3
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| interegnum
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Harvard Business Review, December 2016
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55
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| inure
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The End of Faith
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176
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| inured
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Harvard Business Review, June 2012
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26
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| invidious
|
Likely to arouse or incur resentment or anger in others. Unfairly discriminating; unjust.
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Expert Political Judgment
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212
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| invidious
|
Likely to arouse or incur resentment or anger in others. Unfairly discriminating; unjust.
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The End of Faith
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173
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| irruption
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God is not Great
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19
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| klieg
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Rebounders
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166
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| languor
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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197
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| lapidary
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God is not Great
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107
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| laudanum
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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281
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| lugubrious
|
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Leading at the Edge
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131
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| machinations
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Expert Political Judgment
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107
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| maladroit
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Expert Political Judgment
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131
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| malediction
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God is not Great
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261
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| maudlin
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Jack: Straight from the Gut
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436
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| menage
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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176
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| mendacity
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Harvard Business Review, October 2012
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98
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| meretricious
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God is not Great
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143
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| metes
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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480
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| miasma
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Expert Political Judgment
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94
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| milieu
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Trillions
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165
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| militate
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Freakonomics
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18
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| militate
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The Signal and the Noise
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377
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| militate
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Trillions
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124
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| militate
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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393
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| ministration
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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474
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| nadir
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Harvard Business Review, October 2012
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98
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| nadir
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The Signal and the Noise
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31
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| natty
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Jack: Straight from the Gut
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308
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| necromancy
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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423
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| nettlesome
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Harvard Business Review, May 2012
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147
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| nodule
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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501
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| noetic
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Freakonomics
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218
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| obeisance
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Harvard Business Review, September 2013
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82
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| obloquy
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Harvard Business Review, April 2013
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54
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| obsequious
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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122
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| obsequy
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God is not Great
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105
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| obverse
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Leading at the Edge
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xvii
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| offal
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The End of Faith
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47
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| ostentation
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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454
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| paean
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Harvard Business Review, November 2012
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72
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| pajoritive
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Conversation
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n/a
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| pallid
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Expert Political Judgment
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191
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| palsied
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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148
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| paroxysm
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The End of Faith
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153
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| paroxysm
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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469
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| parsimony
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Expert Political Judgment
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20
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| pecuniary
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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37
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| pedantic
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Expert Political Judgment
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102
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| pellucid
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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184
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| peroration
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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194
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| perquisite
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Harvard Business Review, March 2012
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126
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| perspicacity
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The Ambiguities of Experience
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2
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| pertinacious
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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497
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| pertinacity
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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126
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| petulance
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Harvard Business Review, April 2012
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94
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| petulant
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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176
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| phantasm
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God is not Great
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53
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| picayune
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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309
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| piffle
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God is not Great
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86
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| pillory
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The Tipping Point
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235
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| piquant
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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245
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| pithy
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Definition of "aphorism"
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n/a
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| plebiscite
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The End of Faith
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151
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| plebiscites
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Freakonomics
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241
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| pluck
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Outliers (used as noun)
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18
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| pneumatology
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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480
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| pogrom
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God is not Great
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111
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| pogrom
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The End of Faith
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103
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| polemic
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God is not Great
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173
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| potentate
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Rebounders
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167
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| potentate
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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393
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| precipice
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Expert Political Judgment
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112
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| predilection
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Expert Political Judgment
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107
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| prescient
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Expert Political Judgment
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107
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| prestidigitation
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Magic tricks performed as entertainment.
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The End of Faith
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33
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| proffer
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Hold out something to someone for acceptance. More polite than an offer.
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Envish v. Microsoft
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27
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| prolegomenon
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The Ambiguities of Experience
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3
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| promontory
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Leading at the Edge
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142
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| propitiated
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God is not Great
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89
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| propitiation
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God is not Great
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200
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| protean
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The Fourth Dimension
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202
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| prurience
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God is not Great
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122
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| puerile
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God is not Great
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86
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| pullulate
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God is not Great
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64
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| pusillanimity
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Expert Political Judgment
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90
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| putative
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God is not Great
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263
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| quotidian
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Freakonomics
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140
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| rakish
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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83
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| rapacious
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Leading at the Edge
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xvii
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| ratiocinate
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Form judgments by a process of logic; reason.
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The End of Faith
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178
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| rcidivist
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Harvard Business Review, November 2017
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81
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| regnant
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God is not Great
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232
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| regnant
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The End of Faith
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179
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| reliquary
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God is not Great
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200
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| remand
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Envish v. Microsoft
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2
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| remonstrance
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A forcefully reproachful protest.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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15
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| rencontre
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A chance or unexpected meeting or encounter.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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482
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| reticent
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not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily.
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Harvard Business Review, January 2016
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84
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| riposte
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A quick clever reply to an insult or criticism.
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Rebounders
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35
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| risible
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Such as to provoke laughter.
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The End of Faith
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130
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| rive
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Split or tear apart violently.
