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NATURAL SCIENCE
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BIOLOGY
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ANATOMY
THE HUMAN SKELETON -> PART 3
■THIGH
■SHIN
■FOOT
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SOCIAL SCIENCE
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LINGUISTICS
VOCABULARY
New Word of the Day is naked.
Part of Speech: Adjective
A person or body part without clothes concealing that
Etymology -> GERMAN
SYNONYM -> nude
ANTONYM -> clothed
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New Word of the Day is nepotism.
Part of Speech: Noun
Nepotism is the practice among those with the power or influence of favoring a relative, friend, or associate, especially by giving them jobs.
Etymology -> ITALIAN
SYNONYM -> cronyism
ANTONYM -> impartiality
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New Word of the Day is never.
Part of Speech: Adverb
Not ever.
Etymology -> OLD ENGLISH
SYNONYM -> seldom
ANTONYM -> always
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LINGUISTICS
VOCABULARY
New Word of the Day is pasta.
Part of Speech: Noun
It is an Italian dish consisting of dough made from durum wheat, extruded or stamped into any shape, which will get cooked in boiling water; typically, it is served with sauce.
Etymology -> GREEK
SYNONYM -> macaroni
ANTONYM -> bread
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New Word of the Day is premeditated.
Part of Speech: Adjective
It is an action, especially a crime, thought out or planned beforehand.
Etymology -> LATIN
SYNONYM -> intentional
ANTONYM -> accidental
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New Word of the Day is puritanical.
Part of Speech: Adjective
To be puritanical is to adhere to a strict religious or moral code.
Etymology -> BRITISH
It will stem from the word "puritan," which is a member of a sect of Protestantism.
SYNONYM -> moralistic
ANTONYM -> indecent
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SOCIAL SCIENCE
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LINGUISTICS
VOCABULARY
New Word of the Day is absolution.
Part of Speech: Noun
It is a formal release from guilt, obligation, or punishment.
Etymology -> LATIN
SYNONYM -> pardon
ANTONYM -> condemn
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New Word of the Day is alien.
Part of Speech: Adjective
It is something strange and scary.
Etymology -> LATIN
SYNONYM -> unusual
ANTONYM -> familiar
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New Word of the Day is appellation.
Part of Speech: Noun
Appellation is a name or title given to someone or something.
Etymology -> LATIN
SYNONYM -> surname
ANTONYM -> disrepute
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LINGUISTICS
VOCABULARY
New Word of the Day is machination.
Part of Speech: Noun
A machination is a plot or scheme.
Etymology -> LATIN
SYNONYM -> plot
ANTONYM -> competition
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New Word of the Day is muddled.
Part of Speech: Adjective
Muddled is a state of bewilderment, confusion, or disorder.
Etymology -> DUTCH
SYNONYM -> chaotic
ANTONYM -> tidy
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VOCABULARY
New Word of the Day is relevant.
Part of Speech: Adjective
Etymology -> LATIN
SYNONYM -> pertinent
ANTONYM -> unrelated
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New Word of the Day is resuscitate.
Part of Speech: Verb
The act of revival to someone from unconsciousness or apparent death.
Etymology -> LATIN
SYNONYM -> reanimate
ANTONYM -> asphyxiate
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LINGUISTICS
VOCABULARY
New Word of the Day is each.
Part of Speech: Adjective
Every one of two or more individually considered.
Etymology -> GERMAN
SYNONYM -> any
ANTONYM -> altogether
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New Word of the Day is efface.
Part of Speech: Verb
The action of efface will destory or remove something so that it can not be seen anymore.
Etymology -> LATIN
SYNONYM -> delete
ANTONYM -> conserve
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New Word of the Day is epiphany.
Part of Speech: Noun
A moment of sudden revelation or insight is called an epiphany.
EXAMPLE
I had an epiphany regarding the scientific methodology that we use as a doctor.
Etymology -> GREEK
Synonym is a term used for a word that has the same definition as another word in the same language.
SYNONYM -> realization
Antonym is a term used for a word that has the opposite definition as another word in the same language.
ANTONYM -> bewilderment
■Homonym
This term is defined as two or more words that have the same spelling or pronunciation, but each of these will have a different definition and origin.
□Homophone is defined as two or more words that have the same pronunciation, but each of these will have a different spelling, definition, and origin.
