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All Words Glossary
proper noun
- (alternative spelling of, Kaballah)
adjective
- Of or relating to a cabal; secretive and cliquish.
noun
- singer, especially someone who takes a special role of singing or song leading at a ceremony
proper noun
- (alternative spelling of, Hanukkah)
proper noun
- (Judaism) The eighth month of the civil year in the Jewish calendar
noun , plural confirmations
- An official indicator that things will happen as planned
- Verification that something has happened
- A sacrament of sealing and strengthening in many Christian religions, often including a ceremony of anointing
noun
- A person who favors maintenance of the status quo or reversion to some earlier status.
- (context, UK, politics) A member of the Conservative party.
- (context, US, economics) A fiscal conservative
- (context, US, politics) A political conservative
- (context, US, social sciences) A social conservative.
- (context, Canada, politics) (uncapitalized) An adherent of any strain o fconservatism. (Capitalized) A member or supporter of the Conservative Party of Canada, or its predecessors.
adjective
- Tending to resist change.
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The curriculum committee at this university is extremely .
- Based on pessimistic assumptions.
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At a estimate, growth may even be negative next year.
- (context, US, economics, politics, social sciences) Supporting some combination of fiscal, political or social conservatism.
- (context, US, politics) Relating to the Republican party, regardless of its conservatism.
- (context, UK, politics) Relating to the Conservative party.
- (context, physics) (notcomp) Neither creating nor destroying a given quantity.
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