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Scourge (noun)

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The pirate uses a scourge to punish his slaves. He never gives them any reward.

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–noun

1. a whip or lash, esp. for the infliction of punishment or torture.

2. a person or thing that applies or administers punishment or severe criticism.

3. a cause of affliction or calamity: Disease and famine are scourges of humanity.

–verb (used with object)

4. to whip with a scourge; lash.

5. to punish, chastise, or criticize severely.

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Hegira (noun)

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Some birds have a hegira, heading to south, before winter. Some of them may never return.

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Word Origin & History

hegira

1590, the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina (July 16, 622 C.E.), from which event the Islamic calendar reckons. From Arabic hijrah "departure," from hajara "to depart."

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Hyperborean (noun)

Posted in Labels: adjective, noun

Hyperboreans lives in a far northern region, so they would not stand in sultry places like Indonesia.

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–noun

1. Classical Mythology. one of a people supposed to live in a land of perpetual sunshine and abundance beyond the north wind.

2. an inhabitant of an extreme northern region.

–adjective

3. of or pertaining to the Hyperboreans.

4. of, pertaining to, or living in a far northern region.

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Lowbrow (noun)

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Some little girls used to think that all boys are lowbrows.

I think only a lowbrow would believe in this poster directly--or a little girl--and any educated person would not.

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Insipid (adjective)

Posted in Labels: adjective

Kuroyan will not tolerate any tasteless or insipid pan; he wants only exhilarating ones.

what thesaurus says about this word:

Synonyms:	banal, bland, characterless, mild, mundane, nebbish, nothing, ordinary, plain, pointless, prosaic, prosy, slight, soft*, spiritless, tedious
Notes:	sipid - of pleasing taste, flavor, or character - is the opposite of insipid
Antonyms:	exciting, exhilarating, interesting, pleasing