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Harvard Business Review, October 2012
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98
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| rococo
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Of or characterized by an elaborately ornamental late baroque style of decoration prevalent in 18th-century Continental Europe, with asymmetrical patterns involving motifs and scrollwork.
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The End of Faith
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14
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| rostrum
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A raised platform on which a person stands to make a public speech, receive an award or medal, play music, or conduct an orchestra.
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Harvard Business Review, December 2010
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75
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| sagacious
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Having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgment; shrewd.
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God is not Great
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171
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| sardonic
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Grimly mocking or cynical.
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Freakonomics
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116
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| sartorial
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Relating to tailoring, clothes, or style of dress.
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Jack: Straight from the Gut
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234
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| sclerotic
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Becoming rigid and unresponsive; losing the ability to adapt.
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Harvard Business Review, March 2010
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66
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| semiotics
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The study of signs and symbols and their use or interpretation.
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Harvard Business Review, April 2012
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98
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| sensate
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Perceiving or perceived by the senses.
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Rebounders
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74
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| sententious
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Given to moralizing in a pompous or affected manner.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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85
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| sine qua non
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An essential condition; a thing that is absolutely necessary.
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Trillions
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165
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| sinecure
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A position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or financial benefit.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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203
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| skein
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A length of thread or yarn, loosely coiled and knotted. A tangled or complicated arrangement, state, or situation.
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God is not Great
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103
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| solicitude
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Care or concern for someone or something.
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Harvard Business Review, November 2012
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67
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| solipsism
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The view or theory that the self is all that can be known to exist.
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Expert Political Judgment
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157
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| solipsism
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The view or theory that the self is all that can be known to exist.
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God is not Great
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74
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| soporific
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Tending to induce drowsiness or sleep.
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God is not Great
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164
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| specious
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Superficially plausible, but actually wrong.
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Outliers
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25
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| staid
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Sedate, respectable, and unadventurous.
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The Opposable Mind
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128
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| stasis
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A period of inactivity or equilibrium. Civil strife.
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Harvard Business Review, March 2016
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58
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| stentorian
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Loud and powerful.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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136
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| stultify
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Cause to lose enthusiasm and initiative, especially as a result of tedious routine. Cause someone to appear foolish.
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God is not Great
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227
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| suasion
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Persuasion as opposed to force or compulsion.
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The End of Faith
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193
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| suborn
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Bribe or otherwise induce someone to commit an unlawful act such as perjury.
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The Ambiguities of Experience
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68
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| subterfuge
|
Deceit used in order to achieve one's goal.
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Harvard Business Review, June 2016
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88
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| succor
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Assistance and support in times of hardship and distress. To give assistance or aid to.
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God is not Great
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52
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| supra
|
Used in academic or legal texts to refer to someone or something mentioned above or earlier.
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Envish v. Microsoft
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20
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| surfeit
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An excessive amount of something. To cause someone to desire no more of something as a result of having consumed or done it to excess.
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The Tipping Point
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99
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| syncretic
|
The amalgamation or attempted amalgamation of different religions, cultures, or schools of thought.
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God is not Great
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98
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| taciturn
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Reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.
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Harvard Business Review, June 2013
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40
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| temerity
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Excessive confidence or boldness; audacity.
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Expert Political Judgment
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221
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| trice
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In a moment; very quickly.
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Harvard Business Review, November 2012
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74
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| truculent
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Eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant.
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Rebounders
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174
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| turgid
|
Swollen and distended or congested. Tediously pompous or bombastic.
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Harvard Business Review, January 2018
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139
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| unalloyed
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Not alloyed; pure. Complete and unreserved.
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Harvard Business Review, July 2011
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59
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| unctuous
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Excessively or ingratiatingly flattering; oily.
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God is not Great
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60
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| vacuity
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Lack of thought or intelligence; empty-headedness. Empty space; emptiness.
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The End of Faith
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47
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| valise
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A small traveling bag or suitcase.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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34
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| vapid
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Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.
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Oxford Essential Guide to Writing
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397
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| variegated
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Exhibiting different colors, especially as irregular patches or streaks.
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Oxford Essential Guide to Writing
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334
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| veldt
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Open, uncultivated country or grassland in southern Africa.
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The End of Faith
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195
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| verily
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Truly; certainly.
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Rebounders
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194
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| verisimilitude
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The appearance of being true or real.
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The Ambiguities of Experience
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112
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| vicissitude
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A change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant.
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Rebounders
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7
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| vigorish
|
An excessive rate of interest on a loan, typically one from an illegal moneylender. The percentage deducted from a gambler's winnings by the organizers of a game.
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Freakonomics
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229
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| vociferous
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Vehement or clamorous, especially of a person or speech.
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Know What You Don't Know
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60
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| voluptuary
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Concerned with luxury and sensual pleasure.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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185
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| votary
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A person, such as a monk or nun, who has made vows of dedication to religious service.
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God is not Great
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144
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| weal
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A red, swollen mark left on flesh by a blow or pressure.
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The Power of Habit
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271
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| zeitgeist
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The defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time.
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Freakonomics
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