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61evasion — evasional, adj. /i vay zheuhn/, n. 1. an act or instance of escaping, avoiding, or shirking something: evasion of one s duty. 2. the avoiding of an argument, accusation, question, or the like, as by a subterfuge: The old political boss was… …
62haggle — haggler, n. /hag euhl/, v., haggled, haggling, n. v.i. 1. to bargain in a petty, quibbling, and often contentious manner: They spent hours haggling over the price of fish. 2. to wrangle, dispute, or cavil: The senators haggled interminably over… …
63hairsplitting — hairsplitter, n. /hair split ing/, n. 1. the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions. adj. 2. characterized by such distinctions: the hairsplitting arguments of a political debate. [1820 30; HAIR + SPLITTING] Syn. 2. quibbling, niggling,… …
64Macbeth — /meuhk beth , mak /, n. 1. died 1057, king of Scotland 1040 57. 2. (italics) a tragedy (1606?) by Shakespeare. * * * ▪ king of Scots died August 15, 1057, near Lumphanan, Aberdeen [now in Aberdeenshire], Scotland king of Scots from 1040, the… …
65quibble — quibbler, n. /kwib euhl/, n., v., quibbled, quibbling. n. 1. an instance of the use of ambiguous, prevaricating, or irrelevant language or arguments to evade a point at issue. 2. the general use of such arguments. 3. petty or carping criticism; a …
66salvo — salvo1 /sal voh/, n., pl. salvos, salvoes. 1. a simultaneous or successive discharge of artillery, bombs, etc. 2. a round of fire given as a salute. 3. a round of cheers or applause. [1585 95; earlier salva < It L salve SALVE3] salvo2 /sal voh/,… …
67Valla, Lorenzo — born 1407, Rome, Papal States died Aug. 1, 1457, Rome Italian humanist, philosopher, and literary critic. Unable to find a post as a papal secretary, Valla left Rome in 1430 and spent five years traveling in northern Italy. He was royal secretary …
68Corax — ▪ Greek writer flourished 5th century BC, Sicily Syracusan believed to have written the first Greek treatise on rhetoric. There is little reliable information about Corax s life or his work, of which nothing survives. He was active at …
69Mongolia — • The name used to designate an immense uneven plateau, part of the Chinese Empire, extending, roughly speaking, from the Tarbagatal to the great K ingan chains Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Mongolia Mongolia …
70Sophists — • A group of Greek teachers who flourished at the end of the fifth century B.C Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Sophists Sophists …
