Arbiter
noun
· 1. a
person who settles a dispute or has ultimate authority in a matter:
the Secretary of State is the final arbiter
Synonym
: judge, authority, determiner, controller, director, governor, master, expert, pundit, critic
· 2. a
person whose views or actions have influence in a particular sphere:
an arbiter of taste
Synonym
: judge, authority, determiner, controller, director, governor, master, expert, pundit, critic
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Whining
noun
· 1. a
long, high-pitched complaining cry:
the dog gave a small whine
· 2. a
long, high-pitched unpleasant sound:
the whine of the engine
· 3. a
complaining tone of voice.
· 4. a
feeble or petulant complaint:
a constant whine about the quality of
public services
verb
· 1.
give or make a long, high-pitched complaining cry or sound:
the dog whined and scratched at the back
door
· 2.
complain in a feeble or petulant way:
the waitress whined about the increased
work
“What about him?” he whined
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Emeritus
·
adjective
· (of
the former holder of an office, especially a university professor) having
retired but allowed to retain their title as an honour
· Origin
Mid 18th
century: from Latin, past participle of emereri earn one's discharge by
service, from e- (variant of ex-) out of, from + mereri earn.
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Evolution
noun
· 1.
the process by which different kinds of living organism are believed to have
developed from earlier forms during the history of the earth.
· 2.
the gradual development of something:
the forms of written languages undergo
constant evolution
· 3.
the giving off of a gaseous product, or of heat.
the evolution of oxygen occurs rapidly in
this process
· 4. a
pattern of movements or manoeuvres:
flocks of waders often perform
aerial evolutions
·
5. the extraction of a root from a given
quantity.
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Morgue
·
noun
·
1. a place where bodies are kept, especially
to be identified or claimed:
the cadavers were bagged and removed to the
city morgue
·
2.used metaphorically to refer to a place
that is quiet, gloomy, or cold:
she put us in that drafty morgue of a
sitting room
·
3.in a newspaper office, a collection of
old cuttings, photographs, and information:
conducting research in either a
news morgue or a library
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Mortician
noun
1. an
undertaker.
2.a person whose business is preparing dead bodies
for burial or cremation and making arrangements for funerals.
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Abstract
adjective
· 1.
existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete
existence:
abstract concepts such as love or beauty
Synonym
: theoretical, conceptual, notional, intellectual, metaphysical, philosophical, academic, hypothetical, speculative
· 2. dealing
with ideas rather than events:
the novel was too abstract and esoteric
to sustain much attention
· 3.
not based on a particular instance; theoretical:
we have been discussing the problem in a
very abstract manner
· 4.
(of a noun) denoting an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete
object.
· 5.
relating to or denoting art that does not attempt to represent external
reality, but rather seeks to achieve its effect using shapes, colors, and
textures.
abstract pictures
verb
· 1.
consider something theoretically or separately from (something else):
to abstract science and religion from
their historical context can lead to anachronism
· 2.
extract or remove (something):
applications to abstract more water from
streams
· 3.
used euphemistically to indicate that someone has stolen something:
his pockets contained all he had been able to abstract from
the flat
· 4.
withdraw:
as our relationship deepened you seemed
to abstract yourself
· 5.
make a written summary of (an article or book):
staff who abstract material for an online
database
noun
· 1. a
summary of the contents of a book, article, or speech:
an abstract of her speech
· 2.
an abstract work of art:
a big unframed abstract
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In
the 19th century, manifest destiny was a
widely held belief in the United States that
its settlers were destined to expand across North America.
There are three basic themes to manifest destiny:
·
The special virtues of
the American people and their institutions
·
An irresistible
destiny to accomplish this essential duty
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Stephen Collins Foster , known as "the father of American music", was an American songwriter primarily known for his parlor and minstrel music. Foster wrote over 200 songs; among his best-known are
"Oh! Susanna", "Hard Times Come Again No
More" ,
"Camptown Races", "Old Folks at Home" ("Swanee
River"), "My Old Kentucky Home", "Jeanie
with the Light Brown Hair", "Old Black Joe", and "Beautiful Dreamer". Many of his
compositions remain popular more than 150 years after he wrote them. His
compositions are thought to be autobiographical. He has been identified as
"the most famous songwriter of the nineteenth century" and may be
the most recognizable American composer in other countries. His compositions
are sometimes referred to as "childhood songs" because they have
been included in the music curriculum of early education. Most of his
handwritten music manuscripts are lost, but copies printed by publishers of
his day can be found in various collections.
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Six
Feet Under is an American drama television series created and produced by Alan Ball. It premiered on the
premium cable network HBO in the United States on June 3, 2001 and ended on August
21, 2005, spanning five
seasons and 63 episodes. The show depicts members of the Fisher family, who
run a funeral home in Los Angeles, and their friends and lovers. The
series traces these characters' lives over the course of five years. The ensemble drama stars Peter Krause, Michael C. Hall, Frances Conroy, Lauren Ambrose, Freddy Rodriguez, Mathew St. Patrick, and Rachel Griffiths as the show's seven central characters. The series was
produced by Actual Size Films and The Greenblatt/Janollari Studio, and was
shot on location in Los Angeles and in Hollywood studios.
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Jane Eyre is
a novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published on 16 October 1847, by Smith, Elder & Co. of London, England, under the pen name "Currer Bell." The
first American edition was published the following year by Harper & Brothers of New York.
Primarily of the Bildungsroman genre, Jane Eyre follows
the emotions and experiences of its eponymous heroine, including her growth to adulthood and her
love for Mr. Rochester, the Byronic master of fictitious Thornfield Hall. In its
internalisation of the action—the focus is on the gradual unfolding of Jane's
moral and spiritual sensibility, and all the events are coloured by a
heightened intensity that was previously the domain of poetry—Jane Eyre revolutionised the art of fiction.
Charlotte Brontë has been called the 'first historian of the private
consciousness' and the literary ancestor of writers like Joyce and Proust. The novel contains elements of social criticism, with a strong sense of morality at its core, but is nonetheless a
novel many consider ahead of its time given the individualistic character of
Jane and the novel's exploration of classism, sexuality, religion, and proto-feminism.
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Jeanie with the light brown hair
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bagatelle: (Literary)something ,especially a sum of money,that is small and not important
brigand: a thief with a weapon ,especially one of the group living in the countryside and stealing from people traveling
callow: describes someone ,especially a young person, who behaves in way that shows they have little experience, confidence or judgment
corpulent: fat
decapitate: to cut off the head of a person
emissary: a person sent by one government or political leader to another to take message or to take part in discussion
livid : (1)extremely angry
(2)(COLOUR)especially of marks on the skin→of an unpleasant purple or dark blue color
martinet: someone who demands that rules and orders always be obeyed.
penchant: a liking for ,an enjoyment of ,or a havbit of doing something ,especially something that other people might not like
raconteur: someone who tells funny or interesting stories
rail:(Noun)=bar→a horizontal bar fixed in position ,especially to a wall or to vertical posts ,used to close something off, as a support ,or to hang things on
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raiment: clothes
rift: (1)a large crack in the ground or in rock
(2)a serious disagreement which seperates two people who have been friends and stops their friendship continuing
ruminate: clothes
sullen: angry and unwilling to smile or be pleasant to people
taut: tight or completely stretched
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wistful: sad and thinking about that is impossible or in the past
yen: a strong feeling of wanting or wishing for something
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