□Homograph is defined as two or more words that have the same spelling, but each of these will have a different pronunciation, definition, and origin.
■Heteronym
This term is defined as two or more words that have the same spelling but have a different definition and pronunciation.
■Polysemy
This term is used for a word that has multiple definitions.
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New word of the day is euphemism.
Part of Speech: Noun
Euphemism is a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.
Etymology -> GREEK
SYNONYM -> substitute
ANTONYM -> dysphemism
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LINGUISTICS
VOCABULARY
New Word of the Day is gaunt.
Part of Speech: Adjective
When someone is lean and haggard from worry or illness, that person is gaunt.
Etymology -> MIDDLE ENGLISH
SYNONYM -> skeletal
ANTONYM -> fat
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New Word of the Day is gentrification.
Part of Speech: Noun
Gentrification is the process whereby the character of a poor urban area is changed by wealthier people moving in, improving housing, and attracting new businesses, typically displacing current inhabitants in the revitalization of the previous mentioned place.
Etymology -> BRITISH
it was used to describe the influx of the middle-class displacing the lower-class in urban neighborhoods
SYNONYM -> refurbishment
ANTONYM -> deterioration
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LINGUISTICS
VOCABULARY
New Word of the Day is facetious.
Part of Speech: Adjective
Facetious is handling a serious issue with deliberately, inappropriate humor.
Etymology -> FRENCH
SYNONYM -> witty
ANTONYM -> serious
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New word of the day is flippant.
Part of Speech: Adjective
Flippant is not showing a serious or respectful attitude.
Etymology -> BRITISH
SYNONYM -> disrespectful
ANTONYM -> courteous
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New Word of the Day is flummoxed.
Part of Speech: Adjective
Flummoxed is a person who's bewildered or perplexed.
Etymology -> BRITISH
SYNONYM -> befuddled
ANTONYM -> lucid
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VOCABULARY
New Word of the Day is cacophony.
Part of Speech: Noun
Cacophony is a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds.
Etymology -> GREEK
SYNONYM -> discord
ANTONYM -> silence
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New Word of the Day is chivalry.
Part of Speech: Noun
Chivalry is a medieval knight system that will incorporate a strict moral, social, and behavioral code. This code will combine qualities expected of an ideal knight, especially courage, honor, courtesy, justice, honesty, and the readiness to help those in trouble. This system was especially important with regard to behavior toward women.
Etymology -> FRENCH
SYNONYM -> gentility
ANTONYM -> vulgarity
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New Word of the Day is contempt.
Part of Speech: Noun
Contempt is an emotion that something is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn.
Etymology -> LATIN
SYNONYM -> derision
ANTONYM -> admiration
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New Word of the Day is conven.
Part of Speech: Verb
The act of summoning a group of people for a formal meeting.
Etymology -> LATIN
SYNONYM -> gather
ANTONYM -> disperse
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New Word of the Day is crockery.
Part of Speech: Noun
Crockery is plates, dishes, cups, and other similar items made of earthenware or fine china.
Etymology -> BRITISH
SYNONYM -> dinnerware
ANTONYM -> pottery
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VOCABULARY
New Word of the Day is tacky.
Part of Speech: Adjective
If you show interest in poor taste and quality, then you are tacky.
Etymology -> AMERICAN
It was used to denote the white population, who were poor, in the South
SYNONYM -> gaudy
ANTONYM -> elegant
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New word of the day is twaddle.
Part of Speech: Noun
Twaddle is a trivial or foolish speech; it can also be in written form.
Etymology -> BRITISH
SYNONYM -> gibberish
ANTONYM -> acuity
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-THEISMS AROUND THE WORLD
■NONTHEISM is a type of belief system that has apathy toward God
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-THEISMS AROUND THE WORLD
■ATHEISM is a type of belief system that there is no God
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-THEISMS AROUND THE WORLD
■ANIMISM is a type of belief system that any object, place, and creature will possess a distinct spiritual essence
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-THEISMS AROUND THE WORLD
■MONOTHEISM is a type of belief system that has only a single god
□AGNOSTICISM is a type of monotheism in which only a single god is acknowledged and worshiped, but his existence isn't known, and it isn't possible to know this
□DEISM is a type of monotheism in which only a single god is acknowledged and worshiped based on reason rather than revelation or instruction in any specific religion
□PANENTHEISM is a type of monotheism in which the existence of God will interpenetrate every part of nature, but which he is, nevertheless, fully distinct from it
□PANTHEISM is a type of monotheism in which the universe is God, and he is worthy of worship. Or that God is the sum total of everything and that any combined substance, force, and natural law that we see around us are, therefore, manifestations of God
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CIVICS
THE CONSTITUTION
1st Amendment
This amendment will stop any governance from enacting a law supporting or prohibiting any religion; or any abridgement made against the freedom of your speech or in the media; or the prohibition of people to peacefully assemble in response to any grievance its citizenship shall hold against the government.
