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Honored
hon·or (ŏn′ər) n.
1. High respect, as that shown for special merit; esteem: the
honor shown to a Nobel laureate.
2. a. Good
name; reputation. b. A source or
cause of credit: was an honor to the profession.
3. a. Glory or recognition; distinction.
b. A
mark, token, or gesture of respect or distinction: the place of honor at the
table.
c. A
military decoration.
d. A
title conferred for achievement.
drop out
1. To withdraw from participation, as in a game,
club, or school.
2. To withdraw from established society,
especially because of disillusion with conventional values.
commencement (kə-mĕns′mənt) n.
1. A beginning; a start.
2. a. A ceremony at which academic degrees or
diplomas are conferred.
b. The
day on which such a ceremony occurs.
No
big deal
no
big deal and no biggie
Inf. [of something] not difficult or
troublesome. Don't
worry. It's no big deal to wash the car. No
problem. It's no biggie.
quit
v. quit or quit·ted (kwĭt′ĭd), quit·ting, quits v.tr.
1. To depart from; leave: "You and I are on
the point of quitting the theater of our exploits
" (Horatio Nelson).
2. To leave the company of: had to quit the
gathering in order to be home by midnight.
3. To give up; relinquish: quit a job.
4. To abandon or put aside; forsake: advised them
to quit their dissipated ways.
5. To cease or discontinue: asked them to quit
talking; quit smoking.
6. Computer Science To exit (an application).
a·dopt (ə-dŏpt′)tr.v. a·dopt·ed, a·dopt·ing, a·dopts
1. To take into one's family through legal means
and raise as one's own child.
2. a. To
take and follow (a course of action, for example) by choice or assent: adopt a
new
technique.
b. To
take up and make one's own: adopt a new idea.
3. To take on or assume: adopted an air of
importance.
4. To vote to accept: adopt a resolution.
5. To choose as standard or required in a course:
adopt a new line of English textbooks.
re·fuse 1
(rĭ-fyo̅o̅z′)
v. re·fused, re·fus·ing, re·fus·es
v.tr.
1. a. To indicate unwillingness to do, accept, give,
or allow: She was refused admittance.
He refused treatment.
b. To indicate unwillingness (to do something):
refused to leave.
2. To decline to jump (an obstacle). Used of a
horse.v.intr.
To decline to
do, accept, give, or allow something.
re·lent (rĭ-lĕnt′)
v. re·lent·ed, re·lent·ing, re·lents
v.intr.
To become more
lenient, compassionate, or forgiving. See Synonyms at yield. v.tr. Obsolete
1. To cause to slacken or abate.
2. To cause to soften in attitude or temper.
na·ive or
na·ïve (nī-ēv′, nä-) also na·if or na·ïf (nī-ēf′, nä-)adj.
1. Lacking worldly experience and understanding,
especially:
a. Simple and guileless; artless: a child with a
naive charm.
b. Unsuspecting or credulous: "Students,
often bright but naive, bet—and lose—substantial sums of money on sporting
events" (Tim Layden).
2. Showing or characterized by a lack of
sophistication and critical judgment: "this extravagance of metaphors,
with its naive bombast" (H.L. Mencken).
3. a. Not previously subjected to experiments:
testing naive mice.
b. Not
having previously taken or received a particular drug: persons naive to
marijuana.
n.
One who is
artless, credulous, or uncritical.
Deposits de·pos·it (dĭ-pŏz′ĭt)
v. de·pos·it·ed, de·pos·it·ing, de·pos·its
v.tr.
1. To put or set down; place.
2. To lay down or leave behind by a natural
process: layers of sediment that were deposited on the ocean floor; glaciers
that deposited their debris as they melted.
3. a. To give over or entrust for safekeeping.
b. To
put (money) in a bank or financial account.
4. To give as partial payment or security. v.intr.
To become
deposited; settle.
n.
1. Something, such as money, that is entrusted for
safekeeping, as in a bank.
2. The condition of being deposited: funds on
deposit with a broker.
3. A partial or initial payment of a cost or debt:
left a $100 deposit toward the purchase of a stereo system.
4. A sum of money given as security for an item
acquired for temporary use.
5. A depository.
6. Something deposited, especially by a natural
process, as:
a. Geology
A concentration of mineral matter or sediment in a layer, vein, or pocket: iron
ore deposits; rich deposits of oil and natural gas.
b. Physiology An accumulation of organic or inorganic
material, such as a lipid or mineral, in a body tissue, structure, or fluid.
c. A sediment or precipitate that has settled out
of a solution.
