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SALUTATION & VALEDICTION

salutation

[sal-yuh-tey-shuh n] 

 

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noun

1.

the act of saluting.

2.

something uttered, written, or done by way of saluting.

3.

a word or phrase serving as the prefatory greeting in a letter or speech, as Dear Sir in a letter or Ladies and Gentlemen in a speech.

valediction

[val-i-dik-shuh n] 

 

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noun

1.

an act of bidding farewell or taking leave.

2.

an utterance, oration, or the like, given in bidding farewell or taking leave; valedictory.

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my·o·pi·a

mīˈōpēə/

noun

1. nearsightedness.

   • lack of imagination, foresight, or intellectual insight.

     "historians have been censured for their myopia in treating modern science as a western phenomenon"

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COMPELLED

verb (used with object), compelled, compelling.

1.

to force or drive, especially to a course of action:

His disregard of the rules compels us to dismiss him.

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SAUNTERED

verb (used without object)

1.

to walk with a leisurely gait; stroll:

sauntering through the woods.

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cor·pu·lent

adjective

1. (of a person) fat.

   synonyms:

   fat, obese

2. He is very corpulent

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CRESTFALLEN

sad and disappointed.

"he came back empty-handed and crestfallen"

synonyms:

downhearted, downcast,

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impervious

not allowing fluid to pass through.

"an impervious layer of basaltic clay"

synonyms:

impermeable, impenetrable,