profane May 17, 2010
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Characterized by profanity or cursing |
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” They are a savage lot, untamed and profane, all spittle and invective and baying for blood. “They’re pretty vicious,” says Montreal’s Glen Metropolit, …” |
prognosticate May 17, 2010
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Make a prediction about; tell in advance |
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” What can be deduced from these national trends to prognosticate the effects of the 2010 midterm elections on the party balance in the Arkansas delegation to ..” |
prune May 17, 2010
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Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of |
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” If you see this, you should prune it back a little. To help prevent it, … They’ll bloom in June, but right now you can prune some of the dieback and feed …” |
puerile May 17, 2010
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Of or characteristic of a child |
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“… break and bring in Johan Botha, who is a clear thinker and who would never demean himself by appearing in something as puerile as the latest KFC TV ad. … ” |
prurient May 17, 2010
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Characterized by lust |
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” Some administrators, including Jimmy Wales himself reportedly conducted a wild purge of prurient content. Others, according to Fox News rebelled against …” |
prolix May 17, 2010
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Tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length |
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“He tends to be incredibly lawyerly; and the first 200 pages are, if not prolix, certainly protracted. It takes forever to get to the meat of the story but … ” |
realm May 17, 2010
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1. The domain ruled by a king or queen 2. A knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about |
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“Lost has taken TV to a new and magic realm. That matters most. However things turn out, I’ll always be glad to have lived in the world Lost found. ” |
promenade May 17, 2010
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1. A formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year 2. A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk |
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“It is the first phase of work to repair damage caused to the town’s promenade during a storm on 31 March this year. Pounding waves left voids underneath the … ” |
promulgate May 17, 2010
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State or announce |
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” Nepal Maoists have announced to promulgate their own constitution from the streets on May 29, a day after the deadline of the Constituent Assembly (CA) …” |
protagonist May 17, 2010
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1. A person who backs a politician or a team etc. 2. The principal character in a work of fiction |
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” On the one hand, the game’s protagonist John Marston is a recovering outlaw, a man who only wants to live the rest of his days peacefully on the Great …” |