Vocabulary #5
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mgabrielsen on March 5, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 convention | a traditional way of doing things, social or moral custom; established practice; formal meeting; international agreement |
| confluence | flowing together; the place where two rivers flow together; crowd; gathering together |
| staccato | marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds |
| quell | to put an end to |
| abates | become less intense or widespread |
| raunchy | suggestive of or tending to moral looseness |
| degrading | Causing shame or disgrace |
| swanky | fancy, high class |
| tangible | capable of being perceived by the senses or the mind |
| indolent | disinclined to work or exertion |
| algorithm | a precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem |
| feasible | Possible, able to be done |
| abstract | a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance |
| azure | a light shade of blue |
| incandescent | emitting light as a result of being heated |
| patina | a sheen on a surface resulting from age and use |
| niche | A small segment of the market, usually based on customer needs discovered through market research. |
| scuttlebutt | gossip; rumor. |
| semitic | Family of related languages long spoken across parts of western Asia and northern Africa. In antiquity these languages included Hebrew, Arabic, Aramaic, and Phoenician. |
| linchpin | n. a central element that holds other parts together |
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