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Intro to Broadcasting List 8
List 8
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Film, Theatre & Television
Undergraduate 1
03/10/2009

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Piquant
Definition
aggreably pungent or sharp in taste or flavor; provacative lively
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Plebiscite
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a direct vote of the qualified electrors regarding some important public question
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Poignant
Definition
keenly distressing to the feelings
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Politburo
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A former commitee in the Communist part of the soviet union absorbed in 1952 to the presidium
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Polyethlene
Definition
a plastic unsed chiefly for containers, electrical insulation and packaging.
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Posiedon
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the ancient greek god of the sea; a sea going missle system
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potpurri
Definition
any mixture, especially of unrelated objects or subjects
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preempt
Definition
to claim or to take as a right in preference to others
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Prelate
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a clergyman of high order, as a bishop
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president pro tempore
Definition
president for the time being
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presidium
Definition
the permanent governing comittee in the soviet union
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protege
Definition
a person under the care of someone influential who can further his career
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protocol
Definition
the customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality and etiquette
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provacative
Definition
tending or serving to arouse or stimulate
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prudently
Definition
judiciously, wisely cautiously
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pseudonym
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a ficticious name used by an author; pen name
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queue
Definition
a long braid of hair; a line of people waiting for thier turn
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rapport
Definition
a harmonious or sympathetic relation or connection
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raucous
Definition
harsh; strident; grating
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recalcitrant
Definition
resisting authority or control
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recognizance
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a bond or obligation of record; entered into befoe a court or magistrate, binding a person to do a particular act; recognition
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reconniter
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to inspect, observe or survey an enemy position, stregnth ect...in order to gain information for military purposes
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remedial
Definition
affording remedy; intended to improves one's skill in a specified field
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