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rhetoric collapse: study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking); using language effectively to please or persuade

mineral kingdom collapse: all inorganic objects; contrasts with animal and plant kingdoms

speller collapse: an introductory textbook to teach spelling; someone who spells words

textbook collapse: a book prepared for use in schools or colleges; "his economics textbook is in its tenth edition"; "the professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy"

object collapse: a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"; the focus of cognitions or feelings; "objects of thought"; "the object of my affection"; (grammar) a constituent that is acted upon; "the object of the verb"; express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent; "She never objected to the amount of work her boss charged her with"; "When asked to drive the truck, she objected that she did not have a driver's license"; be averse to or express disapproval of; "My wife objects to modern furniture"

intermezzo collapse: a short piece of instrumental music composed for performance between acts of a drama or opera; a short movement coming between the major sections of a symphony

complement collapse: something added to complete or make perfect; "a fine wine is a perfect complement to the dinner"; either of two parts that mutually complete each other; a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction; number needed to make up a whole force; "a full complement of workers"; a complete number or quantity; "a full complement"; one of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response; make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to; "I need some pepper to complement the sweet touch in the soup"

term collapse: any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial; "the general term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degree"; a word or expression used for some particular thing; "he learned many medical terms"; one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition; "the major term of a syllogism must occur twice"; a limited period of time; "a prison term"; "he left school before the end of term"; the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent; "a healthy baby born at full term"; name formally or designate with a term

correlation collapse: a statistical relation between two or more variables such that systematic changes in the value of one variable are accompanied by systematic changes in the other; a reciprocal relation between two or more things

subject collapse: something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation; "a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject"; (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated; (logic) the first term of a proposition; the subject matter of a conversation or discussion; "he didn't want to discuss that subject"; "it was a very sensitive topic"; "his letters were always on the theme of love"; a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation; "the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly"; "the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities"; likely to be affected by something (especially something unpleasant); "the bond is subject to taxation"; "he is subject to fits of depression"; being under the power or sovereignty of another or others; "subject peoples"; "a dependent prince"; make accountable for; "He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors"; cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to; "He subjected me to his awful poetry"; "The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills"; "People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation"

hornbook collapse: a primer that provides instruction in the rudiments or basic skills of a branch of knowledge

linguistics collapse: the humanistic study of language and literature; the scientific study of language

junior high school collapse: a secondary school usually including 7th and 8th grades

secondary school collapse: a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12

structure collapse: a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"; the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts; "artists must study the structure of the human body"; "the structure of the benzene molecule"; a particular complex anatomical part; "he has good bone structure"; the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations; "his lectures have no structure"; give a structure to; "I need to structure my days"

format collapse: the general appearance of a publication; the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing); divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data; "Please format this disk before entering data!"; determine the arrangement of (data) for storage and display (in computer science); set (printed matter) into a specific format; "Format this letter so it can be printed out"

interlude collapse: a brief show (music or dance etc) inserted between the sections of a longer performance; an intervening period or episode; perform an interlude; "The guitar player interluded with a beautiful improvisation"

grammar school collapse: a secondary school emphasizing Latin and Greek in preparation for college

lexicology collapse: the branch of linguistics that studies the lexical component of language

academy collapse: a learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge; a school for special training; a secondary school (usually private); an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature

organism collapse: a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently; a system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body; "the social organism"

etymology collapse: the study of the sources and development of words; a history of a word

motif collapse: a design that consists of recurring shapes or colors; a theme that is elaborated on in a piece of music

casebook collapse: a book in which detailed written records of a case are kept and which are a source of information for subsequent work; according to or characteristic of a casebook or textbook; typical; "a casebook schizophrenic"; "a textbook example"

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