2nd Amendment
This amendment will authorize the formation of any militia and regard it as a necessity to the security of a free state. As such, any citizen shall consider it their right to use any such weapon in the defiance against tyranny if that governance is corrupt. Without that threat, it is an entitlement to you in the security of your physical body to use any weapon to stop any enemy from using deadly force.
3rd Amendment
This amendment will forbid any forcible housing of military personnel in a citizen's home during any stretch of peace, and it will require the process to be prescribed by law during a war.
4th Amendment
This amendment will protect people from any unreasonable search and seizure by the government.
5th Amendment
This amendment will outline any benefit given to the criminal defendant: a jury trial when you're charged with a crime, an unbiased trial, the protection against double jeopardy, the protection against self-incrimination, and the protection against any property taken by the government without compensation.
6th Amendment
This amendment will outline more benefits given to the criminal defendant: a public trial without unnecessary delay, a lawyer, an impartial jury, the identification of your plaintiff and the nature of any charge or evidence against you.
7th Amendment
This amendment will give any citizen the benefit of a jury trial in the federal court system regarding a civil case.
8th Amendment
This amendment will view any excessive bail or fine imposed and cruel and unusual punishment as unnecessary and unwarranted against any citizen.
9th Amendment
This amendment will gift those rights that are not clearly specified before or after this.
10th Amendment
This amendment will only grant those powers to the federal government delegated in the constitution; everything else will be given to the state or its citizenship.
11th Amendment
This amendment will destroy any petition regarding whether the state is responsible for its actions if the defendant is living in another state or country.
12th Amendment
This amendment will ask each member of the electoral college to cast a distinct vote for the president and vice-president.
13th Amendment
This amendment will forever abolish slavery in the United States and its territories.
14th Amendment
This amendment will afford citizenship and equal rights to anyone born in the United States or who became a citizen of the country.
15th Amendment
This amendment will grant men of African descent the right to vote.
16th Amendment
This amendment will authorize Congress to levy a tax on income from any source.
17th Amendment
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
20th Amendment
21st Amendment
22nd Amendment
23rd Amendment
24th Amendment
25th Amendment
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POLITICAL SCIENCE
FORM OF GOVERNANCE
-EMPIRE- is a type of government in which power is placed into the hands of an emperor or empress.
-REPUBLIC- is a type of government in which the power is placed into the hands of any elected representative by the citizenship.
■CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC is a type of republic in which the people select any representative to serve temporarily in political office. Everyone will be bound to follow any rule established in the Constitution.
■PRESIDENTIAL REPUBLIC is a type of republic in which the head of state is granted power and authority separate from the legislature.
-MONARCHY- is a type of government in which power is placed into the hands of a monarch who will reign over a state or territory for life and by hereditary right.
■DUKEDOM is a type of monarchy in which power is placed into the hands of a grand duke or duchess.
■KINGDOM is a type of monarchy in which power is placed into the hands of a king and a queen.
-ARISTOCRACY- is a type of government in which power is placed into the hands of the elite class, such as the hereditary nobility or privileged caste.
-TIMOCRACY- is a type of government in which power is placed into the hands of people who are selected according to the degree of honor they hold in society.
-MERITOCRACY- is a type of government in which power is placed into the hands of people who have the most ability to govern.
-OLIGARCHY- is a type of government in which power is placed into the hands of a small group.
-DEMOCRACY- is a type of government in which power is placed into the hands of the people.
■REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY is a type of democracy in which power is placed into the hands of the people and any elected representative.
-THEOCRACY- is a type of government in which power is placed into the hands of the clergy.
-ANARCHY- is a type of government in which power is placed into the hands of no one.
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