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1. accommodation, n. View full entry 1566
...Adaptation; the process of being adapted....
2. age mate, n. View full entry 1582
...A person of the same age, or belonging to the same age group; a contemporary, a peer....
3. anthropography, n. View full entry 1570
...A description of all the parts of the human body. Obs....
4. anthropology, n. View full entry 1593
...The science of man, or of mankind, in the widest sense....
5. archi-, prefix View full entry c1598
...= arch-; chief, principal, first in authority or order....
6. Caspian, adj. and n. View full entry 1590
...Of or relating to the Caspian Sea, an inland sea of central Asia....
7. civil society, n. View full entry ?1575
...Civilized or civic society; society considered as a community of citizens characterized by common interests and collective activity; (now also Social Sciences) that aspect of society concerned with and operating...
8. class, n. and adj. View full entry 1533
...Roman Hist. A group of Roman citizens who could meet a certain minimum wealth qualification; spec. each of the five groups into which property owners were divided for military...
9. disadˈvantage, v. View full entry ?c1550
...trans. To cause disadvantage to; to place in an unfavourable position; to affect unfavourably....
10. Ethiopian, adj. and n. View full entry 1552
...Of or belonging to Ethiopia (in the various historical uses of the name), or to the peoples known to the ancients as Æthiopes. Often used (now only humorously) as =...
11. horde, n. View full entry 1555
...A tribe or troop of Tartar or kindred Asiatic nomads, dwelling in tents or wagons, and migrating from place to place for pasturage, or for war or plunder....
12. humanist, n. and adj. View full entry 1589
...A person who pursues or is expert in the study of the humanities, esp. a classical scholar. Also (Sc.): spec. a Latinist, a professor or teacher...
13. marginal, adj. and n. View full entry 1573
...Written or printed in the margin of a page; esp. in marginal note, marginal reference. In quot. 1611: at the margin of the page (rather than...
14. matched, adj. View full entry ?1570
...Put together as associates or equals; consisting of equals, or of complementary or corresponding elements. Freq. as the second element in compounds, as well-, ill-matched, etc. (for more...
15. Mediterranean, adj. and n. View full entry ?1556
...(the proper name of) the almost landlocked sea separating southern Europe from Africa, connected with the Atlantic Ocean by the Strait of Gibraltar, with the Black Sea by the Bosporus, and (since...
16. mimesis, n. View full entry 1550
...Rhetoric. Imitation of another person's words, mannerisms, actions, etc.; an instance of this. Also (occas.) in extended use. Obs....
17. modal, adj. and n. View full entry 1569
...Logic. Of a proposition: involving the affirmation or negation of possibility, impossibility, necessity, or contingency; (more widely) that contains an adverb or adverbial phrase, or in which the predicate is affirmed...
18. mother goddess, n. View full entry 1558
...A goddess who is the mother of a hero in classical mythology. Obs....
19. Negro, n. and adj. View full entry 1555
...A member of a dark-skinned group of peoples originally native to sub-Saharan Africa; a person of black African origin or descent. In early use also applied to other dark-skinned peoples, esp. Moors....
20. parallel, n., adj., and adv. View full entry a1544
...Each of a set of imaginary circles of constant latitude on the earth's surface, or corresponding lines drawn on a map or globe; also with reference to other bodies. Also more fully...
