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101censorship — /sen seuhr ship /, n. 1. the act or practice of censoring. 2. the office or power of a censor. 3. the time during which a censor holds office. 4. the inhibiting and distorting activity of the Freudian censor. [1585 95; CENSOR + SHIP] * * * Act of …
102closemouthed — /klohs mowdhd , mowtht /, adj. reticent; uncommunicative. [1880 85; CLOSE + MOUTH + ED3] Syn. tight lipped, diffident, taciturn, secretive. * * * …
103garrulous — garrulously, adv. garrulousness, n. /gar euh leuhs, gar yeuh /, adj. 1. excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, esp. about trivial matters. 2. wordy or diffuse: a garrulous and boring speech. [1605 15; < L garrulus talkative,… …
104incommunicative — incommunicatively, adv. incommunicativeness, n. /in keuh myooh ni keuh tiv, kay /, adj. not communicative; reserved; uncommunicative. [1660 70; IN 3 + COMMUNICATIVE] * * * …
105oyster — /oy steuhr/, n. 1. any of several edible, marine, bivalve mollusks of the family Ostreidae, having an irregularly shaped shell, occurring on the bottom or adhering to rocks or other objects in shallow water. 2. the oyster shaped bit of dark meat… …
106reticent — reticence, reticency, n. reticently, adv. /ret euh seuhnt/, adj. 1. disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved. 2. reluctant or restrained. [1825 35; < L reticent (s. of reticens), prp. of reticere to be silent, equiv. to re RE + tic …
107self-contained — self containedly /self keuhn tay nid lee, self /, adv. self containedness, n. /self keuhn taynd , self /, adj. 1. containing in oneself or itself all that is necessary; independent. 2. reserved or uncommunicative. 3. self controlled or self… …
108taciturn — taciturnly, adv. /tas i terrn /, adj. 1. inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation. 2. dour, stern, and silent in expression and manner. [1765 75; < L taciturnus, quiet, maintaining silence, equiv. to tacit(us)… …
109Antonioni, Michelangelo — born Sept. 29, 1912, Ferrara, Italy Italian film director and producer. He wrote film reviews and studied filmmaking before directing his short film The People of the Po Valley (1947). His first major film, The Girl Friends (1955), was followed… …
110Blaize, Herbert Augustus — ▪ prime minister of Grenada baptized Feb. 26, 1918, Carriacou, Grenada, British West Indies died Dec. 19, 1989, near St. Georges, Grenada Grenadian politician who served as head of government in the 1960s and 1980s. After taking a Law …
