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- 1petard. Hoisted with my own petard.small explosive or firework, grenade.
Caught by the very devise one had contrived to hurt another. - 2parturitionthe act or process of giving birth
- 3HeuristicRule of thumb.
Default response.
http://econsultancy.com/ie/blog/63250-mind-games-using-heuristic-theory-to-increase-customer-spend-online?utm_medium=feeds&utm_source=blog - 4extemporaneouscarried out or performed with little or no preparation; impromptu.
- 5Pastor Martin Niemoeller's POEMThey came for the....and I didn't speak out, Because I was not a Socialist, Then...Trade Unionists, Jews, Me.
And there was no one left to speak for me. - 6dandertemper; anger.
Being wrong makes our dander rise. - 7indolenceHabitual laziness; sloth
- 8braggadocioA braggart.
Empty or pretentious bragging.
A swaggering, cocky manner - 9prevaricateTo stray from or evade the truth; equivocate.
to speak or act falsely or evasively with intent to deceive - 10jarring1.Send a painful or damaging shock through (something, esp. a part of the body).
2.Strike against something with an unpleasant vibration or jolt.
Ex: a jarring surprise. - 11locution1. A colloquial expression.
Style of speaking; phraseology. - 12palinode1. A poem in which the author retracts something said in a previous poem.
2. A formal statement of retraction. - 13taxonomyThe science, laws, or methods of classification; systematics.
- 14motleyHaving elements of great variety or incongruity; heterogeneous:
- 15equivocateTo avoid making an explicit statement.
To use equivocal language intentionally. - 16Quid pro quoMutual exchange: swap.
A giving and receiving....and a
necessary prerequisite to the formation of a valid contract. - 17Pro bonoDone without compensation for the public good: a lawyer's pro bono work.
- 18endogenousProduced or growing from within.
Originating or produced within an organism, tissue, or cell - 19exogenousBiology derived from outside the body; originating externally.
Medicine Having a cause external to the body. - 20—Kathryn Schulz
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Being Wrong: Adventures In The Margin Of Error - 21incontinentuncontrolled (bowels).
lacking normal voluntary control.
lacking sexual restraint.
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- New Words Flashcards on Word Meanings, created by Victor Victoria on 05/09/2013.
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