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| From satire, The use of humor, iront, exageraiton, or ridicule to expose and critizice people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues |
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a document drawn up in 1610 by the Arminians of the Dutch Reformed Church, presenting the differences between their doctrines and those of the strict Calvinists. |
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| v. from goad. provoke or annoy someone so as to stimulate some action or reaction |
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adj. of, relating to, believing in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities
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| adj. of, relating to, or situated on the banks of a river |
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| n. a pleasant smelling colorless volatile liquid that is highly flamable, the clear sky, the upper regiouns of air beyond the clouds |
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v. cancel or postpone the punishment of someone condemned to death
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| n. a situation in which two suppliers dominate the market for a comodity or service |
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| n. a person or thing form which a person, animal, or plant is descended or originates, ancestor or parrent |
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| adj. promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters, disregarding accpeted rules or conventions |
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| n. the action of taking something for one's own use, typocally without the owner's permissions |
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| adj. relating or devoted to that wchich is not scared or biblical secular rether that religious |
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| v. make or declare (something, typically a church) sacred, dedicate formally to a religious or divine purpose |
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| conformity to fact, accuracy |
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| adj. (of a metal with other material) able to be hammered or pressed permenently out of shape without breaking or craking |
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| threats, violence, constrainsm, or other action brought to bear on someone to do something against their will or better jugdement |
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a numerical or constant quantity placed before and multiplying the variable in an algebraic equation
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| cause an event or situation, typically one that is bad or undesierabel to happen suddenly |
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| a situation or stat of difficulty, distressm or embarassment from which it is hard to extricate oneself. |
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| an economic term describing how an individuals current decions affects what option become available in the future. Theoretically, by not consuming levels coudl increaes significanly in the future |
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| the theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity, and scope. It is the investigation of what distinguished justified belief from opinion. |
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| although we have situated ourselves with techonological advances there is still the concept of problem that arise despite our advancement. These can include the obesity from he stagnation, or diabetes from over consumption. The current situation is filled with ingnorance to this fact but the inevitable will soon be realized that this world is finite and the conceptions of infinite resoureces on this planet are not possible. |
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| an irresolvable internal contradicaion or logical disjunction in a text, argument or theory. |
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