Unit 10 The Science of Custom(3)

E.g. Who would go back to the pristine simplicity of Anglo-Saxon days?

pristine mountain snow

5. pure: adj. free of dirt, defilement, or pollution clean; containing nothing

inappropriate or extraneous;

E.g. When the snow began to melt, it lost its pure whiteness.

6. edit: v. to modify or adapt so as to make suitable or acceptable; to alter to bring

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about conformity;

7. institutions: n. 1) a custom, practice, relationship, or behavioral pattern of importance in the life of a community or society; long-established laws, customs or practice;

E.g. Giving presents on Christmas is an institution.

2) [u] the act of instituting or being instituted;

E.g. the institution of customs

3) an established organization or foundation, especially one dedicated to education, public service, or culture the building or buildings housing such an organization buildings or organization;

E.g. academic institution

8. probe: 1) n. the act of exploring or searching; an investigation into unfamiliar matters or questionable activities; a penetrating inquiry;

E.g. a congressional probe into price fixing

2) v. to conduct an exploratory investigation; search; to delve into; (journalistic use) investigate or examine thoroughly (somebody’s thought, the cause of something)

E.g. probe a matter to the bottom

9. as: 1) followed by a predicative;

E.g. as in contrast with…

2) introducing adverbial clauses of manner, i.e. “in the way in which”;

E.g. Do it as I do it. Leave it as it is.

10. vernacular

1) n. language or dialect of a country or district;

E.g. the vernaculars of the U.S.A

2) adj. (of a word or language) of the country in question

E.g. a vernacular poet

11. no more than: only; exactly; just;

E.g. It is no more than a beginning.

12. thousandth: adj., n.

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1) the ordinal number matching the number 1,000 in a series;

2) one of 1,000 equal parts

thousandfold adj., adv. a thousand times;

13. over against: 1) opposite to; in contrast with;

2) be compared to;

E.g. the quality of this product over against that one

14. accommodate v.

1) to provide for; supply with;.

2) to adapt; to make suitable; to get into agreement;

E.g. accommodate (sb.)for the night

We must accommodate ourselves to circumstances.

I will accommodate my plans to yours.

15. incumbent: adj.

1) imposed as an obligation or a duty; obligatory;

E.g. It is incumbent upon you to warn the boy of the danger of excessive smoking.

2) currently holding a specified office esp. the stated office;

E.g. the incumbent president

16. cactus: n. (pl. cactuses, cacti) a kind of plant; any of various succulent, spiny, usually leafless plants native mostly to arid regions of the New World, having variously colored, often showy flowers with numerous stamens and petals;

17. nebula: n. (astronomy) a group of very distant stars;

18. termite: n. (also called: white ant) an insect; any of numerous pale-colored, usually soft-bodied social insects of the order Isoptera that live mostly in warm regions and many species of which feed on wood, often destroying trees and wooden structures;

19. pagan: n., adj. one who is not a Christian, Moslem, or Jew; a heathen; one who has no religion.

20. barbarian: n. aboriginal; uncivilized; uncultured;

21. be destined to: be planned and will definitely happen

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E.g. We believe we are destined to bring a new principle into history.

Cf. be destined for (a place): =be bound to

e.g. a flight load of passengers destined for New York

22. legacy: (a) money or property which one receives after someone has died; (b) The legacy of a person, event, or period of history is the situation or attitudes that they leave behind them, and the influence that they have on the future. e.g. …the legacy of Colonialism

23. clique: a small group of people who often spend their time only with other members of the group and seem unfriendly towards other people; used showing disapproval.

E.g. They had had made a small, superior, isolated clique.

There’s always a little clique of older members who are jealous of the young.

24. constitute: If something constitutes something else, it is a particular part or fraction of that thing.

E.g. Conifers constitute a third of the world’s forests.

25. incarcerate: (fml.) imprison

E.g. She was to be incarcerated in a cell by herself.

26. abhorrent: completely unacceptable (=detestable)

e.g. …a ruthless and utterly abhorrent system

27. bewilder: baffle, mystify

E.g. A confession of this nature would bewilder and perhaps anger some of my India friends.

28. reminiscent: a rather formal or literary word

a) If someone or something is reminiscent of another person or thing, they

remind you of that other person or thing.

E.g. The atmosphere was reminiscent of spy movies.

There was a sweetish smell, vaguely reminiscent of coffee.

b) If someone is reminiscent, they are talking or thinking about people or events

from their past.

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E.g. In her reminiscent moods she used to tell us about her childhood.

29. fill (n.): If you have your fill of something, you eat, drink, laugh, watch, etc as much or for as long as you want or need.

E.g. They could eat their fill of honey.

When she had laughed her fill, she told him he was too late.

30. be in a huff: Someone who is in a huff is bad-tempered because they are annoyed or offended about something

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