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TOTALITY
PRONUNCIATION: (toh-TAL-i/uh-tee)
MEANING: noun:
1. The condition or quality of being complete or whole.
2. An aggregate amount or sum.
3. The phase of an eclipse when an obscuring body completely blocks the light source, e.g., when the moon completely blocks the view of the sun.
ETYMOLOGY: From total, from Latin totus (entire). Earliest documented use: 1598.
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TOTAMITY - the full amount of comradeship
TORALITY - 1. doughnut-shapedness; 2. degree of holiness ascribed to a sacred writing
TOTALITE - upper-caste person with everything
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PRECIPITATE
PRONUNCIATION: (verb: pri-SIP-i-tayt; noun, adjective: pri-SIP-i-tit/tayt)
MEANING: verb tr.: 1. To make something, especially something undesirable, happen prematurely or suddenly.
2. To throw suddenly.
3. To cause (water vapor in the atmosphere) to condense and fall as rain, snow, hail, etc.
4. To cause a solid substance to be separated from a solution.
verb intr.: 1. To separate from a solution as a solid.
2. To condense from water vapor in the atmosphere and fall as rain, snow, hail, etc.
adjective: 1. Headlong; hasty; rash; abrupt.
2. Happening unexpectedly.
noun: 1. A solid separated from a solution.
2. Moisture condensed as rain, snow, hail, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin praecipitare (to cast down headlong), from prae- (before) + caput (head). Earliest documented use: 1528.
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PRECAPITATE - before the enumeration (before the heads were counted)
PRECUPITATE - before Cupid shot his arrow
PRECHIPITATE - when computers used vacuum tubes
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TITRATE
PRONUNCIATION: (TY-trayt)
MEANING: verb tr.:
1. To carefully adjust something in measured increments to achieve a desired balance or effect.
2. To determine the concentration of a solution by gradually adding another solution until a specific reaction, often indicated by a color change, occurs.
ETYMOLOGY: From French titrer (to assay), from titre (title, fineness of alloyed gold or silver). Earliest documented use: 1860.
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TINTRATE - hairdesser's fee
NITRATE - the charge for picking louse eggs outa the kids' hair
TATRATE - what it costs to get a tattoo
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PEDUMBRA - the shadow cast by one's feet while walking.
PLENUMBRA - complete darkness.
PENUMBRATE - to adumbrate, but not very much.
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CRUCIBLE
PRONUNCIATION: (KROO-suh/si-buhl)
MEANING: noun:
1. A vessel used for heating substances to a high temperature.
2. A trying experience.
3. A situation or place where forces interact to bring about great changes.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin crucibulum (crucible). Earliest documented use: 1475.
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CRUCICLE - the vacation ship's staff enjoys a frozen treat on a stick (originally, two sticks)
CRUBIBLE - Holy Scripture with very short almost velvety pages
CARUCIBLE - like a male voice range capable of reaching high notes
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VOLATILE
PRONUNCIATION: (VOL-uh-tuhl/tyl)
MEANING: adjective:
1. Fluctuating widely and unpredictably.
2. Evaporating easily.
3. Explosive.
4. Capable of flying.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin volare (to fly), which also gave us volitant, vole, and volley. Earliest documented use: 1325.
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VIOLATILE - made of fiddle-shaped stones, that can cover a floor or a wall
OVOLATILE - round or egg-shaped
VOILÀ-TILE - fond of saying "There it is!" on every occasion
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SUBLIMATE
PRONUNCIATION: (verb: SUHB-luh-mayt, noun, adj.: -mit)
MEANING: verb tr.: 1. To divert basic or instinctual impulses to something more socially acceptable.
2. To refine or purify.
verb tr., intr.: To directly transform from solid to gas, or vice versa, bypassing the liquid state.
adjective: Refined; purified; elevated; exalted.
noun: A substance obtained by sublimating.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin sublimare (to elevate). Earliest documented use: 1425.
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STUBLIMATE - your Significant Other didn't shave
SULLI-MATE - W S Gilbert
SUBLIMEATE - steak dinner at the Capital Grille restaurant
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CRUCIBLE (adj) - potentially crucial.
CRUCIBELL - 19th-century warning signal on road/rail crossings.
CRUCIBALL - (1) spot-the-ball newspaper soccer puzzle. (2) game played in medieval monasteries, between two teams representing God and the Devil (banned by the papal decree De Ludis Profanis).
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NEOPHILIA
PRONUNCIATION: (nee-uh-FIL-ee-uh)
MEANING: noun: The love of what’s new or novel.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek neo- (new) + -philia (love). Earliest documented use: 1899. The opposite is neophobia.
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ONE-O-PHILIA - love of tightly-fought low-scoring games
DEOPHILIA - affection for The Banana-Boat Song ("Daylight Come and me want go Home")
NETOPHILIA - penchant for playing way up toward the front of the tennis court
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PYROPHOBIA
PRONUNCIATION: (py-roh-FOH-bee-uh)
MEANING: noun: An extreme fear of fire.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek pyro- (fire) + -phobia (fear). Earliest documented use: 1858.
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PAROPHOBIA - fear of not making the cut after you've shot only even par on the first two rounds
SYROPHOBIA - fear of living in Damascus
YR-O-PHOBIA - the club that gifts you a different fear every day for 365 days
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