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1. an official seal, as on a letter or document.
2. a distinguishing mark or feature; stamp: Courtesy is the ~ of good breeding.
3. a sign or expression of approval, esp. from a person who has a great deal of prestige.
4. superior status; - cachet
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1. A herald's wand or staff, especially in ancient times.
2. Greek Mythology. A winged staff with two serpents twined around it, carried by Hermes.
2. An insignia modeled on Hermes's staff and used as the symbol of the medical profession. - caduceus
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1. a false or baseless, usually derogatory story, report, or rumor.
2. Cookery. a duck intended or used for food.
3. Aeronautics.
a. an airplane that has its horizontal stabilizer and elevators located forward of the wing.
b. Also cal - canard
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1. apt to notice and make much of trivial faults or defects; faultfinding; difficult to please.
2. proceeding from a faultfinding or caviling disposition: He could never praise without adding a ~ remark.
3. apt or designed to ensnare or perplex - captious
- swiftness; speed.
- celerity
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1. cautious or careful; wary: He was ~ of investing in oil wells.
2. shy; timid.
3. fastidious; choosy: She is excessively ~ about her friends.
4. sparing (often fol. by of): ~ of his praise. - chary
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1. a whirlpool in the Strait of Messina off the NE coast of Sicily. Modern, Galofalo, Garofalo.
2. Classical Mythology. a daughter of Gaea and Poseidon, a monster mentioned in Homer and later identified with the whirlpool ~. - Charybdis
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1. Law. a movable article of personal property.
2. any article of tangible property other than land, buildings, and other things annexed to land.
3. a slave. - chattel
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1. the distribution of light and shade in a picture.
2. Painting. the use of deep variations in and subtle gradations of light and shade, esp. to enhance the delineation of character and for general dramatic effect: Rembrandt is a master of ~.
- chiaroscuro
- of or pertaining to the deities, spirits, and other beings dwelling under the earth.
- chthonic
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1. a belt or girdle.
2. something that surrounds or encompasses as a girdle does; a surrounding border: The midnight sky had a ~ of stars.
3. (on a classical column) a fillet at either end of a shaft, esp. one at the lower end. Com - cincture
- noting or pertaining to rhythmic biological cycles recurring at approximately 24-hour intervals.
- circadian
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1. a supplement to a will, containing an addition, explanation, modification, etc., of something in the will.
2. any supplement; appendix. - codicil
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–adjective
1. of the same age, date, or duration; equally old: Analysis has proved that this manuscript is ~ with that one.
2. coincident: Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo were only approximately ~.
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3. a contemporary: He i - coeval
- A person with superior, usually specialized knowledge or highly refined taste; a connoisseur.
- cognoscente
- through my fault; my fault (used as an acknowledgment of one's responsibility).
- mea culpa
- (in a criminal case) a defendant's pleading that does not admit guilt but subjects him or her to punishment as though a guilty plea had been entered, the determination of guilt remaining open in other proceedings.
- nolo contendere
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1. Logic. an inference or a conclusion that does not follow from the premises.
2. a statement containing an illogical conclusion. - non sequitur
- passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- outré
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1. (italics) Latin. one thing in return for another.
2. something that is given or taken in return for something else; substitute. - quid pro quo