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• Gypsies
  ...exts it is still used to describe the Romany, it also describes those in [[English]] speaking countries who live a lifestyle similar to that of the Romany, or ...have come from [[Egypt]]". The OED records the first usage of the word in English as 1514, with several more in the same century, and that both [[Edmund Spen
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• Layman
  .../wiki/Laity ''laity''] comes from the [[Greek]] laikos which meant "of the people", "common" (common, in the [[meaning]] "unholy", "unclean" and similar). Th ...in_layman%27s_terms ''in layman’s terms''] has come into wide use in the [[English]] speaking world. To put something in layman’s terms is to describe a [[c
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• Hunger
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] hungor; akin to Old High German hungar hunger, Lithuanian kanka torture ...e most commonly used term to describe the [[social]] condition of [[Person|people]] (or [[organisms]]) who frequently [[experience]], or live with the threat
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• Ethnic
  ...n ethnicus, from [[Greek]] ethnikos national, gentile, from ethnos nation, people; akin to Greek ēthos [[custom]] ...ethnos, normally translated as "[[nation]]." The terms refer currently to people thought to have common [[ancestry]] who [[share]] a distinctive [[culture]]
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• Folk
  ...H.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] folc; akin to Old High German folc people ...ly]] referred to a "host of [[warriors]]". Compare Old Norse folk meaning "people" but more so "army" or "detachment", German Gefolge ("host"), and Lithuania
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• Lullaby
  ...Middle English]) + ''bye'', interjection used to lull a child, from Middle English ''by'' ...tion "Lilith – abi!" ["Lilith – begone"] which is a possible origin of the English word "lullaby".
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• Spell
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English]; akin to Old High German spel talk, tale ...pells into [[psychological]] [[magic]], which seeks to [[influence]] other people's [[minds]] to do the magician's will, such as with a [[love]] spell, or il
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• Neighborhood
  ...(akin to Old High German nāhgibūr); akin to Old English nēah near and Old English gebūr dweller — Neighbourhoods are typically generated by social [[interaction]] among people living near one another. In this sense they are local social [[units]] larg
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• Chinese
  *People who reside in and hold citizenship of the People's Republic of China (mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau) or the Republic o ...oups live in China that are officially recognized by the government of the People's Republic of China, such as Han, Zhuang, Manchu, Tibetans, and other estab
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• Shyness
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] scēoh; akin to Old High German sciuhen to [[frighten]] off ...pproached by other people, especially in new situations or with unfamiliar people. Shyness may come from [[genetic]] traits, the [[environment]] in which a [
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• Tandem
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''thæt'' that The [[English]] word "tandem" derives from the Latin adverb ''tandem'' meaning "at length
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• Zion
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English], [[citadel]] in [[Palestine]] which was the [[nucleus]] of [[Jerusalem]], ...ayin Zayin]. The commonly used form is an adopted mis-transliteration in [[English]] based on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant Protestant] German
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• Suburb
  ...first recorded usage of the term in [[English]], according to the [[Oxford English Dictionary]], was made by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wycliffe John ...ps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_city inner city] areas, but in Australian English, "suburb" has become largely synonymous with what is called a "[[neighborho
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• Meadow
  ...N_PERIOD Old English] ''mǣdwe'', oblique case form of ''mǣd''; akin to Old English ''māwan'' to mow .../Grass grass] and other non-woody plants (grassland). The term is from Old English ''mædwe''. In [[agriculture]] a meadow is grassland which is not grazed by
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• Clerk
  ...n American English, this includes shop staff, but in British English, such people are known as shop assistants and are not considered to be clerks. Also, the
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• Fealty
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] feute, fealtye, from Anglo-French feelté, fealté, from [[Latin]] fidelit ...ipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages medieval Europe], fealty was sworn between two people, the obliged person (vassal) and a person of rank (lord). This was done as
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• Gullibility
  ...th century. The first attestation of ''gullibility'' known to the [[Oxford English Dictionary]] appears in 1793, and ''gullible'' in 1825. The OED gives gulli ...pear in the 1900 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_English_Dictionary New English Dictionary].
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• Egalitarian
  *2 : a social [[philosophy]] advocating the removal of inequalities among people ...ocial [[philosophy]] advocating the removal of economic inequalities among people.
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• Ageing
  '''Ageing''' (British English) or '''aging''' (American English) is the accumulation of [[changes]] in an [[organism]] or object over time. ...e distinguished from "social ageing" (cultural age-[[expectations]] of how people should act as they grow older) and "biological ageing" (an [[organism]]'s [
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• Native
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] natif, from Middle French, from [[Latin]] nativus, from natus, past partic ...fly Australian : having a usually superficial resemblance to a specified [[English]] plant or [[animal]]
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• Talent
  ...sidered to be an innate, [[personal]] gift possessed by [[relatively]] few people. In [[essence]], someone with talent has an aptitude to do certain [[things ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] talente, from [[Latin]] talenta, plural of talentum unit of weight or [[mo
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• Naked
  ...glish#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Old English nacod; akin to Old High German nackot naked, [[Latin]] nudus, Greek gymnos ...[entertainment]] of various [[types]]. Nudity in the [[presence]] of other people may give rise to [[controversy]].
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• Reprobate
  The [[English]] [[word]], reprobate, is from the [[Latin]] root probare (English: prove, test), and thus derived from the Latin, reprobatus ([[reproved]], [ ...nconditional [[election]] which derives that some of [[mankind]] ([[Chosen People|the elect]]) are predestined by [[God]] for [[salvation]]. Therefore, the r
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• Controversy
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] controversie, from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] controversia, from controv ...ture]] enough or can find a common ground to [[share]] and [[discuss]] its people's [[feelings]], and one's own direct [[observations]] and [[experiences]] o
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• Tribulation
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] tribulacion, from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] tribulation-, tribulatio, f ...hatology]], the Tribulation is a [[relatively]] short period of time where people who follow [[God]] will [[experience]] worldwide persecution and be [[Pure|
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• Nightmare
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from ''night'' + ''mare'' ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] "mare", a [[mythological]] [[demon]] who torments [[human being]]s with [[
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• 64:2 The Foxhall Peoples
  ...//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe Europe] by a somewhat superior and prolific people, whose [[descendants]] soon spread over the entire continent from the ice i .../North_Sea North Sea], but some three or four are still above water on the English coast.
