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91Russian literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the Russian language, beginning with the Christianization of Kievan Rus in the late 10th century. The unusual shape of Russian literary history has been the source of numerous… …
92Turgenev, Ivan Sergeyevich — ▪ Russian author Introduction born October 28 [November 9, New Style], 1818, Oryol, Russia died August 22 [September 3], 1883, Bougival, near Paris, France Russian (Russian literature) novelist, poet, and playwright, whose major works include… …
93Semipelagianism — • A doctrine of grace advocated by monks of Southern Gaul at and around Marseilles after 428 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Semipelagianism Semipelagianism …
94redundant — I adjective excessive, inordinate, needless, otiose, overmuch, periphrastic, pleonastic, repetitive, repititious, superabundant, superfluous, supernumerary, supervacaneus, surplus, tautologic, tautological, uncalled for, undue, unnecessary,… …
95Rousseau (Jean-Jacques) and Burke — Jean Jacques Rousseau and Burke Ian Harris Those who thought about the social and political order directed their attention to a new centre of interest towards the end of the seventeenth century. It was not that speculation about political… …
96excessive — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. immoderate, inordinate, extravagant, exorbitant, unreasonable, outrageous; superfluous, extreme. See dearness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. immoderate, inordinate, extreme, extravagant, exorbitant,… …
97spare — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. be lenient; save; refrain, abstain, forbear, withhold; exempt; give up, surrender, forgo, relinquish. See leniency, exemption, store, relinquishment.Ant. condemn, keep. adj. lean, gaunt, bony;… …
98unnecessary — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. useless, needless, inessential, superfluous, dispensable. See uselessness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. needless, causeless, fortuitous, casual, chance, haphazard, wanton, accidental, unessential,… …
99redundant — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Needless] Syn. superfluous, irrelevant, excess; see excessive , superfluous , unnecessary . 2. [Repetitious] Syn. verbose, wordy, repetitive, tautological; see verbose . See Synonym Study at verbose . II (Roget s 3… …
100shear — vb Shear, poll, clip, trim, prune, lop, snip, crop are comparable when they mean to cut off something (as a piece, an excrescence, or a limb). Shear is the most general word of this group; it usually implies the use of a sharp cutting instrument… …
