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aphasia
Loss or impairment of the ability to use or comprehend words. p.5
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manumitted
Freed from slavery. p. 8
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Raynaud's Syndrome
A feeling of cold in the hands or feet symptomatic of people with hypothyroidism. p.8
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esoteric
Designed for or understood only by the specially initiated; private, secret. p.9
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nimbus
- A rain cloud, thunderhead; a figure (as a disk) in an art work suggesting radiant light about the head of a divinity, saint or soveriegn.
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apices
(plural of apex) the highest point; peak. p. 10
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bespoke
Made to individual order; custom made (a bespoke jacket). p. 10
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pedantic
(pedant) noun - a person who makes a show of knowledge; a formal, uninspired teacher. p. 17
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glib
Speaking or spoken with careless ease. p. 17
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petulant
Marked by capricious ill humor. p. 18
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ontological
- of or pertaining to ontology, the branch of metaphysics that studies the nature of existence or being as such; metaphysical: (Some of the U.S. founders held an ontological belief in natural rights.)
- ontology (ɒnˈtɒlədʒɪ) — n 1. philosophy: the branch of metaphysics that deals with the nature of being 2. logic: the set of entities presupposed by a theory. p. 19
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teleological
teleology (ˌtɛlɪˈɒlədʒɪ, ˌtiːlɪ-) — n 1. philosophy a. the doctrine that there is evidence of purpose or design in the universe, and esp that this provides proof of the existence of a Designer b. the belief that certain phenomena are best explained in terms of purpose rather than cause c. See also final cause the systematic study of such phenomena 2. biology - the belief that natural phenomena have a predetermined purpose and are not determined by mechanical laws. p. 19
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paucity
Smallness of number or quantity. p. 19
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syllogistic
(syllogism) n. - a logical scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and minor premise and a conclusion that must be logically true if the premises are. p. 19
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imprimatur
sanction, approval; a license to print or publish; also, official approval of a publication by a censor. p. 25
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dappled
marked with different colored spots. p. 29
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John Rawls
John Bordley Rawls (February 21, 1921 – November 24, 2002) was an American philosopher and a leading figure in moral and political philosophy. He held the James Bryant Conant University Professorship at Harvard University and the Fulbright Fellowship at Christ Church, Oxford.
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