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• Deafness
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''dēaf''; akin to [[Greek]] ''typhlos'' [[blind]], ''typhein'' to smoke, ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''dēaf'', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ''doof'' and German ''taub
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• Rebuke
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French rebucher, rebouker to blunt, check, reprimand In [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_law English law] and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_law canon law] of the [ht
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• Response
  ...1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] & [[Latin]]; Middle English respounce, from Anglo-French respuns, respounce, from Latin responsum reply ...ply or a reaction: as a : a verse, phrase, or [[word]] sung or said by the people or choir after or in reply to the officiant in a liturgical service
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• Clan
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Scottish Gaelic clann offspring, clan, from Old Irish cland plant, o :b : a [[group]] of people tracing descent from a common ancestor : [[family]]
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• Mob
  ...in]] phrase mobile vulgus [[meaning]] "the fickle crowd", from which the [[English]] term "mob" was originally derived in the 1680s. ...ocracy ("rule of the general [[populace]]") is [[democracy]] ("rule of the people") spoiled by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demagoguery demagoguery], "[[ty
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• Soirée
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] sīth late A '''party''' is a gathering of people who have been invited by a [[host]] for the [[purposes]] of [[socializing]]
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• Baggage
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''bagage'', from Middle French, from ''bagues'' belongings, baggage ...ng to the [[Oxford English Dictionary]], the word luggage enters printed [[English]] in 1596. The word derived from the verb "lug," as in "that which needs to
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• Waste
  ...tive, desolate, waste, from [[Latin]] vastus; in other senses, from Middle English wasten to waste Waste is sometimes a [[subjective]] [[concept]], because items that some people discard may have [[value]] to others. It is widely [[recognized]] that wast
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• Dizziness
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''dysig'' stupid; akin to Old High German ''tusig'' stupid ...e sensation of spinning or having one's surroundings spin about them. Many people find vertigo very disturbing and often report associated nausea and vomitin
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• David Crystal
  ...ed St Mary's College, Seftonfrom 1951] He grew up bilingual in Welsh and [[English]], which influenced his approach to language education. ...aphy]]. He is the Patron of the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL).
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• Whey
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''hwæg''; akin to Middle Dutch ''wey'' whey ...upplements can help regulate and reduce spikes in blood sugar levels among people with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_2_diabetes type 2 diabetes] by inc
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• Staring
  [[File:lighterstill.jpg]][[File:People-staring-at-computers.jpg|right|frame]] ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''starian''; akin to Old High German ''starēn'' to stare, [[Greek]] ''ste
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• Wilderness
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] wilddēoren of wild beasts ...ems]] that are, or have been, inhabited or [[influenced]] by activities of people may still be considered "wild." This way of looking at wilderness includes
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• City
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] citie large or small town, from Anglo-French cité, from Medieval [[Latin] *3 : the people of a city
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• Actors
  ...word is sexist. [[Gender]]-neutral usage of actor has re-emerged in modern English, especially when referring to [[male]] and [[female]] performers [[collecti Actors were [[traditionally]] not people of high [[status]], and in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Middle_
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• Calendar
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] calender, from Anglo-French or Medieval Latin; Anglo-French kalender, from The [[English]] [[word]] calendar is derived from the [[Latin]] word kalendae, which was
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• Shalom
  ...aning ''peace'', ''hello'', ''goodbye'' and ''wellbeing.'' As it does in [[English]], it can refer to either [[peace]] between two entities (especially betwee ...Arabic ''[[Assalamu alaikum]]''. On Erev [[Shabbat]] (Sabbath eve), Jewish people have a custom of singing a song which is called [[Shalom aleichem#Friday ni
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• Anoint
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French enoint, past participle of enoindre, from [[Latin]] inu The [[word]] is known in [[English]] since c. 1303, deriving from Old French enoint "smeared on", pp. of enoin
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• Shunning
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''scunian'', abhor, shrink back with [[fear]], seek [[safety]] from an [[e ...nformation related to particular [[viewpoint]]. Some groups are made up of people who shun the same [[ideas]].
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• Sabbath
  ...09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] sabat, from Anglo-French & Old English, from [[Latin]] sabbatum, from [[Greek]] sabbaton, from [[Hebrew]] shabbāt ...regard it as having been instituted as a "perpetual [[covenant]] [for] the people of [[Israel]]" ([https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Exo
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• Gloom
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''gloumen'' People describe [[light]] conditions as gloomy when the [https://en.wikipedia.org/
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• Imp
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''impa'', from ''impian'' to imp ...d or harmed by certain [[weapons]] and [[enchantments]], or be kept out of people's [[homes]] by the use of wards.
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• Friendship
  ...g/wiki/English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] freondscipe "friendship, mutual liking and regard," also "conjugal love" fr. Old English ''freond'' "one attached to another by [[feelings]] of personal regard and
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• Hierarchy
  ...as being "above," "below," or "at the same level as" one another. (Oxford English Dictionary ISBN 0-19-861186-2) ...osed to [[anarchy]] where there is no concept of higher or lower items (or people) -- everything is considered equal.
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• World War II
  ...distinction between civilian and military resources. Over seventy million people, the majority of them civilians, were killed, making it the deadliest confl
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• Blindness
  ..._ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English]; akin to Old High German blint blind, Old English blandan to mix ...]] as a normally sighted person could from 200 feet (61 m). In many areas, people with [[average]] acuity who nonetheless have a visual field of less than 20
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• Tease
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] tǣsan; akin to Old High German zeisan to tease ...sing can be regarded as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flirting flirting]. People may be teased on such matters as their [[appearance]], weight, [[behavior]]
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• Kything
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''cȳthan'', from ''cūth'' In such a frame of [[mind]], the two people [[intuitively]] know the [[meaning]] of what the other is telling them, dis
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• Chaperone
  The [[English]] verb ''chaperon'', "to be a chaperon," is first recorded in [https://en.w *2: an older person who accompanies [[young people]] at a [[social]] gathering to ensure proper [[behavior]]; broadly : one d
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• Eccentric
  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Middle English], from Medieval [[Latin]] eccentricus, from [[Greek]] ekkentros, from ex ou Eccentric first appeared in [[English]] in 1551 as an [[astronomical]] term [[meaning]] "a [[circle]] in which th
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• Commonwealth
  ...eal," to mean "a [[state]] in which the supreme [[power]] is vested in the people; a republic or [[democratic]] state." ...one founded on [[law]] and united by compact or tacit [[agreement]] of the people for the common good
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• Voluntary
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French voluntarie, from [[Latin]] voluntarius, from voluntas w ...intended to promote [[good]] or improve [[human]] [[quality]] of life, but people also volunteer for their own skill [[development]], to meet others, to make
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• Principle
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Middle French principe, principle, from Old French, from [[Latin]] p ...and many dictionaries warn against confusing principle and principal, many people still do. Principle is only a noun; principal is both adjective and noun.
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• Autumn
  ...fall in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_English American] [[English]]) is one of the four [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperate temperate] [ ...ing in towns (especially those who could [[read]] and [[write]], the only people whose use of [[language]] we now know), the word harvest lost its [[referen
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• King
  ...SAXON_PERIOD Old English] cyning; akin to Old High German kuning king, Old English cynn kin ...ng also into the modern period, e.g. Maquinna, king of perhaps 2000 Nootka people in the early 20th century.
