(n) an irrational fear of foreigners.
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"The xenophobic man trembled as the foreigners wondered acorss the boardwalk in which he was standing."
"He is viewed by many abroad as a xenophobe because of the strange, paranoid way that he acts around them."
"The xenophobe decided to face his fear and travel to a foreign country."
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Xenophobic
Citizen Warrior
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Both articles use the word "xenophobe" to discuss people and their fear of foreigners. The second article actually looks down on xenophobes because of their irrational fear of them.
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(v) bring under domination or control; make someone or something subordinate to
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"Fortunately for Iraq, Saddam has failed miserably in attempts to fully subjugate the people of Iraq."
"The party leader outlined a plan that would subjugate the Nuclear Power Ministry Semblance."
"The Persians repeatedly attacked Greece in order to subjugate the societies there."
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Subjugation Capital
Women
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Both articles refer to the word "subjugate" as bringing someone or something under control and dominating. The first article discusses how the people in the country of Delhi dominate and harrass some of the women.
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(adj) obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree; dutiful; excessively ingratiatingly compliant or submissive
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"Essays are too obsequious, too obviously pandering to the writer in the question."
"The obsequious new associate made sure to compliment her supervisor's tie and agree with him on every issue."
"I believe that his obsequious behavior toward his grandmother is to ensure that he is included in the will."
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Human Suppository
Obedient but not Obsequious
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The term "obsequious" is used in these articles to mean excessively ingratiatingly compliant or submissive. The people being described in these articles are basically being obedient and kind, but in an excessive way to the point where it's negative.
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(adj) looking or sounding sad dismal; mournful; exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful.
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"The widow was very lugubrious at her husband's funeral."
"Despite the cheery nature of these identical twins, the oppressive gloom of Arbus' photographs adds something lugubrious to her subjects."
"The acting is very lighthearted in the first act, but soon turns lugubrious in the second act."
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Lugubrious Universe
Hanging of John Webb
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The term "lugubrious" is used in these articles to mean mournful. Both articles mourn the death of people that mean something to them. Their tones are quite melancholy.
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(n) excessive pride or self - confidence; arrogance
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"His hubris made him feel superior."
"Her hubis prevented her from asking for help on the project."
"The basketball player's hubris stopped him from being a team player and passing the ball."
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Hubris
When Pride goes Wrong
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Both articles refer to the word "hubris" in a negative way. In both articles, someone has an arrogant attitude towards something, which causes problems. Politicians can be most known as hubris because of their atttiudes and the power that they think they hold.
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(adj) causing harm or damage; having a harmful effect
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"Here, we consider the potentially deleterious effect of this felcitous of 'spontaneous order'."
"The cba recognizes that chemicals in the enviornment can have an extremely deleterious effect on human health, habitats, and wildlife."
"We have also been attempting to estimate the rate of adaptive amino acid substitution and the proportion of mutations which are slightly deleterious."
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Missense Alleles
Mutations
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The term "deleterious" is used in these articles to mean harmful or dangerous. Mutations and missense alleles negativiely affect our society today, which is why they're considered deleterious.
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(adj) unthinking and irresponsible; lacking in effiency and irresponsible; indifferent; lazy
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"The feckless man no longer cates for his wife's ideals, or even for himself."
"The judge called him feckless for not having a job to pay child support."
"In your feckless attempt to fix my washer, you broke it!"
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The President
Single Mothers
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Both articles use the word "feckless" to mean irresponsible. Article one states that our president, Barack Obama, is feckless due to the fact that he appeared on the David Letterman show instead of meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu, the Isreali prime minister. The author of the article, Thomas Sowell, made it seem as though our president is completely irresponsible. The second article, however discusses how people are always so quick to call a single mother feckless. The author actually defends the single mothers and talks about their struggles for income and making ends meet for them and their children.
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