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| Metronome | marks exact time by a tick |
| Overture | orchestral intro to a musical work |
| Soprano | highest female voice |
| Syncopation | stressing the weak beat in music |
| Libretto | a slight wavering in pitch |
| Al dente | literally cooked to the tooth |
| Brew | make a drink by boiling |
| Brine | salt water |
| Condiments | spices |
| Culinary | pertaining to cooking |
| Entree | first course of a meal |
| Filet | a thick slice of beef |
| Imbibe | to drink |
| Mince | cut up into tiny pieces |
| Arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute |
| Artisan | a skilled worker |
| Colleague | a fellow worker |
| Debtor | someone who owes money |
| Denizen | a resident |
| Interloper | a person who interferes |
| Renegade | a deserter |
| Savant | a person of learning |
| Vigilante | a person who takes justice into his own hands |
| Zealot | fanatic |
| Octogenerian | a person in his eighties |
| Default | to fail in a duty |
| Icon | a symbol of authority |
| Atlas | a book of maps |
| Cartographer | mapmaker |
| Delta | river mouth named after the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet |
| Isthmus | Panama is one |
| Mesa | a flat topped steep sided formation |
| An Oasis is a place where | water can be found |
| Ravine | a small stream-cut formation |
| Tributary | The Missouri is a _ of the Mississippi |
| Bicameral | two legislative chambers |
| Capitalism | based on private ownership |
| Communism | based on public ownership |
| Filibuster | a delaying tactic |
| Impeach | to bring charges against |
| Precedents are based on | previous court decisions |
| Ratify | to make into law |
| Tariff | a duty on imports |
| Affidavit | a sworn statement |
| Exonerate | to free from blame |
| Indictment | charging a person with an offense |
| Injunction | a restraining order |
| Libel | false written statement |
| Slander | false oral statement |
| Subpoena | an order to appear in court |
| Summons | an order to answer a charge in court |
| Allusion | an oblique reference in literature |
| Antagonist | the enemy of the protagonist |
| Diction | the writer's choice of words |
| Elegy | a poem concerned with mourning |
| Epic | The Illiad & the Odyssey |
| Genre | a literary category |
| Hyperbole | exaggeration for effect |
| Metaphor | a literary comparison |
| Simile | comparison using like or as |
| Viaduct | a type of bridge |
| Birdie | one stroke under par |
| Bullpen | where relief pitchers warm up |
| Lob | a high arching ball in tennis |
| Punt | kick |
| Chaos Theory | Making sense out of disorder |
| Fission | splitting of the atomic nuclei |
| Hologram | images created with laser light |
| Kinetic | pertaining to motion |
| Paleontologist | fossil scientist |