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• Feud
  ...e, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German fēhida hostility, feud, Old English fāh hostile — foe ...ight between parties—often, through [[association]] [[fallacy]], groups of people, especially [[families]] or [[clans]]. Feuds begin because one party (corre
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• Transcripts
  ...honetic transcription of the name of the former Russian president known in English as Boris Yeltsin, followed by accepted hybrid forms in various languages. N ...ent systems. For example, the Mandarin Chinese name for the capital of the People's Republic of China is Beijing in the commonly-used contemporary system Han
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• Auctoritas
  ...nd is the origin of English "[[authority]]". While historically its use in English was restricted to discussions of the political [[history of Rome]], the beg ...g to French linguist [[Emile Benveniste]], ''auctor'' (which also gives us English "[[author]]") is derived from Latin augeō ("to augment"). The ''auctor'' i
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• Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology
  ...overage of principles, theories, techniques, [[artefacts]], [[materials]], people, places, monuments, equipment, and descriptive terms - from amphora to zigg
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• Heaven
  ...ally described as the [[Holiness|holiest]] possible place, accessible by [[people]] according to various standards of [[divinity]], [[goodness]], [[Devotion| ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''heofon'' around 1000 referring to the [[Christianity|Christianized]] "pl
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• Hut
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] hȳd skin, hide Huts are used as temporary [[shelter]] by people. Huts are quickly built of [[natural]] materials such as ice, stone, leathe
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• Attraction
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [[Latin]] ''attractus'', past participle of ''attrahere'', from ''ad ''Interpersonal'' '''attraction''' is the attraction between people which leads to [[friendships]] and [[romantic]] [[relationships]]. Interper
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• Scandal
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Late Latin ''scandalum'' stumbling block, [[offense]], from [[Greek] ...umbling-block, the [[metaphor]] is that wrong conduct can impede or "trip" people's [[trust]] or [[faith]].
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• Pride
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] prȳde, from prūd proud ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''prut'', probably from Old French ''prud'' "[[brave]], valiant" (11th cen
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• Submission
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] ''submission''-, ''submissio'' act of l ...nterpersonal [[problem]], such as partner [[abuse]]. If one or both of the people are experiencing chronic, pervasive [[emotional]] distress then the [[sex]]
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• Law
  The noun ''law'' derives from the late Old English ''lagu'', meaning something laid down or fixed [https://www.etymonline.com/ ..."interpretive concept to achieve justice, as in "[[authority]]" to mediate people's conflicting interests, and even as "the command of a sovereign, backed by
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• Synagogue
  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Middle English] synagoge, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin synagoga, from [[Greek]] syna ...assemble. [[Worship]] can also be carried out alone or with fewer than ten people assembled together. However there are certain [[prayers]] that are communal
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• Melees
  ...ge mélange], [[milieu]]. Like other common foreign-derived terms used in [[English]], the word is sometimes written without accents (i.e. as "melee"). ...[[confused]] [[struggle]]; especially : a hand-to-hand fight among several people
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• Canals
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [[Latin]] canalis pipe, [[channel]], from canna reed ...portation]] canals used for carrying ships and boats loaded with goods and people, often [[connected]] to existing [[lakes]], [[rivers]], or [[oceans]].
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• Stroke
  ...glish#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Old English ''strācian''; akin to Old High German ''strīhhan'' to stroke ...e while 3.2 million deaths resulted from hemorrhagic stroke. About half of people who have had a stroke live less than one year. Overall, two thirds of strok
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• Numerology
  [[Latin]] ''numerus'' + English -''o- + -logy'' ...story of numerological [[ideas]], the word "numerology" is not recorded in English before c.1907.
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• Travel
  The [[word]] originates from the Middle [[English]] word travailen ("to toil"), which comes from the Old French word travaill '''Travel''' is the [[change]] in location of people on a trip through any means of transport from one location to another. Trav
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• Prose
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] prosa, from [[feminine]] of prorsus, p *1 a : the ordinary [[language]] people use in [[speaking]] or [[writing]]
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• Bigotry
  ...e King, turning about, called him bigot, which then passed from him to his people. This is quite probably [[fiction]]al, as Gisla is unknown in Frankish sour ...the Normans, but it is unclear whether or not this is how it entered the [[English]] [[language]].
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• Praise
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] preisen, from Anglo-French preiser, priser to appraise, [[esteem]] ...er, some people are less affected by or even averse to praise, for example people with [[autism]] or schizoid [[personality]] disorder.[citation needed]
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• Distress
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''destresse'', from Anglo-French ''destresce'', from Vulgar Latin ''distri ...the [[opposite]] of eustress, a [[positive]] stress that [[motivates]] us. People under constant distress are more likely to become sick, mentally or physica
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• Murder
  ...dle English murdre, from Anglo-French, of Germanic [[origin]]; akin to Old English morthor; akin to Old High German mord murder, [[Latin]] mort-, mors death, ...toronomy#Chapter_.5 Deuteronomy 5v17]). The Vulgate and subsequent early [[English]] [[translations]] of the [[Bible]] used the term [[secret]]ly killeth his
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• Rejection
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [[Latin]] rejectus, past participle of reicere, from re- + jacere to ...]] can be rejected on an [[individual]] basis or by an entire [[group]] of people. Furthermore, rejection can be either [[active]], by bullying, teasing, or
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• Affinity
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''affinite'', from Anglo-French or [[Latin]]; Anglo-French ''affinité'', :b (1) : an [[attraction]] to or liking for something <people with an affinity to [[darkness]] — Mark Twain> <pork and fennel have a na
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• Epistle
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], letter, Epistle, from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] ''epistula'', ''episto ...letter') is a [[writing]] directed or sent to a [[person]] or [[group]] of people, usually an elegant and formal [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didactic dida
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• Vulgar
  ...rom [[Latin]] vulgaris of the mob, vulgar, from volgus, vulgus mob, common people *3 a : of or [[relating]] to the common people : plebeian
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• 2008-05-26-Spanish 11:11
  ...very little will change. The English human contingent counts some 25 odd people. The Spanish group will also grow. It is sizeable now. It is consistent “We expect that for a lengthy period of time the English transmissions will be continue to be translated into Spanish, and that you
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• Growth
  ...mic]] growth, which is only a means —if a very important one —of enlarging people’s choices. ...these choices is building human capabilities —the range of [[things]] that people can do or be in life. The most basic capabilities for human development are
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• Patron
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin & [[Latin]]; Medieval Latin patron *4: the holder of the right of presentation to an [[English]] ecclesiastical benefice
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• Diaspora
  *2a : the movement, [[migration]], or scattering of a people away from an established or ancestral homeland <the black diaspora to north :b : people settled far from their ancestral homelands <African diaspora>
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• Mountain
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French muntaine, from Vulgar Latin montanea, from [[feminine]] ...tinuity has been used as criteria for defining a mountain. In the [[Oxford English Dictionary]] a mountain is defined as "a [[natural]] elevation of the [[ear
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• Syndicate
  *1: a group of [[people]] or [[businesses]] that [[work]] [[together]] *2: a group of people who are involved in organized [[crime]]
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• Sacrilege
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] sacrilegium, from sacrilegus one who ro ...igious]], and their [[spiritually]]-based uses in modern [[English]], many people mistakenly assume that the two [[words]] are etymologically linked, or that
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• 2011-05-13-New Transmission System
  ...he original message that follows was in French and has been translated for English audiences] ...onton, as well as from Havona and Paradise, to communicate directly with people who are in your local universe. The local universe in return can use this
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• Oath
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] āth; akin to Old High German eid oath, Middle Irish oeth. The spec. sense ...ing something or someone the oath-taker holds [[sacred]], is an oath. Many people take an oath by holding in their hand or placing over their head a [[book]]
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• Fraud
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] fraude, from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] fraud-, fraus ...iction]]. Fraud is a [[crime]], and also a civil law violation. Defrauding people or [[entities]] of [[money]] or valuables is a common [[purpose]] of fraud,
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• Rural
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Middle French, from [[Latin]] ruralis, from rur-, rus open land *of or relating to the country, country people or life, or [[agriculture]]
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• Wand
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] windan to wind, twist ...'s most feared [[tool]] is her wand, whose [[magic]] is capable of turning people into stone.
