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A cappella
Without musical accompaniment (in the manner of a chapel)
Atheist:
A person who denies the existence of god (Greek “without god”)
Cognoscenti:
Experts (those in the know)
Cynic:
A person who is inclined to deny the honesty of human motives (Greek “dog”)
Empiricist:
A person who believes that experience provides the only basis for knowledge (Greek “experience”)
Finale:
The end (final; end)
Front-runner:
The leader in a competition (track)
Graffiti:
Words drawn on buildings (little scratching)
Have an ace up one’s sleeve:
To have a resource held in reserve (card playing)
Hedonist:
A person who believes that pleasure is the chief good in life (Greek “pleasure”)
Iconoclast:
A person who attacks established beliefs (Greek “image-breaker”)
Idealist:
A person who sees things in an ideal form (Greek “form, model”)
Imbroglio:
A complicated situation (a tangle)
Kickoff:
To start (football)
Libretto:
The printed text of the words to an opera (little book, booklet)
Long shot:
A bet that has only a slight chance of success (horse racing)
Manifesto:
A public declaration if intentions (a manifestation)
Materialist:
A person who believes that worldly possessions form the only good in life (Latin “matter”)
Monday-morning quarterback:
A person who explains after a defeat what went wrong (football)
Monotheist:
A person who believes that there is only one God (Greek “one god”)
Motto:
A brief sentence that expresses the purpose of something (a word)
Mystic:
A person who seeks to commune with God (Greek “an initiate”)
Pantheist:
A person who believes in all gods (Greek “all gods”)
Par for the course:
Exactly what is to be expected (golf)
Pinch-hit:
To serve as a substitute (baseball)
Polytheist:
A person who believes in many gods (Greek “many gods”)
Pragmatist:
A person who approaches situations from a practical point of view (Greek “deed, affair”)
Prima Donna:
A temperamental person (first lady)
Put on a full-court press:
To overcome an opponent by contesting at every opportunity (basketball)
Quarantine:
To isolate (forty days)
Scenario:
The outline of a dramatic work (scenery)
Showboating:
Seeking to attract attention (baseball)
Sotto voce:
Very softly (under the voice, under one’s breath)
Squadron:
A large military unit (a big square)
Start out with two strikes
against you:
To begin with a severe disadvantage (baseball)
Studio:
An artist’s workroom (a study)
Stymied:
Frustrated or thwarted (golf)
Tempo:
The speed at which music is played (time)
Throw in the towel:
To give up (boxing)
Torso:
The trunk of the human body (the body of a statue)
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EYV Units 1-9
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Updated
2014-03-31T21:40:36Z
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