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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. |
| ) 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. |
| ) 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. |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| )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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| ) 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. |