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• Odor
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] odour, from Anglo-French odur, from [[Latin]] odor; akin to Latin olēre ...r]], age, state of [[health]], and private affectations. Common odors that people are used to, such as their own [[body]] odor, are less noticeable to [[indi
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• Guild
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] gield tribute, guild *1 : an [[association]] of people with similar interests or pursuits; especially : a medieval association of
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• Solitary confinement
  ...wn''', M2030D, "the SHU" (pronounced 'shoe') or "the pound" (or in British English "the block"), is a punishment or special form of imprisonment in which a pr ...consider it necessary for prisoners who are considered dangerous to other people ('the most predatory' prisoners), those who might be capable of leading cri
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• Sacred
  ...itual context ("sacred truths" in a constitution). It is often ascribed to people ("a holy man" of religious occupation, "holy prophet" who is venerated by h ...is Old English root. The modern word 'health' is also derived from the Old English hal. As “wholeness”, holiness may be taken to indicate a state of relig
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• Petition
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] petition-, petitio, from petere to seek ...se of Commons] in the 18th and 19th centuries, the largest being the Great/People's Charter, or petition of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartists Char
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• Land
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English]; akin to Old High German lant land, Middle Irish lann *4 : the people of a country <the land rose in [[rebellion]]>
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• Re-public
  1604, "state in which supreme power rests in the people," from Fr. république, from L. respublica (abl. republica), lit. res publi ..., whereas republic implied a system of government in which the will of the people was mediated by representatives, who might be wiser and better educated tha
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• Queer
  ...ive senses in German are apparently much later [[developments]] than the [[English]] [[word]]. ...strongly pejorative use has certainly not vanished, but a use by some gay people and some academics as a neutral or even positive term has established itsel
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• Sage
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from Vulgar [[Latin]] *sapius, from Latin sapere to ta *2. senseless people, because they think they are wise.
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• Curse
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] * German people, including the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Dutch Pennsylvan
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• Jargon
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French jargun, gargon ...ued, "It seems that one ought to begin by composing this [[language]], but people begin by speaking and [[writing]] and the [[language]] remains to be [[comp
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• 2008-02-26-Let Others Talk
  ...r itself, and will not need any demonstration. Sometimes you wish to help people in seeing their errors, and show them the best way. Translated into English from the Spanish transcript by Nelson.
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• Nap
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] hnappian; akin to Old High German hnaffezen to doze ...onal]] daily [[practice]]. It is common for small [[children]] and elderly people to take frequent naps. However, naps are not recommended for those sufferin
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• Folklore
  ...[customs]], [[tales]], sayings, [[dances]], or art forms preserved among a people ...people who study folklore are sometimes referred to as "folklorists". The English antiquarian [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Thoms William Thoms] int
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• Publishing
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], [[modification]] of Anglo-French publier, from [[Latin]] publicare, from ...liser to announce, make [[public]] (early 15th cent. or earlier; perhaps < English). Compare Old Occitan publicar (late 12th cent.; also poblicar, pobleiar, p
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• Prison
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] prehension-, prehensio act of seizing, A '''prison''' (from Old French prisoun) is a place in which people are [[physically]] confined and, usually, deprived of a range of [[personal
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• Masochism
  ...[words]]. [[English]] has thousands of such words, taken from the names of people both real and [[fictional]]. Masochism comes from the name of the 19th cent
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• Sin
  * Punishment for sins, from other people, from God either in life or in [[afterlife]], or from the [[Universe]] in g The [[word]] sin derives from [[Old English]] synn, recorded in use as early as the 9th century.[1] The same [[root]] a
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• Myopia
  ...as being ''nearsighted'' (American English) and ''shortsighted'' (British English), is a condition of the eye where the [[light]] that comes in does not dire ...the United States, and 10–20% in Africa. Myopia is less common in African people and associated diaspora. In Americans between the ages of 12 and 54, myopia
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• Pharisees
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] farise, from Late Latin pharisaeus, from [[Greek]] pharisaios, from Aramai ...tes that the ''Pharisees'' received the backing and goodwill of the common people, apparently in [[contrast]] to the more elite [https://en.wikipedia.org/wik
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• Viking
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] texts. ..., Viking culture, Viking art, Viking religion, Viking ship, and so on. The people of medieval Scandinavia are also referred to as Norse, although this term p
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• Luxury
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] luxurie, from Anglo-French luxorie, from [[Latin]] luxuria rankness, luxu Luxury goods are said to have high income elasticity of demand: as people become [[wealth]]ier, they will buy more and more of the luxury good. This
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• Poverty
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] poverte, from Anglo-French poverté, from [[Latin]] paupertat-, paupertas, ...ed contextually as economic inequality in the location or society in which people live.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destitute]
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• Greetings
  ...o irritate, annoy’, ‘to address, salute’, In modern German and Dutch as in English, the sense ‘salute’ has become the prominent one, such other senses as ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English].: To approach, come up to; to begin upon, begin to treat or handle, take i
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• Empathy
  ...://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_B._Titchener Edward B. Titchener] into the English term empathy. ...ompass]] a broad range of [[emotional]] states, including caring for other people and having a [[desire]] to help them; experiencing emotions that match anot
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• Dormitory
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [[Latin]] ''dormitorium'', from ''dormire'' ...ed [[meaning]]: it refers specifically to an individual room in which many people sleep, typically at a boarding school. The UK equivalent of the American wo
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• Vocabulary
  ...tps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskimo_words_for_snow Eskimo words for snow]". English speakers can also elaborate their snow and cattle vocabularies when the nee ...nto a wide range of vocabulary size by age five or six, at which time an [[English]]-speaking child will know about 2,500–5,000 words. An average student le
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• Artifacts
  #: Ref: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the [[English|English Language]], Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. 08 Mar. 2007. ...l [[behavior]]. Artifacts are the objects or products designed and used by people to meet re-occurring needs or to solve problems. An example of a common soc
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• Liminality
  [[Persons|People]], places, or [[things]] may not complete a [[transition]], or a transition # "liminal", Oxford English Dictionary. Ed. J.A. Simpson and E.S.C. Weiner. 2nd ed. Oxford: Clarendon P
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• Smile
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] smerian to [[laugh]], [[Sanskrit]] smayate he smiles ...eval of your name is enhanced as is shown in neuroscience research, versus people who have neutral [[facial]] [[expressions]].
