pronounced: OHghul

 verb (used with object)

1.

to look at amorously, flirtatiously, or impertinently.

2.

to eye; look or stare at.

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verb (used with object), -aged, -ag·ing.

1.

to speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle: Do not disparage good manners.

2.

to bring reproach or discredit upon; lower the estimation of: Your behavior will disparage the whole family.

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Williams disparages white fear of black crime by characterizing the criminal records of Goetz’s victims as mere “allegations”.

adj.

Foolish; flighty: a harebrained scheme.

Usage Note: The first use of harebrained dates to 1548. The spelling hairbrained also has a long history, going back to the 1500s when hair was a variant spelling of hare. The hair variant was preserved in Scotland into the 18th century, and as a result it is impossible to tell exactly when people began writing hairbrained in the belief that the word means “having a hair-sized brain” rather than “with no more sense than a hare.” While hairbrained continues to be used and confused, it should be avoided in favor of harebrained which has been established as the correct spelling.

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harebrained, hairbrained [ˈhɛəˌbreɪnd]

adj

rash, foolish, or badly thought out harebrained schemes

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adjective

1.

resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.

2.

noisy, clamorous, or boisterous: obstreperous children.

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noun

1.

the act of recriminating, or countercharging: Hope gave way to recrimination with both sides claiming the moral high ground.

2.

a countercharge: The poll suggests that the public is frustrated by the bickering and recriminations.

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noun

1.

an increase by natural growth or by gradual external addition; growth in size or extent.

2.

the result of this process.

3.

an added part; addition: The last part of the legend is a later accretion.

4.

the growing together of separate parts into a single whole.

5.

Law . increase of property by gradual natural additions, as of land by alluvion.

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noun

1.

a person who makes a defense in speech or writing of a belief, idea, etc.

2.

Ecclesiastical .

a.

Also, a·pol·o·gete  [uh-pol-uh-jeet] Show IPA. a person skilled in apologetics.

b.

one of the authors of the early Christian apologies in defense of the faith.

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Why waste your time engaging politically when it is ultimately money that buys results, at least if you’re not one of those few souls with vast sums of it?

“But maybe,” the apologist insists, “the problem is in what Americans believe. Maybe we should work hard to convince Americans that they’re wrong. It’s understandable that they believe money is corrupting Washington. But it isn’t. The money is benign. It supports the positions members have already taken. It is simply how those positions find voice and support. It is just the American way.”

Here a second and completely damning response walks onto the field: if money really doesn’t affect results in Washington, then what could possibly explain the fundamental policy failures–relative to every comparable democracy across the world, whether liberal or conservative–of our government over the past decades?

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noun

insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth; covetous

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Utilitarianism…tolerating the crimes by the passionate and the avaricious against the cold and the frugal…

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“Rational” denotes suiting means to ends, rather than mulling things over, and much of our knowledge is tacit.