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1. Ritual (n)

1. A series of actions that are always performed in the same way, especially as part of a religious ceremony.

Ex. The roda was a ritual. It was an event, not a show. What's the difference? A show's done for those watching. The roda was done for those of us playing and singing and composing.

2. Something that is done regularly and always in the same way.

Ex. Coffee and the newspaper are part of my morning ritual.

2. Indifference (n)

Lack of interest in someone or something.

Ex. Newcomers were always treated with indifference. Even if you were the best guitar player, or cuica player, or composer, or cavaquinho player, in the world, you had to be invited to join the circle.

3. Pathetic (adj)

Causing feelings of sadness, sympathy, or sometimes lack of respect, especially because a person or an animal is suffering. Ex. Two such examples of realistic and pathetic racial film melodramas were released in 1915 with an unprecedented nationwide success.

4. Blasphemy (n)

Irreverent behavior toward anything held sacred, priceless.

Ex. There, it was blasphemy to speak of a song's catchiness, or to call it a hit. In order to be a "true sambista" you were required to pretend that samba was not a product.

5. Salient (adj)

Most noticeable or important.

Ex. The six to eight different maps in the interest-map sum were each salient features in themselves, such as skin-colour, motion, edges or colour saturation.

6. Arbitrary (adj)

1. Using unlimited personal power without considering other peoples rights or wishes.

Ex. From such examples, social psychologists inferred that humans were, indeed, so spontaneously groupish that they would favor their group even if the group was entirely arbitrary, even if groups were arbitrarily constructed by an experimenter. 2. Based on a desire or idea or chance rather than reason.

Ex. Her outfit was an arbitrary choice but was just perfect.

7. Paradigm (n)

A model of something, or a very clear and typical example of something.

Ex. To summarize: the two dimensions of modeling (the distributed / non distributed nature of representation and the chosen paradigm) are independent.

8. Spurious (adj)

False, although seeming to be real or true.

Ex. He had managed to create the entirely spurious impression that the company was thriving.

9. Irrationality (n)

The fact of not using reason or clear thinking.

Ex. The book is full of amusing examples that illustrate the irrationality of consumers.

10. Reciprocate (v)

1. To do something for someone because the person has done something similar for you.

Ex. Hemingway loved Stein and she reciprocated his love.

2. To share the same feelings as someone else, or to behave in the same way as someone else.

Ex. We invited them to dinner and a week later they reciprocated.

11. Allocate (v)

To give something to someone as their share of a total amount, to use in a particular way.

Ex. The president has agreed to allocate further funds to develop the new submarine.

12. Peril (n)

Great danger, or something that is very dangerous.

Ex. The main perils covered are fire, lightning, explosion, and earthquake.

13. Allude (v)

To mention someone or something without talking about him, her, or it directly.

Ex. The lyrics also allude to Swift's tumultuous life in the spotlight.

14. Luster (n) = lustre

1. The shining quality of a surface.

Ex. The shell had a beautiful pearly lustre.

2. The quality of being special in a way that is exciting.

Ex. The presence of the prince added lustre to the occasion.

15. Penetrate (v)

To move into or through something.

Ex. Our president, with his wisdom and astuteness, has helped us to penetrate new problems, to analyze situations, to make fine distinctions.

16. Endeavor (v)

To try to do something.

Ex. Today there are men and women in every field of endeavor who are bending all their energies toward a realization of this dream of universal justice.

17. Contemplate (v)

To spend time considering a possible future action, or to consider one particular thing for a long time in a serious and quiet way.

Ex. On the other hand, new translations, computer technology, electronic databases and the feasibility of word searches make such enterprises easier to contemplate.

18. Prosecution (n)

The act of taking part in a planted set of activities, especially a war.

Ex. The key witness for the prosecution was offered police protection after she received death threats.

19. Suffrage (n)

The right to vote in an election, especially to vote for representatives in a government.

Ex. She wrote a book about the women's suffrage movement in America.

20. Protestation (n)

A strong statement that something is true, especially when other people do not believe you.

Ex. Their protestations of loyalty seem rather hollow in view of the way they behaved.

21. Enshrine (v)

To contain or keep something as if in a holy place.

Ex. A lot of memories are enshrined in this photograph album.

22. Grasp (v)

1. To quickly take something in your hand(s) and hold it firmly. Ex. We must grasp every opportunity to strengthen economic ties with other countries.

2. To understand something, especially something difficult.

Ex. The government has acknowledged that homelessness is a problem but it has failed to grasp the scale of the problem.

23. Intervention (n)

Action taken to improve or help a situation.

Ex. In the second group of states, direct intervention in the economy was limited.

24. Patriotic (adj)

Showing love for your country and being proud of it.

Ex. Many Americans felt it was their patriotic duty to buy bonds to support the war effort.

25. Magnitude (n)

The great size or importance of something; the degree to which something is large or important.

Ex. Using detailed models they developed of the interior of massive terrestrial, Valencia and her group determined how the mass of a super-Earth is related to the thickness of its plates and the magnitude of the stresses the plates experience.

26. Subduction (n)

A situation in which one of the earth's plates slides under another, often causing an earthquake or volcano.

Ex. These stresses, part of the slow, slow convection of Earth's mantle, are the driving force behind the deformation and subduction (when one plate sinks below another) of the plates.