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• Slang
  ...''slengenamn'', which means "nickname"), but is discounted by the [[Oxford English Dictionary]] based on "date and early associations". ...the user is familiar with whatever is referred to, or with a [[group]] of people who are familiar with it and use the term.
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• Positive
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] positivus, from positus, past participl ...o, or [[constituting]] the [[degree]] of comparison that is expressed in [[English]] by the unmodified and uninflected form of an adjective or adverb and deno
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• Monk
  ...ious [[asceticism]], living either alone or with any number of like-minded people, whilst always maintaining some degree of [[physical]] separation from thos ...[[Greek]] [[language]] the term can apply to men or women; but in modern [[English]] it is in use only for men, while nun is used for female monastics.
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• Judgment
  The term '''judgment''' (American English) or '''judgement''' (British English) generally refers to the considered evaluation of evidence in the formation ...d judge that "It is raining" if there are raindrops hitting the window, if people outside are using umbrellas, and if there are clouds in the sky. Someone wh
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• Brigand
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] brigaunt, from Middle French brigand, from Old Italian brigante, from brig ...igandage may be, and not infrequently has been, the last [[resource]] of a people subject to [[invasion]]. The Calabrians who fought for [https://en.wikipedi
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• Shepherd
  ...D Old English] scēaphyrde, from scēap sheep + hierde herdsman; akin to Old English heord herd ...(grazing at large); usually one so employed for hire; or one of a pastoral people who herds (his own) sheep, goats, etc.
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• Warrior
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] werreour, from Anglo-French *werreier, guerreier, from warreier, guerreier ...as well. In some [[societies]], warfare may be so central that the entire people (or, more often, large parts of the [[male]] [[population]]) may be conside
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• Shamans
  ...ly from the [[Manchu]] [[language]], and indeed is "the only commonly used English word that is a loan from this language". ISBN 1557865604 ...and traditional healers, who assert the word comes from a specific place, people, and set of practices.
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• Pantheon
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] Panteon, a [[temple]] at [[Rome]], from [[Latin]] Pantheon, from [[Greek]] *3: the gods of a people; especially : the officially recognized gods
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• Hatred
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] enmite, from Anglo-French enemité, enemisté, from enemi enemy ...mals]], to hatred of oneself or other people, entire [[groups]] of people, people in general, [[existence]], or everything. Though not always, hatred is ofte
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• Host
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] hoste host, guest, from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] hospit-, hospes, prob An MC usually presents performers, speaks to the [[audience]], entertains people, and generally keeps the event moving. An MC may also tell [[jokes]] or [[a
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• Piety
  ...[[virtue]]; a man with pietas respected his [[responsibilities]] to other people, [[gods]] and [[entities]] (such as the [[state]]), and [[understood]] his In [[spiritual]] terminology, '''piety''' is [[Adam]]. While [[different]] people may understand its [[meaning]] differently, it is generally used to refer e
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• Countenance
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] contenance, from Anglo-French cuntenance, contenance, from Medieval Latin Some people have [[traditionally]] linked some differences in personal [[appearance]] s
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• Literature
  ...ly "acquaintance with letters" as in the first sense given in the [[Oxford English Dictionary]] (from the [[Latin]] ''littera'' meaning "an individual written ...s of Jeffrey Archer as unworthy of inclusion under the general heading of "English literature". Critics may exclude works from the classification "literature
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• Acuity
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''acuite'' acridity, from Middle French ''acuité'', from Medieval Latin ' ...assic [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snellen_chart Snellen chart]) as most people will recognise them but other [[symbols]] (such as a letter E facing in dif
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• Horde
  ...rd were due to the various [[channels]] through which the word came into [[English]] :b : a people or [[tribe]] of nomadic life
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• Secret
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French secré, secret, from [[Latin]] secretus, from past part ...en controversial, depending on the [[content]] of the secret, the group or people keeping the secret, and the [[motivation]] for secrecy. Secrecy by [[govern
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• Luck
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] lucke, from Middle Dutch luc; akin to Middle High German gelücke luck ...rm "luck" is pervasive in common [[speech]]. There are at least two senses people usually mean when they use the term, the proscriptive sense and the descrip
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• Symbol
  [[Psychology]] has found that people, and even animals, can respond to symbols as if they were the objects they
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• Tribe
  ...PERIOD Middle English], from [[Latin]] tribus, a division of the [[Roman]] people, tribe The [[English]] [[word]] tribe occurs in 13th century Middle English [[literature]] as referring to one of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tw
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• Accounting
  ...the sense of narrāre ‘tell’; the variant spellings passed to aconter and [[English]] account, accompt, though here with no corresponding division of meaning. ...n [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia Mesopotamia] (Assyrians). The people of that time relied on [[primitive]] accounting [[methods]] to [[record]] t
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• Convocation
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Middle French & Latin; Middle French, from [[Latin]] convocation-, c ...'calling [[together]]', translating the [[Greek]] ecclesia) is a group of people [[formally]] assembled for a special [[purpose]].
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• Mood
  ...erally have either a positive or negative [[valence]]. In other [[words]], people typically speak of being in a good mood or a bad mood. Unlike acute, emotio Etymologically, mood derives from the [[Old English]] mōd which denoted military courage, but could also refer to a person's h
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• Subversion
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from Late Latin subversion-, subversio, from [[Latin]] ..., such as eroding the basis of [[belief]] in the [[status quo]] or setting people against each other.
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• Scapegoat
  ...ction "to make (someone) a scapegoat". Scapegoat derives from the common [[English]] translation of the Hebrew term ''azazel'' (Hebrew: עזאזל) which occu ...s the name of a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallen_angel fallen angel]. English Christian Bible versions traditionally follow the translation of the [https
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• Tourism
  ...around a central point or axis'. This [[meaning]] has changed in modern [[English]] to represent 'one's turn'. The suffix –ism is defined as 'an action or ...s, the meaning of the word has shifted. By the middle of the 18th century, English noblemen used the term 'turn' to refer to trips undertaken for [[education]
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• 2010-05-19-You Are Loved
  ..., but do have to make up words to fit, as we have to give messages to many people who speak the different languages of your world. ...e to be turned to because he is already there inside you; except that most people don’t bother to look, or look in the wrong places. Don’t look to find G
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• Treason
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] tresoun, from Anglo-French traisun, from [[Latin]] tradition-, traditio ac ...Dolchstoßlegende], the accusation of treason towards a large [[group]] of people can be a unifying [[political]] [[message]].
