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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Concinnity--- kon· suh· nuh· tee | What it means: The skillful and harmonious arrangement or fitting together of the different parts of something. Example: The constant concinnity of the actors' limbs in the "Fifty Shades of Grey" movie made me blush. |
| Knavery | What it means: A roughish or mischievous act. Example: The conman's knavery led to an arrest and conviction. |
| Melange | What it means: A mixture of different things. Example: I'm trying to spruce up my vocabulary with this melange of unusual words. |
| Opsimath | What it means: A person who begins to learn or study only late in life. Example: Opsimaths might have missed out on formal schooling, but their belated enthusiasm often makes up for it. |
| Philistine | What it means: A person who is hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts, or has no understanding of them. Example: Any hopes that he would become an opsimath were in vain; he was an unrepentant philistine. Read more on Brainly.in - |
| Rapscallion | What it means: A mischievous person. Example: That rapscallion is always causing trouble. |
| Asterisk | Any factor or element that makes an otherwise outstanding achievement somewhat doubtful or less impressive." |
| Digital Citizen | A person who develops the skills and knowledge to effectively use the Internet and other digital technology, especially in order to participate responsibly in social and civic activities." |
| Nerf | In a video game) to reconfigure (an existing character or weapon), making it less powerful. |
| Sapiosexual | "A person who finds intelligence to be a sexually attractive quality in others |