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| Question | Answer |
| PARADIGM | AN EXAMPLE SERVING AS A MODEL; PATTERN |
| INTEGRATION | AN ACT OF INSTANCE OF COMBINING INTO AN INTEGRAL WHOLE |
| CONTEXT | THE PART OF A WRITTEN OR SPOKEN STATEMENT THAT PRECEDE OR FOLLOW A SPECIFIC WORD OR PASSAGE, USUALLY INFLUENCING ITS MEANING OR EFFECT |
| EPOCH (ee-pok) | THE BEGINNING OF A DISTINCTIVE PERIOD IN THE HISTORY OF ANYTHING |
| METAPHYSICAL | BASICALLY MEANS, THE STRUCTURE AND PHYSICS OF REALITY. |
| PHYSICS | THE SCIENCE THAT DEALS WITH MATTER, ENERGY, MOTION, AND FORCE. |
| PUZZLING | CONFUSING OR BAFFLING |
| WHAT IS MATTER | MATTER IS ENERGY, SPACE AND TIME |
| EPISTEMIC | OF OR RELATING TO KNOWLEDGE OR THE CONDITIONS FOR ACQUIRING IT |
| EPISTEMOLOGY | A BRANCH OF PHILOSOPHY THAT INVESTIGATES THE ORIGIN, NATURE, METHODS, AND LIMITS OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE. |
| COACTION | FORCE OR COMPULSION, EITHER IN RESTRAINING OR IN IMPELLING |
| RATIONAL | HAVING OR EXERCISING REASON, SOUND JUDGMENT, OR GOOD SENSE |
| PREJUDICES | AN UNFAVORABLE OPINION OR FEELING FORMED BEFOREHAND OR WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE, THOUGHT, OR REASON |
| CONFLATE | TO COMBINE OR BLEND (TWO THINGS, ESP TWO VERSIONS OF A TEXT) SO AS TO FORM A WHOLE |
| FOOTHOLD | A SECURE POSITION, ESPECIALLY A FIRM BASIS FOR FURTHER PROGRESS OR DEVELOPMENT |
| STATICS | THE BRANCH OF MECHANICS THAT DEALS WITH BODIES AT REST OR FORCES IN EQUILIBRIUM. |
| QUOTE, UNQUOTE | SOMETHING THAT YOU SAY WHEN YOU WANT TO SHOW THAT YOU ARE USING SOMEONE ELSE'S PHRASE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU DO NOT THINK THAT PHRASE IS TRUE AND TO THINK HE CHOSE TO PRACTISE LAW BECAUSE IT'S A QUOTE, UNQUOTE 'RESPECTED' PROFESSION! |
| METHODOLOGY | A SET OR SYSTEM OF METHODS, PRINCIPLES, AND RULES FOR REGULATING A GIVEN DISCIPLINE, AS IN THE ARTS OR SCIENCES. |
| PHILOSOPHY | THE UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES AND RULES OF ORGANIZATION OF A PHILOSOPHICAL SYSTEM OR INQUIRY PROCEDURE. THE STUDY OF THE PRINCIPLES UNDERLYING THE ORGANIZATION OF THE VARIOUS SCIENCES AND THE CONDUCT OF SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY. |
| REGIMEN | MEDICINE/MEDICAL. A REGULATED COURSE, AS OF DIET, EXERCISE, OR MANNER OF LIVING, INTENDED TO PRESERVE OR RESTORE HEALTH OR TO ATTAIN SOME RESULT. |
| BUT I AM NOW ON A SYSTEM OF CURE BY REGIMEN: I AM TIRED OF (........) | BUT I AM NOW ON A SYSTEM OF CURE BY REGIMEN: I AM TIRED OF SURGERY. |
| COUGAR [koo-ger] | AN OLDER WOMAN WHO SEEKS SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH MUCH YOUNGER MEN: HE'S IN HIS TWENTIES, BUT HE PREFERS COUGARS IN THEIR FORTIES AND FIFTIES TO YOUNG WOMEN HIS OWN AGE. |
| MGTOW (”MEN GOING THEIR OWN WAY”) | IS A WAY OF LIFE WHICH REFUSES TO DEFER TO WOMEN IN DEFINING THE WORTH OF MEN. INSTEAD, IT FOCUSES ON POSITIVE MALE ASPECTS, INVITING MEN TO GO THEIR OWN WAY IN LIFE. |
| PREREQUISITE [pri-rek-wuh-zit, pree-] | REQUIRED BEFOREHAND |
| A VISA IS STILL A PREREQUISITE FOR TRAVEL IN (....) COUNTRIES. | A VISA IS STILL A PREREQUISITE FOR TRAVEL IN MANY COUNTRIES. |
| QUANTIFY | TO DETERMINE, INDICATE, OR EXPRESS THE QUANTITY OF. |
