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91cereologist — (see.ree.AWL.uh.jist) n. A person who studies crop circles. Also: cerealogist. Example Citation: They appeared like magic in the middle of the night hundreds of huge geometrical patterns in the middle of English wheat fields. To some, the… …
92hathos — (HAY.thohs; TH as in thin) n. Feelings of pleasure derived from hating someone or something. hathotic adj. Example Citations: Does anyone say, I may be wrong more disingenuously? Is there anyone more aggressively watchable because he is so awful? …
93Scott, George C. — (1926–1999) Born in Wise, Virginia, George C. Scott attended the University of Missouri, where he majored in journalism until he found that he preferred acting. He appeared in campus productions and graduated to Off Broadway and Broadway after …
94benedictus — The first word in Latin (‘Blessed’) of the oracle attributed in Luke 1:68 to Zechariah, who had been struck dumb for disbelieving the angel [[➝ angels]] (Luke 1:20). With his power of speech restored he at once gives thanks to God for the birth… …
95Zechariah — A common name in the Bible (Zacharias in AV). 1) The son of Jehoiada, stoned by the populace (2 Chron. 24:20–3) and probably referred to in Matt. 23:35. 2) The Minor Prophet after the Exile (Zech. 1:1–7). 3) The father of John the Baptist (Luke 1 …
96afraid — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. See fear. Ant., fearless. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Apprehensive of the future] Syn. hesitant, anxious, apprehensive, disturbed, frightened, fearful, scared, nervous, timorous, cautious, uneasy,… …
97silently — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. without noise, without a sound, as still as a mouse, like a shadow, in utter stillness, noiselessly, stilly, calmly, quietly, soundlessly, mutely, dumbly, in deathlike silence, like one struck dumb, morosely, speechlessly …
98stupefied — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. astonished, astounded, amazed, dazzled; see bewildered , surprised . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. stunned, dazed, *out of it, staggered, knocked out, struck dumb, *stupid, benumbed, *floored, shocked, paralyzed,… …
99flabbergasted — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. surprised, amazed, astonished, taken aback, dumbfounded, astounded, struck dumb, rendered speechless, shocked, staggered, *bowled over, *blown away, confounded. ANT.: nonchalant, calm, cool, unperturbed …
100Constantinople — (Modern Istanbul). Capital of Byzantium (q.v.) from 324 1453, except for 1204 1261 when it was the capital of a Latin Empire founded by the Fourth Crusade (qq.v.). Constantine I (q.v.) s motives in establishing the new capital in 324 (dedicated… …
