(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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(v) give the right to vote; to set free; to endow with the rights of citizenship.
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"In the future, both parties would need to have definite policies with which to appeal to the newly enfranchised voters."
"The ten pound suffrage introduced by the reform bill had only enfranchised the middle classes."
"...sent members in 1307 and permanently enfranchised by King Edward VI."
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Europe Referendum
Neither Citizen nor Stranger
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The term "enfranchise" refers to giving the right to vote in the first article and to give the right to citizenship in the second article. A referendum would give the electorates in the United Kingdom a chance to vote on membership of the European Union. The second article discusses why states enfranchise resident aliens.
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(n) the ability to make good judgments and quick decisions; keenness and depth of perception, discernment, or discrimination especially in practical manners.
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"Had he possessed the financial acumen to go with his engineering brilliance, he would have made a fortune."
"Capable lawyers with business acumen are valuable to any firm."
"It was with the recording of cover versions that miller showed his greatest marketing acumen."
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Inkjet Acumen
Dyslexia
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In the first article, Krishna Naishadham and Xiaojuan Song both use their good judgment to help create an explosive sensor. The paper-like sensor is able to detect if there are detectives are near. As a person involved in the business world, it is very important to make good judgments and quick decisions. In the second article, it talks about how many business owners and entrepeneurs are dyslexic. Most people would think that dyslexic people couldn't be business owners, however, studies show that they're more likely than dyslexics to "excel in oral communication and problem solving and were twice as likely to own or two or more businesses."
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(adj) non self-indulgent; eating and drinking in moderation; characterzied by abstinence or moderation.
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" The hermit led an abstemious way of life."
" The athlete's abtemious diet did not give her enough energy."
"The pleasures of tonight's meal were never much of a consequence to one naturally abstemious."
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Livestrong
Analysis
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The term "abstemious" is used in these articles because they are refering to something be used in moderation. The first article discusses how being abstemious is a could way to lose weight due to the fact that you are eating moderate portions of food. The second article talks about which military tactic would be best, moderate or full force.
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