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• Privilege
  Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin privilegium law for or against a private per ...separate laws for different social classes (nobility, clergy and ordinary people), instead subjecting everyone to the same common law. Privileges were aboli
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• Evangelism
  ...owever, the term may be used for the [[practice]] of attempting to convert people to any religion, even if that religion does not specifically require that i ...odern word "Gospel" comes from the [[Old English]] word "Godspell." In Old English, "god" with a long "o" meant "[[good]]," and "spell" meant "word" (we carry
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• Oral history
  ...fer to ask open-ended questions and avoid leading questions that encourage people to say what they think the interviewer wants them to say. Some interviews ...project, oral historians attempt to record the memories of many different people when researching a given event. Interviewing a single person provides a si
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• Factions
  ...the permanent and [[aggregate]] interests of the [[community]]." In plain English this is a group that pursues [[self interest]] at the expense of the common ...few individuals playing key roles, acting as a [[magnet]] for like-minded people, leading the activities of the faction, and acting as a prominent [[voice]]
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• Language
  ...l number of phonemes (as few as 15 for Hawaiian and approximately 35 for [[English]]), which are without intrinsic [[meaning]], are combined to form units tha ...humans, although all agree equally that the specific language variety that people acquire as children depends on the social [[context]] within which they are
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• Normal
  ...Abnormality varies greatly in how pleasant or unpleasant this is for other people. The [[Oxford English Dictionary]] defines "normal" as 'conforming to a [[standard]]'. Another po
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• Massacre
  ...olomew's Day massacre]). Massacre can also be used as a verb, as "To kill (people or, less commonly, [[animals]]) in numbers, esp. brutally and indiscriminat
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• Vacation
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] vacacioun, from Anglo-French vacacion, from [[Latin]] vacation-, vacatio ...pecific trip or [[journey]] for the [[purposes]] of recreation or tourism. People often take a vacation during specific holiday observances, or for specific
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• Marriage
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] mariage, which first appears in 1250–1300 C.E. This in turn is derived f '''Marriage''' is a [[social]] [[union]] or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an [[institution]] in which interpersonal [[rel
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• Oahspe
  ...the "new bible," "a large quarto volume of over 900 pages," to a group of people. Newbrough claimed that the [[book]] was not a [[sacred]] text per se, but ...lish of the King James version of the Christian bible is mixed in with the English of today's."[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ballou_Newbrough]
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• Demand
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''demaunden'', from Anglo-French ''demander'', from Medieval Latin ''deman ...buyers at various prices. The quantity demanded is the amount of a product people are willing to buy at a certain price; the [[relationship]] between price a
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• Spectacle
  ...m of art in [[theater]] dating from the 17th century in [[English language|English]] [[drama]]. ...am Davenant]], who would become one of the major [[impressario]]s of the [[English Restoration]], also wrote pre-Revolutionary masques with Inigo Jones. The
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• New York City
  ...tatistical Area in the United States, containing an estimated 23.4 million people. ...Amsterdam New Amsterdam] in 1626. The city and its surroundings came under English control in 1664 New York served as the capitol of the United States from 17
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• Trap
  ...h trape (of Germanic origin); akin to Middle Dutch trappe trap, stair, Old English treppan to tread ...scans]. Metal detectors are often built in in order to prevent entrance of people carrying [[weapons]]. Such use is particularly frequent in banks and jewell
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• Caste
  ...e] to describe inherited class [[status]] in their own European society. [[English]] caste is from Latin castus "[[pure]], cut off, [[segregated]]", the part ...t such [[perceived]] [[discrimination]] based on caste affects 250 million people worldwide.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caste]
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• Castes
  ...o describe inherited class [[status]] in their own European [[society]]. [[English]] caste is from Latin castus "pure, cut off, segregated", the participle o ...ates that such perceived discrimination based on caste affects 250 million people worldwide.
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• Hebrews
  ...vriyyim'' ʿIḇrîm'', ''ʿIḇriyyîm'', "traverse or pass over") are an ancient people defined as descendants of biblical Patriarch '''[[Abraham]]''' (Hebrew אב They were called Ibri, meaning the people from over on the other side of the Jordan river.[https://en.wiktionary.org/
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• Holy
  ...E_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''hālig''; akin to Old English ''hāl'' whole ...sh [[radical|root]]. The modern word 'health' is also derived from the Old English ''hal''. As “wholeness”, holiness may be taken to indicate a state of r
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• Weight
  ...R_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] wiht; akin to Old Norse vætt weight, Old English wegan to weigh ...t" continues to be used when, strictly, "mass" is meant. For example, most people would say that an object "weighs one kilogram", even though the kilogram is
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• Worrywart
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] (as "wrygan"), it meant, not "to fret," but "to strangle" (putting a whole ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] from a Germanic [[root]]. Several centuries of [[development]] gave "wart"
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• Eserver
  ...published. (Further, the costs this marketing adds to all books discourage people from leisure reading as a common practice.) And publishers tend to encourag ...0 at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canegie_Mellon Carnegie Mellon] as the English Server), attempts to provide an [[alternative]] niche for [[quality]] work,
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• Commute
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [[Latin]] ''commutare'' to [[change]], exchange, from ''com''- + ''m ...st workers lived less than an hour's walk from their [[work]]. Today, many people travel daily to work a long way from their own towns, [[cities]], and villa
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• Symbols
  ...does not reside only in the scepter. Its location is diffuse, some in the people, some in the king, some in the audience. Humanity lives in a world of diffu The word "symbol" came to the [[English]] [[language]] by way of [[Middle English]], from [[Old French]], from [[Latin]], from the [[Greek language|Greek]]
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• Grace
  Middle English, from Old French, from Latin grātia, from grātus, pleasing; see gwerə-2 ::c.[[Divine]] love and protection bestowed freely on people.
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• Enthusiasm
  ...velation; a vain confidence of divine favour or communication." In current English vernacular the word simply means intense enjoyment, interest, or approval. ...m" was seen in the time around 1700 as the cause of the previous century's English Civil War and its attendant atrocities, and thus it was an absolute social
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• Hysteria
  New Latin, from [[English]] hysteric, adjective, from [[Latin]] hystericus, from [[Greek]] hysterikos ...colloquial use, describes unmanageable [[emotional]] [[Extreme|excesses]]. People who are "hysterical" often lose [[self]]-[[control]] due to an overwhelming
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• Boredom
  ...since 1768. The French term for boredom, ''ennui'', is sometimes used in [[English]] as well. ...is a major [[factor]] impacting [[diverse]] areas of a [[person]]'s life. People ranked low on a boredom-proneness scale were found to have better [[perform
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• Fertility
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Middle French & Latin; Middle French, from [[Latin]] fertilis, from ...opulation]] in one year. "Cohort" data on the other hand, follows the same people over a period of decades. Both period and cohort measures are widely used.[
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• Behavior
  '''Behavior''' or '''behaviour''' (see [[American and British English spelling differences#-our .2F -or|spelling differences]]) refers to the [[a ..., behavior is considered as having no meaning, being not directed at other people and thus is the most basic human [[Action (philosophy)|action]]. Animal beh
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• 2008-03-03-Of Fears and Eternal Life
  ...pening. When these fears are intense, they cause paralysis of free will. People let themselves be guided by their fears, and do only what they feel comfort Translated into English from the Spanish transcript by Nelson.
