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moue
a pout or a little grimace |
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Stonewalling
referring specifically to political obstruction |
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Scurrilous
may mean “using or given to coarse language,” “containing obscenities, abuse, or slander,” or may be used to indicate a thing that is “vulgar and evil.” |
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Depose
The word, which comes from a Latin word meaning "to put down" (deponere), also has two distinct legal meanings. These are "to testify to under oath or by sworn affidavit" and "to take testimony from especially by deposition. |
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J'accuse
define as "I accuse" (a literal translation from the French, but used here in English as a noun modifying another noun, moment) and "a bitter denunciation," is not often found in the attributive sense employed above, in which the noun functions as an adjective. |
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Vindicated
“to free from allegation or blame”
From the Latin vindicatus, "to lay claim to, set free, avenge.” |
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Cloche
(pronounced \KLOHSH\) means “a bell- or dome-shaped cover,” used for clear glass or plastic covers for plants that protect them from frost or the covers used for serving food (sometimes called a bell jar). |
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Marocain
(pronounced \MAR-uh-kane\) means “a ribbed crepe fabric used in women's clothing,” and comes from the French term crêpe marocain, literally, “Moroccan crepe. |
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Humdinger,
which is defined as “a striking or extraordinary person or thing,” appears to have come into our language at the end of the 19th century. The etymology is uncertain, but it is thought to have originated with the older word hummer. |
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Sine qua non
is the Latin phrase that literally translates to “without which not,” and is used in English as a noun to mean “the one thing that is absolutely essential,” as Brzezinski used it, and can also mean “something that is considered essential,
Sine qua non is also used adjectivally in English to mean “absolutely necessary” (as in “sine qua non conditions”). |
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