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  1. compatriot
    a person from your own country
  2. paesano
    one who has lived in a village most of their life
  3. genealogy
    the study or investigation of ancestry and family history
  4. sociology
    the study and classification of human societies
  5. peptic ulcer
    an ulcer of the mucous membrane lining of the alimentary tract
  6. alimentary tract
    tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination
  7. parentage
    the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents
  8. virtuoso
    someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
  9. meritocracy
    a social system in which power goes to superior intellects
  10. tumultuous
    characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
  11. sociologist
    a social scientist who studies the institutions and development of human society
  12. gawky
    awkward and clumsy in movement or posture
  13. algorithm
    a precise rule specifying how to solve some problem
  14. mainframe
    a large digital computer serving 100-400 users and occupying a special air-conditioned room
  15. arbitrary
    based on or subject to individual discretion or preference
  16. neurologist
    a medical specialist in the nervous system
  17. concerto
    a composition for orchestra and a soloist
  18. prodigy
    an unusually gifted or intelligent person
  19. tedious
    so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
  20. phenomenal
    exceedingly or unbelievably great
  21. precocious
    characterized by exceptionally early development
  22. laborious
    characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
  23. entrepreneur
    someone who organizes a business venture
  24. paradigm
    a standard or typical example
  25. adversary
    someone who offers opposition
  26. fierce
    marked by extreme and violent energy
  27. hindrance
    any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
  28. theoretical
    concerned with hypotheses and not practical considerations
  29. philosophy
    the rational investigation of existence and knowledge
  30. estranged
    caused to be unloved
  31. academic
    associated with an educational institution
  32. treatise
    a formal text that treats a particular topic systematically
  33. bureaucracy
    a government administered primarily by nonelective officials
  34. protracted
    relatively long in duration
  35. brevity
    the attribute of being short or fleeting
  36. ungainly
    lacking grace in movement or posture
  37. meteoric
    relating to small objects in or from outer space
  38. antecedent
    a preceding occurrence or cause or event
  39. Nordic
    relating to Germany and Scandinavia
  40. haberdashery
    a store where clothes designed for men are sold
  41. diplomatist
    an official engaged in international negotiations
  42. demographic
    a statistic characterizing human populations
  43. epidemic
    a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease
  44. Revelation
    the last book of the New Testament
  45. patriarch
    the male head of family or tribe
  46. acquainted
    having fair knowledge of
  47. ethnographer
    an anthropologist who does ethnography
  48. back country
    a remote and undeveloped area
  49. Confederate
    of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War
  50. hypothetical
    a conjectural possibility or circumstance
  51. mitigation
    the action of lessening in severity or intensity
  52. implication
    something that is inferred
  53. deferential
    showing courteous regard for people's feelings
  54. prelude
    something that introduces what follows
  55. phenomenal
    exceedingly or unbelievably great
  56. inexplicable
    incapable of being explained or accounted for
  57. navigational
    of or relating to navigation
  58. precondition
    a condition that is a prerequisite
  59. transcript
    a written record of dictated or recorded speech
  60. subsist
    support oneself
  61. congee
    an Asian rice porridge, usually eaten for breakfast
  62. legacy
    a gift of personal property by will
  63. bushman
    a dweller in the Australian bush country
  64. temperate
    not extreme
  65. historian
    a person who is an authority on the past and who studies it
  66. methodically
    in a methodical manner
Created on 九月 1, 2010 (updated 十二月 6, 2010)

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