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• Thunder
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] thunor; akin to Old High German thonar thunder, [[Latin]] tonare to thunde ...lightning, followed after some seconds by a rumble of thunder is, for many people, the first [[illustration]] of the [[fact]] that [[sound]] [[travels]] sign
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• Gallery
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] galerie, from Medieval [[Latin]] galeria, probably alteration of galilaea ...e interior walls (as of an auditorium or church) to accommodate additional people; especially : the highest balcony in a [[theater]] commonly having the chea
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• Pedagogy
  ...gh both [[words]] have roughly the same [[origin]]al [[meaning]]. In the [[English]]-speaking world the term pedagogy refers to the [[science]] or theory of e A number of people contributed to the theories of pedagogy, among these are
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• Banquet
  ...ast; especially : an elaborate and often [[ceremonious]] meal for numerous people often in [[honor]] of a person <a [[state]] banquet> A '''banquet''' ([[English]]: /ˈbæŋk.wɪt/, French: [bɑ̃.kɛ]) is a large meal or feast, complete
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• Cain and Abel
  ...omposed in [[Hebrew]] of the same three consonants as a root speculated by people to have originally meant "[[breath]]", because Rabbis postulated one of its ...n used in many European [[languages]] as both surname and first name. In [[English]], however, even Cain features in 17th century, [https://en.wikipedia.org/w
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• Appetite
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] apetit, from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] appetitus, from appetere to stri ..., sometimes called a [[pandemic]]. Given that, in many parts of the world, people are surrounded by a plentiful supply of [[food]] that prevents chronic [[hu
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• Geomancy
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''geomancie'', from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin ''geomantia'', from Geomancy was practiced by people from all social classes. It was one of the most popular forms of divination
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• Disguise
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] disgisen, from Anglo-French desguiser, deguiser, from des- dis- + guise gu ...at true [[identity]] is hidden. [[Camouflage]] is one type of disguise for people, [[animal]]s and objects. Hats, glasses, change in hair style or wigs, plas
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• Caricature
  ...lian ''caricare''—to charge or load. An early [[definition]] occurs in the English doctor [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Browne Thomas Browne]'s [https .../Sam_Viviano Sam Viviano], the term refers only to depictions of real-life people, and not to cartoon fabrications of [[fictional]] characters, which do not
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• Aztec
  Often the term "Aztec" refers exclusively to the people of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenochtitlan Tenochtitlan], situated on a ...x relates that after leaving Aztlán, their god Huitzilopochtli ordered his people to never identify themselves as Azteca, the name of their former masters. I
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• Charity
  The word "'''charity'''" entered the [[English]] [[language]] through the Old French word "charité" which was derived fro ..._Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians Letter to the Corinthians]. However the English [[word]] more generally used for this [[concept]], both before and since (a
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• Bill of Rights
  ...ill of rights" originates from Britain, and it refers to the fact that the English Bill of Rights was literally a bill which is a proposed law, that was passe
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• Manna
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English], from Late Latin, from [[Greek]], from [[Hebrew]] mān ...prophet]] [[Muhammad]] said "Truffles are 'manna' which Allah, sent to the people of Israel through Musa ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses]), and i
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• Procession
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] processioun, from Anglo-French processiun, from Late [[Latin]] & Latin; La ...lements may be used to make a '''procession''' more significant than just "people walking in the same direction":
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• Slavery
  '''Slavery''' is a form of [[force]]d [[labor]] in which people are considered to be, or treated as, the [[property]] of others. Slaves can ...ough Old French and Medieval [[Latin]] - from the medieval word for Slavic people of Central and Eastern Europe, who were the last ethnic group to be capture
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• Exhibits
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [[Latin]] exhibitus, past participle of exhibēre, from ex- + habēr ...ps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curator Curators] are sometimes involved as the people who select the items in an exhibition. [[Writers]] and [[editors]] are some
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• Automatic Writing
  ...rson]] being unaware of what will be written. In some cases, it is done by people in a [[trance]] [[state]]. In others, the writer is aware (not in a trance) ...ence'' described a series of [[experiment]]s designed to determine whether people who believed in automatic writing could be shown that it might be the ideom
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• Misnomer
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English]: from Anglo-Norman French, from the Old French verb ''mesnommer'', from '' ...ds Netherlands] while it only designates a part of that country; sometimes people refer to the [[suburb]]s of a metropolis with the name of the biggest city
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• Epitaph
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''epitaphe'', from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French, from Medie ...Renaissance] to the 19th century in Western culture, epitaphs for notable people became increasingly lengthy and [[pompous]] descriptions of their [[family]
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• Deference
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''deferren'', ''differren'', from Middle French ''differer'', from [[Latin ...ey will conform to interactional norms. Through acting on those [[norms]], people receive deference.
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• Tribute
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] tribut, from [[Latin]] tributum, from neuter of tributus, past participle ...occur. A tributary or tributary [[state]] is a state, colony, region, or people who pay tribute to a more powerful, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzerain
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• Conspiracy
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French conspirer, from [[Latin]] conspirare to be in [[harmony ...btain an illegal objective. A conspiracy may also refer to a [[group]] of people who make an agreement to form a [[partnership]] in which each member become
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• Scouts
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French ''escuter'' to [[listen]], from [[Latin]] ''auscultare' ...''societies''. The scouts' [[original]] [[purpose]] was to [[protect]] his people from [[enemies]], and to locate [[Food|game]] and new campsites.
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• Genealogy
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''genealogie'', from Anglo-French, from Late Latin ''genealogia'', from [[ ...fessional genealogists. Both try to [[understand]] not just where and when people lived, but also their lifestyles, biographies, and motivations. This often
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• Apathy
  ...felt after witnessing horrific [[acts]], such as the killing or maiming of people during a [[war]]. It is also known to be associated with many conditions in ...ere a package deal" in some [[populations]] which may help illustrate what people mean when they say that "The opposite of [[love]] is not hate, it is apathy
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• Cave
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] cava, from cavus hollow; akin to [[Gre ...atural]] underground [[space]] large enough for a [[human]] to enter. Some people suggest that the term cave should only apply to cavities that have some par
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• Reform
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French refurmer, from [[Latin]] reformare, from re- + formare ...ystem, but try to overthrow whether it be the [[government]] or a group of people themselves.
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• Harvest
  ...in a fortnight of the autumnal equinox (21 of September). However, as more people gradually moved from [[working]] the land to living in towns (especially th ...urnal/v204/n4963/abs/2041088b0.html Alpha-Amylase Activity of Varieties of English Wheat]
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• English
  [[Image:English.jpg|right|frame]] ...he most profound outside influences on the development of PDE (present day english) are the [[Viking]] conquests and settlements--resulting in the establishme
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• Homily
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''omelie'', from Anglo-French, from Late Latin ''homilia'', from Late Gree ...rvice for the Lutheran Church) at the end of the Liturgy of the Word. Many people consider it synonymous with a [[sermon]].
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• Gourmet
  ...assistant, probably ultimately from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Middle English] ''grom'' groom ...m and its associated [[practices]] are usually used positively to describe people of refined taste and [[passion]].
