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10/06/2012

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Term
jettison
Definition

a voluntary sacrifice of cargo to lighten a ship's load in time of distress

 

Term
inscrutable
Definition

not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood

 

Term
austerity
Definition

the quality or state of being morally strict or cold and stern

a : an austere act, manner, or attitude
 
b : an ascetic practice
: enforced or extreme economy
 
Term
economy
Definition
archaic : the management of household or private affairs and especially expenses
2 : thrifty and efficient use of material or nonmaterial resources : frugality in expenditures;
 
Term
recompense
Definition

 to give something to by way of compensation (as for a service rendered or damage incurred)

 

b : to pay for

 
: to return in kind
 
Term
remunerate
Definition

to pay an equivalent to for a service, loss, or expense

 

Term
preclude
Definition

to prevent; to make impossible

 

 

Term
doctrinaire
Definition

one who attempts to put into effect abstract doctrine without being pragmatic

 

Term
itinerant
Definition

traveling from place to place

 

Term
insular
Definition

of or relating to an island;

characteristic of isolation

 

 

Term
surfeit
Definition

overabundant supply

 

Term
obviate
Definition

to hinder

 

Term
ingrate
Definition

an ungrateful person

 

Term
apostate
Definition

one who participates in abandonment or renunciation of something

 

 

 

 

Term
intimate
Definition
to make known publicly
Term
lugubrious
Definition

mournful; especially : exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful

 

dark, dramatic  

 

: dismal 

Term
ebullient
Definition

characterized by energy or liveliness

 

Term
effrontery
Definition

shameless boldness and audacity

 

Term
visage
Definition

countenance or facial expression

 

Term
grouse
Definition

to grumble or complain

 

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