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Friday, March 13th, 2009 | Author: markross
verb 1. To make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
2. To set forth or teach publicly (a creed, doctrine, etc.)
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Thursday, February 26th, 2009 | Author: markross
verb 1.To steal money or goods entrusted to one; embezzle.
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Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 | Author: markross
verb 1.To trace the outline of; sketch or trace in outline; represent pictorially: He delineated the state of Texas on the map with a red pencil.
2.To portray in words; describe or outline with precision: In her speech she delineated the city plan with great care.
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Saturday, February 14th, 2009 | Author: markross
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1. To ask, demand, or claim.
2. To claim or assume the existence or truth of, esp. as a basis for reasoning or arguing.
3. To assume without proof, or as self-evident; take for granted.
4. Mathematics, Logic. to assume as a postulate.
noun
5. Something taken as self-evident or assumed without proof as a basis for reasoning.
6. Mathematics, Logic. a proposition that requires no proof, being self-evident, or that is for a specific purpose assumed true, and that is used in the proof of other propositions; axiom.
7. A fundamental principle.
8. A necessary condition; prerequisite.
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Thursday, February 05th, 2009 | Author: markross
verb 1.To mention separately as if in counting; name one by one; specify, as in a list: Let me enumerate the many flaws in your hypothesis.
2.To ascertain the number of; count.
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Friday, January 09th, 2009 | Author: markross
verb 1. to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence: They inferred his displeasure from his cool tone of voice.
2. (of facts, circumstances, statements, etc.) to indicate or involve as a conclusion; lead to.
3. to guess; speculate; surmise.
4. to hint; imply; suggest.
-verb (used without object) 5. to draw a conclusion, as by reasoning. Dictionary.com
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Thursday, January 08th, 2009 | Author: markross
verb 1.To frighten; overcome with fear
2.To discourage; lesson the courage of Dictionary.com
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Wednesday, January 07th, 2009 | Author: markross
verb 1. to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate.
2. to make less severe: to mitigate a punishment.
3. to make (a person, one’s state of mind, disposition, etc.) milder or more gentle; mollify; appease.
-verb (used without object) 4. to become milder; lessen in severity. Dictionary.com
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Thursday, December 04th, 2008 | Author: markross
verb 1.To find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts. Dictionary.com
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Thursday, December 04th, 2008 | Author: markross
verb 1.To penetrate to the truth of; comprehend; understand: to fathom someone’s motives. Dictionary.com
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Thursday, November 27th, 2008 | Author: markross
noun
Music…
1.A gradual, steady increase in loudness or force.
2.A musical passage characterized by such an increase.
3.The performance of a crescendo passage: The crescendo by the violins is too abrupt. adjective, adverb 1.Gradually increasing in force, volume, or loudness (opposed to decrescendo or diminuendo). verb 1.To grow in force or loudness. Dictionary.com
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Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 | Author: markross
verb 1. to differ in sentiment or opinion, esp. from the majority; withhold assent; disagree (often fol. by from): 2. to disagree with the methods, goals, etc., of a political party or government; take an opposing view.
3. to disagree with or reject the doctrines or authority of an established church. Two of the justices dissented from the majority decision. Dictionary.com
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Monday, November 10th, 2008 | Author: markross
verb 1. To lay open; to expose to view; to examine.
2. To lay open the meaning of; to explain or discuss at length; to clear of obscurity; to interpret.
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Sunday, November 09th, 2008 | Author: markross
verb 1. To speak or discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner. Bloviator: noun 1. one who habitually bloviates; a pompous, opinionated, typically voluble commentator Wiktionary.org
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Friday, November 07th, 2008 | Author: markross
verb 1. To increase the severity of; aggravate A heavy rainfall exacerbated the flood problems. Dictionary.com
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Thursday, October 30th, 2008 | Author: markross
verb 1. to utter again or repeatedly.
2. to do (something) over again or repeatedly.
3. to operate or be applied repeatedly, as a linguistic rule or mathematical formula. Dictionary.com Reiterate: verb 1.(transitive) to say or do (something) for a second time, such as for emphasis.
Let me reiterate my opinion.
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Monday, October 27th, 2008 | Author: markross
verb 1. To hold or state as an opinion. I had to opine on the situation because I thought a different perspective was in order. Wiktionary.org
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