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| Word | Meaning |
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| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| bicameral | having, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers (see chamber |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| foul | offensive to the senses : loathsome |
| recuperate | to get back : regain |
| earn | to receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered |