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| absent-minded |
tending to not pay attention to a task or event because one is thinking about other things. |
| abuse |
to talk to or about in an insulting or unfair way. [1/6 definitions] |
| academic freedom |
in educational institutions, the freedom of a teacher to teach, of a student to learn, and of both to discuss and hold opinions, esp. about social, political, and moral issues, without arbitrary interference or reprisals by school or public officials, organized groups, or the like. |
| achieve |
to bring about as a result of one's cumulative efforts. [1/3 definitions] |
| acquaint |
to tell about; inform (usu. fol. by "with"). [1/2 definitions] |
| ad |
a short form of "advertisement," a public notice that tells people about products for sale, events, employment opportunities, or the like. |
| advertise |
to tell about something so people will want to buy it. [1/2 definitions] |
| advertisement |
a public notice that tells people about things to buy or things that are happening. |
| afraid |
feeling sorry or unhappy about something. [1/2 definitions] |
| agenda |
a list of things to be done or talked about. |
| agent |
a force or means that brings about certain results; cause. [1/2 definitions] |
| agnostic |
one who believes it is impossible to know anything about the existence or nonexistence of God or about the essential nature of things beyond the material universe. [2/4 definitions] |
| agouti |
any of several related nocturnal, burrowing rodents found in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere that are about the size of a rabbit but have short ears and grizzled fur. |
| agree |
to have the same opinion (often fol. by "with," "on," "as to," or "about"). [1/6 definitions] |
| air |
to speak about, usually in public. [1/6 definitions] |
| air-minded |
enthusiastic about aviation. |
| air one's dirty linen in public |
to make public embarrassing or shameful private facts about oneself or others. |
| Alex Haley |
a U.S. author celebrated for his pulitzer prize-winning work of historical fiction, Roots: The Saga of an American Family (1976), a publication whose subsequent television broadcast adaptation spawned a national discussion about race and race relations (b.1921--d.1992). |
| alienist |
a physician specializing in mental disorders, esp. one who testifies about mental competency in legal proceedings. |
| all |
each of the people or things being talked about. [1/3 definitions] |
| allegory |
in art or literature, the use of concrete characters, events, or things, to represent abstract qualities or ideas, often to make a point about good and evil. [1/2 definitions] |
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