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Quietus
[noun]
MEANING:
MEANING:
1. final settlement; finishing stroke that settles or ends
2. discharge from activity; release from life
2. discharge from activity; release from life
Oligopoly
[noun]
MEANING:
MEANING:
a market situation wherein there exist only a few sellers, thus inadvertently being able to affect the market price and other market factors
Dissertation
[noun]
MEANING:
MEANING:
1. an extended, formal exposition in speech or writing
2. a thesis or treatise esp. written by a candidate for his or her doctorate
2. a thesis or treatise esp. written by a candidate for his or her doctorate
Lachrymose
[adjective]
MEANING:
MEANING:
1. crying or inclined to cry
2. causing or tending to cause tears
2. causing or tending to cause tears
Incendiary
[noun,adjective]
MEANING:
MEANING:
1. (adj.) related to the illegal act of setting fire to property
2. (adj.) capable of fiery combustion
3. (adj.) causing dissension, hatred or anger; inflammatory
4. (adj.) tending to arouse the senses
1. (n.) a person who deliberately sets fire to property
2. (n.) a bomb or grenade that explodes giving out intense heat
2. (adj.) capable of fiery combustion
3. (adj.) causing dissension, hatred or anger; inflammatory
4. (adj.) tending to arouse the senses
1. (n.) a person who deliberately sets fire to property
2. (n.) a bomb or grenade that explodes giving out intense heat