Sunday, November 1, 2009

Philtrum

[Phil-trum]

–noun, plural -tra [-truh]
1. Anatomy. the vertical groove on the surface of the upper lip, below the septum of the nose.
2. a philter.

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Epitome

[e-pi-de-me]

n.
1. A representative or example of a class or type: "He is seen . . . as the epitome of the hawkish, right-of-center intellectual" Paul Kennedy.
2. A brief summary, as of a book or article; an abstract.

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Fidelity

[fur-dell-le-ty]
noun

1. Faithfulness to obligations, duties, or observances.
2. Exact correspondence with fact or with a given quality, condition, or event; accuracy.
3. The degree to which an electronic system accurately reproduces the sound or image of its input signal.

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Agnosticism

[ag-nos-ti-siz-cism]

n.

The doctrine that certainty about first principles or absolute truth is unattainable and that only perceptual phenomena are objects of exact knowledge.

The belief that there can be no proof either that God exists or that God does not exist.

Friday, February 27, 2009

Accentuate

[airk-cen-chu-wait]

–verb (used with object), -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
1. to give emphasis or prominence to.
2. to mark or pronounce with an accent.

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Inherent

[in-he-ren]

adj.

Existing as an essential constituent or characteristic; intrinsic.existing in someone or something as a permanent and inseparable element, quality, or attribute: an inherent distrust of strangers.

Aptly

[app-t-ly]

adverb

In an apt or suitable manner; fitly; properly; pertinently; appropriately; readily.

apt (noun)

1. Exactly suitable; appropriate: an apt reply.
2. Having a natural tendency; inclined: She is apt to take offense easily.
3. Quick to learn or understand: