Devout

Devout

Definition:

1) Very/Deeply religious.

2) Devoted to a particular personal interest or cause, basicly devoted to anything.

3) Deeply and sincerely felt or meant.

It's a synonym for devoted.

He's a devout baseball fan, he watches every single game!

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Dignity

1. A proper sense of pride and self-respect.

2. Seriousness, respectfulness, or formality in somebody's behavior and bearing.

3. The condition of being worthy of respect, esteem, or honor.

4. The respect or honor that a high rank or position should be shown.

5. A high rank, position, or honor.

What dignity is...

1. Self-respect.
2. Seriousness.
3. Worthyness.
4. What you're supposed to show someone of great power.

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Scourge

1. Tormentor: Somebody or something that is perceived as an agent of punishment, destruction, or severe criticism.

2. whip: a whip that is used for inflicting punishment.

Can also be used as verb, being scourged;

1. Punish somebody: To punish or criticize somebody severely.

2. Whip somebody: To whip somebody severely.

The scourge of his childhood.

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Basalt

1) A hard, black, often glassy, volcanic rock. It was produced by the partial melting of the Earth's mantle.

2) A stone-like, hard black unglazed pottery.

1) The statue was built on a basalt tower.
2) That vase cannot break, it's made of basalt.

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Tuition

1. A fee charged for instruction at a school or university.

2. Teaching: instruction, especially when given individually or in a small group.

Like private schools or home teaching, tuition is charged. It isn't for free.

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Savagery

1. Barbarity or violent cruelty.

2. An offensive term for a culture perceived to be inferior to or less advanced than your own.

1. Beating people up is savagery bahavoir.
2. People like baby bush decent from savagery cultures.

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CET

Short for Central European Time.

It's +1 (London is 0), so it's 1 hour later in all of Europe, eccept for the UK where there's no CET.

It's 2 P.m. CET, so it's 1 P.m. in the UK.

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