| QUANTIFIABLE | TO DISCOVER OR EXPRESS THE QUANTITY OF. |
| THAT YIELD QUANTIFIABLE (.........) | THAT YIELD QUANTIFIABLE RESULTS. |
| CYBERNETICS | THE STUDY OF HUMAN CONTROL FUNCTIONS AND OF MECHANICAL AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS DESIGNED TO REPLACE THEM, INVOLVING THE APPLICATION OF STATISTICAL MECHANICS TO COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING. |
| WHAT IS SELF-IMAGE? | THE IDEA, CONCEPTION, OR MENTAL IMAGE ONE HAS OF ONESELF. |
| FROM ALL THESE WE MENTALLY CONSTRUCT A SELF (OR A PICTURE OF A SELF). ONCE AN IDEA OR A BELIEF ABOUT OURSELVES GOES INTO THIS PICTURE IT BECOMES "TRUTH," AS FAR AS WE PERSONALLY ARE CONCERNED. WE DO NOT QUESTION ITS VALIDITY, BUT PROCEED TO ACT UPON IT JUST AS IF IT WERE TRUE. | |
| PERVASIVE | SPREAD THROUGHOUT |
| THE CORRUPTION IS SO PERVASIVE THAT IT IS ACCEPTED AS THE WAY TO DO BUSINESS. | |
| THE SELF-IMAGE IS A "PREMISE," A BASE, OR A FOUNDATION UPON WHICH YOUR ENTIRE PERSONALITY, YOUR BEHAVIOR, AND EVEN YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES ARE BUILT. | |
| APTITUDE | READINESS OR QUICKNESS IN LEARNING; INTELLIGENCE |
| SHE HAS A SPECIAL APTITUDE FOR MATHEMATICS. | |
| GULLIBLE [guhl-uh-buh l] | EASILY DECEIVED OR CHEATED |
| SPONTANEOUSLY | COMING OR RESULTING FROM A NATURAL IMPULSE OR TENDENCY; WITHOUT EFFORTOR PREMEDITATION; NATURAL AND UNCONSTRAINED; UNPLANNED |
| A SPONTANEOUS BURST OF APPLAUSE. | |
| FAITH | BELIEF THAT IS NOT BASED ON PROOF |
| CONTENTION | A STRUGGLING TOGETHER IN OPPOSITION; STRIFE. |
| ANACHRONISM | SOMETHING OR SOMEONE THAT IS NOT IN ITS CORRECT HISTORICAL OR CHRONOLOGICAL TIME, ESPECIALLY A THING OR PERSON THAT BELONGS TO AN EARLIER TIME |
| THE REPRESENTATION OF AN EVENT, PERSON, OR THING IN A HISTORICAL CONTEXT IN WHICH IT COULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED OR EXISTED | |
| SHE REGARDS THE CHURCH AS AN ANACHRONISM | |
| MISAPPROPRIATE | TO PUT TO A WRONG USE. |
| MISAPPROPRIATE OF DATE WITH TIME | |
| GEOLOGY | THE SCIENCE THAT DEALS WITH THE DYNAMICS AND PHYSICAL HISTORY OF THE EARTH, THE ROCKS OF WHICH IT IS COMPOSED, AND THE PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL, AND BIOLOGICAL CHANGES THAT THE EARTH HAS UNDERGONE OR IS UNDERGOING. |
| DECIPHER | TO MAKE OUT THE MEANING OF (SOMETHING OBSCURE OR DIFFICULT TO READ OR UNDERSTAND) |
| I COULDN'T DECIPHER HIS HANDWRITING. TO INTERPRET BY THE USE OF A KEY, AS SOMETHING WRITTEN IN CIPHER: TO DECIPHER A SECRET MESSAGE. | |
| HIEROGLYPH | A WRITING SYSTEM USING PICTURE SYMBOLS; USED IN ANCIENT EGYPT |
| DISSEMINATE | TO SCATTER OR SPREAD WIDELY, AS THOUGH SOWING SEED; PROMULGATE EXTENSIVELY; BROADCAST; DISPERSE |
| TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION ABOUT PREVENTIVE MEDICINE. | |
| EXTRATERRESTRIAL | OUTSIDE, OR ORIGINATING OUTSIDE, THE LIMITS OF THE EARTH. |
| HIEROGLYPH | A HIEROGLYPHIC SYMBOL |
| Synthesize | To combine or cause to combine into a whole |
| Sentence with Synthesize | My talent is being able to synthesize this information to become understandable to myself and then therefore to the layperson. |
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