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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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