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highbrow [ HAHY-brou ]
[ noun, verb ]
MEANING :
1. (n.) a person who has or affects a highly cultivated and intellectual taste
2. (v.) of, relating to or being intellectual or cultivated
ensconce [ en-SKONS ]
[ transitive verb ]
MEANING :
1. to conceal, hide or secure snugly
2. to settle or place in a snug or comfortable manner
arboreal [ ahr-BAWR-ee-uh’ l, -BOHR- ]
[ adjective ]
MEANING :
1. treelike or pertaining to trees
2. living in or inhabiting trees
torque [ tawrk ]
[ noun, transitive verb ]
MEANING :
1. (n.) something that causes rotation
2. (tr. v.) to produce rotation
3. (tr. v.) to apply rotation to
4. (intr. v.) to rotate or turn
caucus [ KAW-kuhs ]
[ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]
MEANING :
1. (n.) a meeting or congregation of members of a party within a certain legislative body held in order to select the leaders and determine strategy
2. (n.) a meeting organized in order to foster a special cause
3. (intr.v.) to take part in or hold a caucus
4. (tr.v.) to assemble in a caucus
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