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61biblical literature — Introduction four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha. The Old… …
62cynical — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. misanthropic, sneering, satirical, pessimistic, distrustful, sarcastic, cutting, disdainful, contemptuous, censorious; surly, snarling, captious. See contempt, disapprobation, malevolence.Ant.,… …
63cynical — cynical, misanthropic, pessimistic, misogynic are comparable when meaning deeply and often contemptuously dis trustful. Cynical implies a sneering disbelief in sincerity and integrity {the ease with which she asserted or denied whatever suited… …
64cynical — adjective Date: 1542 1. captious, peevish 2. having or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic: as a. contemptuously distrustful of human nature and motives < those cynical men who say that democracy cannot be honest and efficient …
65Social Security (United States) — This article is about the retirement/disability program. For the general concept of providing welfare, see Social security. For other uses, see Social Security (disambiguation) …
66Concurrency control — In information technology and computer science, especially in the fields of computer programming (see also concurrent programming, parallel programming), operating systems (see also parallel computing), multiprocessors, and databases, concurrency …
67Explanatory style — is a psychological attribute that indicates how people explain to themselves why they experience a particular event, either positive or negative. Psychologists have identified three components in explanatory style: Personal. This involves how one …
68Lock (database) — A lock is used when multiple users need to access a database concurrently. This prevents data from being corrupted or invalidated when multiple users try to write to the database. Any single user can only modify those database records (that is,… …
69Nuclear criticality safety — is a field of nuclear engineering dedicated to the prevention of nuclear and radiation accidents resulting from an inadvertent, self sustaining nuclear chain reaction.[1] Additionally, nuclear criticality safety is concerned with mitigating the… …
70novel — novel1 novellike, adj. /nov euhl/, n. 1. a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length and complexity, portraying characters and usually presenting a sequential organization of action and scenes. 2. (formerly) novella (def. 1). [1560 70; <… …
