- adage a proverb or short statement expressing a general truth.
- atrophy the partial or complete wasting away of a part of the body.
- ba'athism is an Arab nationalist idealogy that promotes the development and creation of a unified Arab state through the leadership of a vanguard party over a progressive revolutionary government.
- ba'ath means 'renaissance'
- left wing
- society seeks enlightenment, renaissance and rebirth of arab culture.
- Iraq and Syria have both had Ba'ath societies
- focus on secular state - separation of Islam from state.
- overthrowing of ruling classes, against materialistic communism
- neo-ba'athism - became military oriented
- allegations of fascist and racist influence
- capricious given to sudden changes in mood and behaviour.
- cogitation thoughtful consideration, meditation.
- concourse
- large, open public place where people can gather.
- large crowd.
- desultory
- lacking a plan, purpose or enthusiasm.
- (of conversation or speech) going from one subject to another in a half-hearted way; "unfocused desultory conversation".
- dogma a principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true usually relating to faith or morality.
- heterogeneous composed of diverse elements.
- homogeneous formed of similar parts.
- iconoclasm the practice of destroying images, especially those created for religious veneration.
- locus the specific location of a gene or DNA sequence on a chromosome.
- logorrhoea an excessive or abnormal, sometimes incoherent talkativeness; excessive use of words.
- nomenclature The devising or choosing of names for things esp. in science or other disciplines.
- obsequious obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree.
- oleaginous
- oily, producing oil
- exaggeratedly and distastefully complimentary
- paracosm a detailed, prolonged imaginary world created by children that includes human, animal, or alien creations.
- perspicuous clearly expressed or presented; easy to understand.
- pusillanimous showing a lack of courage or determination; timid.
- semaphore a system of sending messages by holding the arms or two flags or poles in certain positions according to an alphabetic code.
- sententious given to moralising in a pompous or affected manner.
- servile having or showing an excessive willingness to serve or please others.
- seven liberal arts of classical study
- trivium in medieval universities, the trivium comprised the three subjects that were taught first: grammar, logic and rhetoric.
- quadrivium geometry, arithmetic, astronomy and music.
- solecism
- a non-standard usage or grammatical construction.
- a violation of etiquette.
- an impropriety, mistake or incongruity.
- svengali
- a person who exercises a controlling or mesmeric influence on another, especially for a sinister purpose.
- origins: early 20th century, the name of a musician in George du Maurier's novel Trilby (1894), who controls Trilby's stage singing hypnotically.
- theocracy from the perspective of a theocratic government, God himself is recognised as the head of state.
- totalitarianism is a political system in which the state holds total authority over the society and seeks to control all aspects of public and private life when necessary.
- tumescent swollen
- vagaries an unexpected and inexplicable change in a situation or someone's behaviour.
- veneration a feeling of profound respect for someone or something.
- zenith
- highest point in success or power.
- point in the sky directly above an observer
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