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		<title>Word time: Soliloquy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 16:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[so·lil·o·quy [suh-lil-uh-kwee] noun, plural -quies. an utterance or discourse by a person who is talking to himself or herself or is disregardful of or oblivious to any hearers present (often used as a device in drama to disclose a character&#8217;s innermost thoughts): Hamlet&#8217;s soliloquy begins with “To be or not to be.” the act of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Word time: Potemkin village</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Potemkin village noun a pretentiously showy or imposing façade intended to mask or divert attention from an embarrassing or shabby fact or condition. Origin: 1935–40; after Prince Potëmkin, who allegedly had villages of cardboard constructed for Catherine II&#8217;s visit to the Ukraine and the Crimea in 1787 Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Potemkin%20village]]></description>
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		<title>Word time: Profligacy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[prof·li·ga·cy [prof-li-guh-see] noun shameless dissoluteness. reckless extravagance. great abundance. Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/profligacy]]></description>
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		<title>Word time: Volition</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:31:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Kaiser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[vo·li·tion [voh-lish-uhn, vuh-] noun the act of willing, choosing, or resolving; exercise of willing: She left of her own volition. a choice or decision made by the will. the power of willing; will. Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/volition]]></description>
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		<title>Word time: Repudiate</title>
		<link>http://fourchapters.com/2010/02/word-time-repudiate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:42:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Kaiser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[re·pu·di·ate [ri-pyoo-dee-eyt] verb to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim. to cast off or disown: to repudiate a son. to reject with disapproval or condemnation: to repudiate a new doctrine. to reject with denial: to repudiate a charge as untrue. to refuse to acknowledge and pay (a debt), as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Word time: Potlatch</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:29:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Kaiser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[pot⋅latch [pot-lach] noun (among American Indians of the northern Pacific coast, esp. the Kwakiutl) a ceremonial festival at which gifts are bestowed on the guests and property is destroyed by its owner in a show of wealth that the guests later attempt to surpass. Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/potlatch]]></description>
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		<title>Word time: Conundrum</title>
		<link>http://fourchapters.com/2010/01/word-time-conundrum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Kaiser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[co⋅nun⋅drum [kuh-nuhn-druhm] noun a riddle, the answer to which involves a pun or play on words, as What is black and white and read all over? A newspaper. anything that puzzles. Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/conundrum]]></description>
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		<title>Word Time: prosaic</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[pro⋅sa⋅ic [proh-zey-ik] adjective commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind. of or having the character or form of prose rather than poetry. Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/prosaic]]></description>
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		<title>Word Time: kowtow</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:46:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[kow⋅tow verb to act in an obsequious manner; show servile deference. to touch the forehead to the ground while kneeling, as an act of worship, reverence, apology, etc., esp. in former Chinese custom. Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/kowtow]]></description>
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		<title>Word Time: Repugnance</title>
		<link>http://fourchapters.com/2009/11/word-time-repugnance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:33:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Kaiser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[repugnance noun the state of being repugnant. (see below) strong distaste, aversion, or objection; antipathy. contradictoriness or inconsistency. Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/repugnance repugnant adjective distasteful, objectionable, or offensive: a repugnant smell. making opposition; averse. opposed or contrary, as in nature or character.]]></description>
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