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The Most Common Words in the English Language
The Question: What are the five most common words in the English language? The Answer: This question is not as simple as it sounds. Even…Thomas Jefferson WORD, Congress, MS
WORD, Thomas Jefferson, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Surry County, N.C., birth date unknown; member of the State house of commons in 1832; moved to Mississippi and settled in…Fighting Words: An Iraq War Glossary
Collateral damage:A military euphemism for civilian deaths. Decapitation strike:To remove a regime’s leadership and thereby curtail warfare. The U.S. military attempted a decapitation strike…synonym
(Encyclopedia) synonymsynonymsĭnˈənĭm [key] [Gr.,=having the same name], word having a meaning that is the same as or very similar to the meaning of another word of the same language. Some are alike…Rosch, Eleanor
(Encyclopedia) Rosch, Eleanor, 1938–, American psychologist, Ph.D. Harvard, 1969. In a series of experiments in the 1970s, Rosch demonstrated that when people label an everday object or experience,…pageant
(Encyclopedia) pageant, modern dramatic spectacle or procession celebrating a special occasion or an event in the history of a locality. In medieval times the word pageant had meant the wagon or the…Paleosiberian languages
(Encyclopedia) Paleosiberian languagesPaleosiberian languagespāˌlēōsībērˈēən [key], also called Paleoasiatic or Hyperborean languages, family of languages spoken by about 15,000 indigenous…Kain
(Encyclopedia) KainKainkān [key], another word for Kenites.Hazerim
(Encyclopedia) HazerimHazerimhəzēˈrĭm, hăzˈə– [key], Hebrew word meaning villages. It is erroneously given in ancient translations as the name of a place. It occurs in the Book of Deuteronomy.Cephas
(Encyclopedia) CephasCephassēˈfəs [key], in the Gospels, Jesus' name for St. Peter. It is a transliteration of the Aramaic word for rock, and identical in meaning with “Peter” in Greek.Trending
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