* glos·sa·ry
Pronunciation: -s&-rE
Function: noun
 Date: 14th century
: a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings
 

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why
Function: noun
Date: 14th century
1 : REASON, CAUSE <wants to know the whys and wherefores>
2 : a baffling problem : ENIGMA

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ill
Pronunciation: 'il
Function: adjective
Inflected Form(s): worse /'w&rs/; worst /'w&rst/
Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse illr
Date: 12th century
1 a chiefly Scottish : IMMORAL, VICIOUS b : resulting from, accompanied by, or indicative of an evil or malevolent intention <ill deeds> c : attributing evil or an objectionable quality <held an ill opinion of his neighbors>
2 a : causing suffering or distress <ill weather> b comparative also ill·er (1) : not normal or sound <ill health> (2) : not in good health; also : NAUSEATED
3 a : not suited to circumstances or not to one's advantage : UNLUCKY <an ill omen> b : involving difficulty : HARD <an ill man to please>
4 a : not meeting an accepted standard <ill manners> b archaic : notably unskillful or inefficient
5 : UNFRIENDLY, HOSTILE <ill feeling>

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din
Pronunciation: 'din
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English dyne; akin to Old Norse dynr din, Sanskrit dhvanati it roars
Date: before 12th century
1 : a loud continued noise; especially : a welter of discordant sounds
Synonyms babel, brouhaha, ||chirm, clamor, hubbub, hullabaloo, jangle, music, pandemonium, racket, racketry, tintamarre, tumult, uproar; COMMOTION4
Related Word blatancy, boisterousness, clamorousness, stridency; bedlam; clangor, clatter, rattle; clash, percussion; ||row; noise, sound
Contrasted Words calm, lull, quietude, stillness; concord, consonance, harmony; melody, musicality, tunefulness

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 dreg
Pronunciation: 'dreg
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse dregg
Date: 14th century
2 : the most undesirable part -- usually used in plural
3 : the last remaining part : VESTIGE
Synonyms RABBLE 2, canaille, mass(es), mob, proletariat, ragtag and bobtail, riffraff, scum, trash, unwashed

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eye
Pronunciation: 'I
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English Eage; akin to Old High German ouga eye, Latin oculus, Greek Ops eye, face, Sanskrit aksi eye
Date: before 12th century
1 a : an organ of sight; especially : a nearly spherical hollow organ that is lined with a sensitive retina, is lodged in a bony orbit in the skull, is the vertebrate organ of sight, and is normally paired b : all the visible structures within and surrounding the orbit and including eyelids, eyelashes, and eyebrows c (1) : the faculty of seeing with eyes (2) : the faculty of intellectual or aesthetic perception or appreciation <an eye for dregs>
d (2) : ATTENTION, NOTICE <caught his eye>   f : POINT OF VIEW <value is in the eye of the beholder> g : VIEW 5 <with an eye to the future>
2  d : an undeveloped bud (as on a potato) e : an area like a hole in the center of a tropical cyclone marked by only light winds or complete calm with no precipitation f : the center of a flower especially when differently colored or marked; specifically : the disk of a composite.
Text: 1 an organ of sight <turned his eyes to the view>
4 often eyes pl a way of looking at something <in the eyes of the law, a man is innocent until proven guilty>aw.....c'mon. not that I've noticed!
Synonyms view, viewpoint; VIEWPOINT 2
Related Word attitude, position, thinking; conception, grasp
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Synonyms OPINION, belief, conviction, feeling, mind, persuasion, sentiment, view

(?) || 8
Synonyms DETECTIVE, dick, gumshoe, hawkshaw, investigator, sleuth

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ol·i·gar·chy
Pronunciation: 'ä-l&-"gär-kE, 'O-
Function: noun
Date: 1542
1 : government by the few
2 : a government in which a small group exercises control especially for corrupt and selfish purposes; also : a group exercising such control
3 : an organization under oligarchic control

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par·a·digm
Pronunciation: 'par-&-"dIm also -"dim
Function: noun
Etymology: Late Latin paradigma, from Greek paradeigma, from paradeiknynai to show side by side, from para- + deiknynai to show --
Date: 15th century
1 : EXAMPLE, PATTERN; especially : an outstandingly clear or typical example or archetype
3 : a philosophical and theoretical framework of a scientific school or discipline within which theories, laws, and generalizations and the experiments performed in support of them are formulated
Synonyms MODEL 2, archetype, beau ideal, ensample, example, exemplar, ideal, mirror, pattern, standard

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 shift
Pronunciation: 'shift
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sciftan to divide, arrange; akin to Old Norse skipa to arrange, assign
Date: 13th century
transitive senses
1 : to exchange for or replace by another : CHANGE
2 a : to change the place, position, or direction of : MOVE b : to make a change in (place)
intransitive senses
1 a : to change place or position b : to change direction <the wind shifted> c : to change gears
2 a : to assume responsibility <had to shift for themselves> b : to resort to expedients
3 a : to go through a change

Synonyms CONVERSION 2, alteration, changeover, transformation
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Synonyms RESOURCE 3, dernier ressort, expediency, expedient, makeshift, recourse, refuge, resort, stopgap, substitute
Related Word gambit, maneuver, ploy, strategy
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Synonyms SPELL 1, bout, go, stint, time, tour, trick, turn
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Synonyms TRANSITION, alteration, passage, transit
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Synonyms TURN 2, bend, deflection, deviation