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• Ancestry
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ancestre, from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] antecessor predecessor, from a ...exts]] display less veneration of elders. In other cultural contexts, some people seek [[providence]] from their deceased ancestors; this [[practice]] is som
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• Dialectic
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] dialetik, from Anglo-French dialetiqe, from [[Latin]] dialectica, from [[G ...s]. The dialectical method is [[dialogue]] between [[two]], or among more, people holding [[different]] [[points of view]] about a subject, who wish to [[est
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• Leisure
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] leiser, from Anglo-French leisir, from leisir to be permitted, from [[Lat ...inction between leisure and compulsory activities is loosely applied, i.e. people sometimes do [[work]]-oriented tasks for [[pleasure]] as well as for long-t
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• 2007-04-01-Depression
  ...it up in the dictionary. The first thing you realize is that the wondrous English language, once again, has applied several meanings to one word, which in ot ...yourselves up in this way to apply a variety of meanings to just one word. English has been described as the shorthand language, but it also can be quite conf
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• Complaint
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] compleynen, from Anglo-French compleindre, from Vulgar Latin *complangere, ...g [[criminal]] [[sanction]]s, such as the State (also sometimes called the People) or Crown (in Commonwealth realms). In the United States, the complaint is
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• Psychotherapy
  According to the [[Oxford English Dictionary]], psychotherapy first meant "hypnotherapy" instead of "psychoth
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• Cooperation
  ...ce multicellular [[organisms]]. Organisms form food chains and ecosystems. People form families, gangs, cities and nations. [[Neurons]] create [[thought]] an Many people resort to this because, they may cooperate by trading with each other or by
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• Ugliness
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Old Norse uggligr, from uggr fear; akin to Old Norse ugga to [[fear] For some people, ugliness is a central aspect of their [[persona]]. [https://en.wikipedia.o
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• Methodology
  ...than outline the researchers’ methods (as in, “We conducted a survey of 50 people over a two-week period and subjected the results to statistical [[analysis] *Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language, Second Edition, Unabridged, W.A. Neilson, T.A. *Knott, P.W. Carha
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• Lecture
  ...he noun "lectern" refers to the reading desk used by lecturers. In British English and several other [[languages]] the noun "lecture" must grammatically be th ...an [[oral]] presentation [[intended]] to present [[information]] or teach people about a particular subject, for example by a [[university]] or college [[te
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• Curfew
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French ''coverfeu'', [[signal]] given to bank the [[hearth]] f ...he time of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_laws Jim Crow laws], or people younger than a certain age (usually within a few years either side of 18) i
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• Leprosy
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] lepruse, from leprous ...]] transmitted nor highly infectious after treatment. Approximately 95% of people are [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_immunity naturally immune] and s
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• Treasure
  ...hat his narrative was quite unrealistic — it described a tribe of headless people, for example — his reputation commanded such respect that other cartograp
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• Declaration of Independence
  ...onize the Revolution. But as descendants of the revolutionaries and their English ancestors, they felt the need for a document that stated those values in a ...popular mind. By accepting the Gettysburg Address, its concept of a single people dedicated to a proposition, we have been changed. Because of it, we live in
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• Riot
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French riote rash [[action]], [[noise]], disorder ...nd [[intense]] rash of [[violence]] against [[authority]], [[property]] or people. While [[individuals]] may attempt to lead or [[control]] a riot, riots are
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• Bonding
  The term comes from the 12th century, Middle English word ''band'', which refers to something that binds, ties, or restrains. In ...but can also [[develop]] among groups such as sporting teams and whenever people spend [[time]] [[together]]. Bonding is a [[mutual]], interactive [[process
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• Idiom
  *1a : the [[language]] peculiar to a people or to a district, [[community]], or class : [[dialect]] .... There are estimated to be at least 25,000 idiomatic expressions in the [[English]] language.
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• Arbritrary
  ...on]]'s fitness to purchase gasoline, it was still an arbitrary division of people. Similarly, schoolchildren are often organized by their surname in alphabet ...red not to segregate people. If people are lined up by their surnames, the people's positions' will not be affected by their race, age or sexual orientation.
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• Park
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin parricus, from pre-L *parra pole, ...val] times. They had walls or thick hedges around them to keep game in and people out.
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• Jewel
  ...ed /ˈdʒu - əlri/ or /ˈdʒu - ələri/) or jewelry (see American and British [[English]] spelling [[differences]]) is an item of [[personal]] adornment, such as a ...e for wealthy people or as indications of [[social status]]. In some cases people were buried with their jewellery.
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• Orthodox
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] orthodoxe, from Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French orthodoxe, from ...wiki/Heterodoxy heterodoxy] ("other teaching"), [[heresy]] and [[schism]]. People who deviate from orthodoxy by professing a [[doctrine]] considered to be fa
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• Etty Hillesum
  ...scribe both her religious [[awakening]] and the [[persecutions]] of Jewish people in Amsterdam during the German occupation. In 1943 she was deported and kil ...h Council, voluntarily transferring to a department of "Social Welfare for People in Transit" at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westerbork_transit_camp Weste
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• 2019-10-17-Improved Receptivity Circuit
  ...ransmission belt between Us and you, so we can guide the maximum number of people who are aware of our presence and have a real desire to be of service to Ch ...nfident that now, this improved receptivity circuit can reach thousands of people on Urantia, because the more you will receive our communications during the
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• Bonfire
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''bonefire'' a [[fire]] of bones, from ''bon'' bone + ''fire'' ...es of the slaughtered livestock they had stored for the [[winter]] months. People and their livestock would often walk between two bonfires as a cleansing [[
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• Pulpit
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from Late Latin pulpitum, from [[Latin]], staging, pla ...rn primarily [[functions]] as a reading stand. It is typically used by lay people to read the [[scripture]] lessons (except for the Gospel lesson), to [[lead
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• Worldview
  ...ative exchanges. Worldview remains a [[confused]] and confusing concept in English, used very differently by linguists and [[sociologists]]. It is for this re ...Edward Sapir] gives a very subtle account of this relationship in English. English linguists tend to persist in attaching [[discussion]] of worldviews to the
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• Sarcasm
  ...flesh; probably akin to Avestan thwarəs- to cut. It is first recorded in [[English]] in 1579, in an annotation to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shepheard ...asm, he said, was "usually the last refuge of [[modest]] and chaste-souled people when the [[privacy]] of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded." [h
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• 2011-03-01-Questions to Ponder
  ...ople. Well, my friends, they may tell you they support the lower orders of people, but more often than not it is their aim to make themselves and their famil ...you are of shall we say “Western” societies and predominantly those of the English speaking ones, then you need look no further than the Government and the Op
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• Mental Disability
  ...r intellectually challenged is now preferred by most [[advocates]] in most English-speaking countries. Clinically, however, mental retardation is a subtype of ...utrition or lead poisoning. The so-called "typical appearance" ascribed to people with mental retardation is only present in a [[minority]] of cases, all of
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• Siblings
  ...d by factors such as parental treatment, birth order, [[personality]], and people and experiences outside the family. [1] ...nheritance law) half siblings were often accorded unequal treatment. Old [[English]] [[common law]] at one time incorporated inequalities into the laws of int
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• Visionary
  ...o the supernatural. At times this involves seeing into the future. Certain people are capable of going into the visionary state via meditation, drugs, lucid ...ome of the pioneers of [[personal computing]] such as [[Steve Jobs]]. Some people use [[mathematics]] to make visionary discoveries in the nature of the [[un
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