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  1. alumnus
    a person who has received a degree from a school
    Alumni, many still in their mid-20s, serve as principals at scores of charter schools.
  2. boycott
    refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization
    South Korea has said Iranian oil imports will resume next month after a two-month boycott at levels that comply with U.S. sanctions. Salon (Aug 23, 2012)
  3. charlatan
    a flamboyant deceiver
    Browning, however, evidently considered him nothing more than a successful charlatan. Clarke, Helen Archibald
  4. condiment
    a preparation to enhance flavor or enjoyment
    Condiments take up an entire counter: Balsamic vinegar, rapeseed oil, sweet chili sauce and blue cheese dressing. Seattle Times (Aug 3, 2012)
  5. dissertation
    a treatise advancing a point of view resulting from research
    How would you like a dissertation Brown posted about rinsing out his mugs?
  6. epoch
    a period marked by distinctive character
    Those words mark an epoch in the history of thought. Various
  7. facsimile
    an exact copy or reproduction
    "This photograph and the one at Gold's are facsimiles," said he thoughtfully. Weyman, Stanley J.
  8. faction
    a dissenting clique
    The Republicans are struggling this year to balance party factions.
  9. habitat
    the type of environment in which an organism normally lives
    Some Atlantic coast refuges are already taking steps to offset flooding and habitat loss from rising seas. Scientific American (Aug 22, 2012)
  10. heretic
    a person whose religious beliefs conflict with church dogma
  11. iconoclast
    someone who attacks cherished ideas or institutions
    O’Rourke: How much do you think about being an iconoclast in TV? Slate (Jun 15, 2012)
  12. interloper
    someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another
    At times, we couldn’t help but feel a bit like interlopers. New York Times (Apr 13, 2012)
  13. kindred
    group of people related by blood or marriage
    In this chip-on-the-shoulder draft, Baldwin has found a new group of kindred spirits. Seattle Times (Apr 28, 2012)
  14. labyrinth
    complex system of paths in which it is easy to get lost
    Transportation in New York City is at once universal and mysterious: a familiar, well-worn labyrinth with an encyclopedia's worth of idiosyncratic tendencies and tidbits. New York Times (Jul 6, 2012)
  15. metropolis
    a large and densely populated urban area
    The city, once called a laid-back pensioners' paradise, is a fast-growing, rapidly changing metropolis. New York Times (Jul 16, 2012)
  16. nomenclature
    a system of words used to name things in a discipline
    Biological nomenclature
  17. pacifist
    someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes
    Following World War II, lawmakers forged a pacifist constitution.
  18. prodigy
    an unusually gifted or intelligent person
    He was recognized early as a prodigy, paid to give erudite speeches on free enterprise and constitutional limits while still in high school. New York Times (Jul 30, 2012)
  19. restoration
    returning something or someone to a satisfactory state
  20. symposium
    a meeting for the public discussion of some topic
    The arguments were on display this week in a symposium at Oxford University, which recently set up on the issue.
Created on Fri Aug 24 17:28:21 EDT 2012 (updated Sat Aug 25 00:05:31 EDT 2012)

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