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) In society more and more aware of its manifold cultures and subcultures we have been educated to be familiar and comfortable.   State of cultures and being educated on them   Manifold- different cultures   adj   Manifold- adj. Marked by diversity or variety.   Milwaukee is said to be a very manifold city.  
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) Now others blame affluence, or say it has something to do with permissive upbringing.   Upbringing   Affluence- The way of a persons life style   noun   Affluence-noun. an abundant flow or supply   A very wealthy family has a affluence of money flow.  
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) Now others blame affluence, or say its has something to do with permissive u   The way of upbringing. Blaming. Npbringing.ot something good   Permissive- When an adult is careless raising his or her children   -adj   Permissive-adj. Granted on sufferance   In Neeceys lullaby Ruby treated all her children with permissive actions.  
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It of course goes without saying that economic feasibility limit’s the tether of what can or cannot be done for land.   Limits, economic, what can or cant be done   Feasibility- Economic structure   noun   Feasibility-noun. Capable of being done or carried out.   The seniors had a large feasibility for a senior prank, knowing they had a graduating class of 700  
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If of course goes without say that economic feasibility limit’s the tether of what can or cannot be done for land.   Limits, of what can or cant be done   Tether- results of something   noun   Tether-noun. The limit of one's strength or resources   When Bill Clinton stepped down from office he lost the tether he once held in office.  
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It didn’t know then what every one knows now about leukemia and various kinds of carcinoma birth defects.   Birth defects, cancer   Carcinoma- serious birth defects   noun   Carcinoma-noun. a malignant tumor of epithelial origin   Doctors are trying to find a cure for carcinoma.  
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As I sat on the top of my omnibus , I had a good view of him   On top, could see then   Omnibus- High seat view around   noun   Omnibus-noun. A usually automotive public vehicle designed to carry a large number of passengers : BUS   I got stuck behind the omnibus trying to get into my elementary parking lot.  
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Newton traced in them two expressions of a single concept. gravitation: are in that sense his free creation   concept, his creation, free   Gravitation- an act that is free for everyone   Gravitation-noun   Gravitation-noun. A force manifested by acceleration toward each other of two free material particles or bodies or of radiant-energy quanta   The cars produced gravitation as they accelerated during the race.  
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Today I hear bilingual educators say that children lose degree of “individuality” by becoming assimilated into public society.   Educators of some degree.   Bilingual- Highly educated profession or professionals.   Bilingual-adj.   Bilingual-adj. Having or expressed in two languages   Most language majors bilingual during college.  
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In twenty-three years-an eye blink in our linguistic history-the new little word that evolved from cryptic buss to an automatism.   Evolved, grew ?   Linguistic- History in the making   Linguistic-adj.   Linguistic-adj. of or relating to language   In the hmong culture they linguistic the American language.  
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In twenty-three years-an eye blink in our linguistic history-the new little word that evolved from cryptic buss to an automatism.   Evolved, words   Cryptic- some little words that are un noticeable at times.   Cryptic-adj   Cryptic-adj. Having or seeming to have a hidden or ambiguous meaning   Polly was cryptic when I told her there was nothing wrong.  
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These inadvertently made beings are caught in twisting web of motive and desire.   Beings, meaning people.   Inadvertently- not normal people   Inadvertently noun   Inadvertently noun-not focusing the mind on a matter   Most children with Attention Deficit Disorder inadvertently pay attention in school  
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Mr.Lincoln passing on from this scene to Washington where he was inaugurated , amid armed cavalry, and sharpshooters at every point.   Amid, armed , sharpshooters   Inaugurated- In way of harm   Inaugurated noun   Inaugurated noun-to induct into an office with suitable ceremonies   I’m not sure of many presidents with inaugurated these days.  
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However certain implications, always tacitly understood, which gave a more precise meaning to the term.   understood, more meaning   Implications- trying to understand something, give more meaning   Implications- noun   Implications- noun-the act of implying : the state of being   Ray gave many implications that he was okay.  
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)However certain implications, always tacitly understood, which gave a more precise meaning to the term.   a way of understanding   Tacitly- a rude way of understanding something.   Tacitly-adj   Tacitly-adj- expressed or carried on without words or speech   The tacitly way my mother scolds me rarely last very long.  
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However certain implications, always tacitly understood, which gave a more precise meaning to the term.   meaning to something.   Precise- A good meaning to an important topic.   Precise-adj   Precise-adj- exactly or sharply defined or stated   The doctor sounded very precise when he told me only to take my medications once a day.  
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Profit by segregation have become insensitive to the problems of the masses.   Profit of some sort.   Insensitive- being unfair about a problem   Insensitive- adj   Insensitive- adj. lacking feeling or tact   My aunt was insensitive about the funeral.  
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This point has been put trenchantly in a fable by Karl Popper   At a point?   Trenchantly- Something bad   Trenchantly-adj   Trenchantly-adj. Keen or sharp.   The army has to be trenchantly awake during the war.  
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This point has been put trenchantly in a fable by Karl Popper.   At a point?   Fable- sticky situation   Fable-noun   Fable-noun. a fictitious narrative or statement   Many old time stories my grandparents told me were fables.  
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While these results fit well with the prevalence of risky behavior.   Result of. Fit well with.   Prevalence- Saw something   Prevalence-noun   Prevalence-noun- Powerful or dominate.   Men were thought to be prevalence to women to earlier years.  
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Three patterns, then, emerge in our misestimates   Emerge, guess or think   Misestimates- To give an educated guess.   Misestimates-prefix-   Misestimates-prefix- badly : wrongly   Many children set up for adoption have been Misestimates  
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And all this risk has been seen against a background of mortality from cause of outside human control.   People doing something inhuman like   Morality- Someone teaching moals   Morality-noun   Morality-noun. a literary or other imaginative work teaching a moral lesson   Community service teaches you morality of other peoples living conditions.  
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And excise more or less scrupulously and buckle up religiously, I am obsessed with immortality   On set schedule   Scrupulously- Doing things at the same time every day.   Scrupulously-adj   .Scrupulously-adj. having moral integrity : acting in strict regard for what is considered right or proper   Most priest have high scrupulously to there god above.  
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The criticisms inductivism are certainly valid and I welcome its dethroning during the past thirty years   Valid, “de” taking away something   Dethroning- Taking someone off of royalty   Dethroning-transitive verb.   Dethroning-transitive verb. to remove from a throne or place of power or prominence   I king was beheaded and dethroned.  
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) Inductivism also depicted science as a heartless, almost inhuman discipline.   Heartless, inhuman   Depicted- Brought less worth to mean   Depicted- transitive verb   Depicted- transitive verb. to represent by or as if by a picture   Since I am away at college my mother depicted many pictures to show people what I look like.  
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