7. A coating or crust left on a surface, as by
evaporation or electrolysis.
curiosity
cu·ri·os·i·ty (kyo͝or′ē-ŏs′ĭ-tē)
n.
pl. cu·ri·os·i·ties
1. A desire to know or learn.
2. A desire to know about people or things that do not concern
one; nosiness.
3. An object that arouses interest, as by being novel or
extraordinary: kept the carved bone and displayed it as a curiosity.
4. A strange or odd aspect.
5. Archaic
Fastidiousness.
Intuition
in·tu·i·tion (ĭn′to̅o̅-ĭsh′ən,
-tyo̅o̅-)n.
1. a. The act or faculty of knowing or sensing without the use of
rational processes; immediate cognition.
b. Knowledge gained by the use of this
faculty; a perceptive insight.
2. A sense of something not evident or deducible; an
impression.
Calligraphic
cal·lig·ra·phy (kə-lĭg′rə-fē)n.
1. a. The
art of fine handwriting.
b. Works in fine handwriting considered
as a group.
2. Handwriting.
Reject
re·ject (rĭ-jĕkt′) tr.v. re·ject·ed, re·ject·ing,
re·jects
1. To refuse to accept, submit to, believe, or make use of.
2. To refuse to consider or grant; deny.
3. To refuse to recognize or give affection to (a person).
4. To discard as defective or useless; throw away. See Synonyms
at refuse1.
5. To spit out or vomit.
6. Medicine To resist
immunologically the introduction of (a transplanted organ or tissue); fail to
accept as part of one's own body.
n.
(rē′jĕkt)
One that has been rejected: a reject
from the varsity team; a tire that is a reject.
Encountered
en·coun·ter (ĕn-koun′tər)
n.
1. A meeting, especially one that is unplanned, unexpected, or
brief: a chance encounter in the park.
2. a. A hostile
or adversarial confrontation; a contest: a tense naval encounter.
b. An often violent meeting; a clash.
v.
en·coun·tered, en·coun·ter·ing, en·coun·ters v.tr.
1. To meet, especially unexpectedly; come upon: encountered an
old friend on the street.
2. To confront in battle or contention.
3. To come up against: encounter numerous obstacles.
v.intr.
To meet, especially unexpectedly.
Phrasal Verb:
button up
1. To fasten one's clothing tightly, as against
cold weather.
2. To close or seal securely: button up the cabin
for winter.
3. To complete the final details of:
"Publication is a couple of months off; they're just buttoning up
paperback rights" (Donald Dale Jackson).
bi·op·sy (bī′ŏp′sē)
n. pl. bi·op·sies
1. The removal and examination of a sample of
tissue from a living body for diagnostic purposes.
2. A sample so obtained.
tr.v. bi·op·sied, bi·op·sy·ing, bi·op·sies
To remove
(tissue) from a living body for diagnostic purposes.
en·do·scope (ĕn′də-skōp′) n.
An instrument
for examining visually the interior of a bodily canal or a hollow organ such as
the colon, bladder, or stomach.
cur·a·ble (kyo͝or′ə-bəl)
adj.
Being such that
curing or healing is possible: curable diseases.
in·tel·lec·tu·al
(ĭn′tl-ĕk′cho̅o̅-əl) adj.
1. a. Of
or relating to the intellect.
b. Rational rather than emotional.
2. Appealing
to or engaging the intellect: an intellectual book; an intellectual problem.
3. a. Having
or showing intellect, especially to a high degree. See Synonyms at intelligent.
b. Given to activities or pursuits that require
exercise of the intellect.
n.
An intellectual
person.
Dog·ma (dôg′mə, dŏg′-)
n. pl. dog·mas
or dog·ma·ta (-mə-tə)
1. A doctrine or a corpus of doctrines relating to
matters such as morality and faith, set forth in an authoritative manner by a
church.
2. An authoritative principle, belief, or
statement of ideas or opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true.
See Synonyms at doctrine.
3. A principle or belief or a group of them:
"The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present"
(Abraham Lincoln).
hitch·hike (hĭch′hīk′)
v. hitch·hiked, hitch·hik·ing, hitch·hikes
v.intr.
To travel by
soliciting free rides along a road.
v.tr.
To solicit or
get (a free ride) along a road.
Fare·well (fâr-wĕl′) interj.
Used to express
goodbye.
n.
1. An acknowledgment at parting; a goodbye.
2. The act of departing or taking leave.
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