Publishing Function: noun Date: 1580 : the business or profession of the commercial production and issuance of literature, information, musical scores.

publishing

Function: noun

Date: 1580

: the business or profession of the commercial production and issuance of literature, information, musical scores or sometimes recordings, or art <newspaper publishing> <software publishing>

orchestraPronunciation: \ˈor-kəs-trə, -ˌkes-\ Function: noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek orchēstra, from orcheisthai to dance; perhaps akin to Sanskrit rghāyati he trembles, he rages Date: 1606 1: the circular space used by the chorus in front of the proscenium in an

ancient Greek theater b: a corresponding semicircular space in a Roman theater used for seating important persons

2: the space in front of the stage in a modern theater that is used by an orchestra

sluice

Pronunciation: \ˈslüs\

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English sluse, alteration of scluse, from Anglo-French escluse, from Late Latin exclusa, from Latin,

Date: 15th century

1 a: an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow b: a body of water pent up behind a floodgate 2: a dock gate : floodgate

preferential

Pronunciation: \ˌpre-fə-ˈren(t)-shəl\

Function: adjective

Date: 1849

1 : showing preference

2 : employing or creating a preference in trade relations

3 : designed to permit expression of preference among candidates <a preferential primary>

reprimand

Pronunciation: \ˈre-prə-ˌmand\

Function: noun

Etymology: French réprimande, from Latin reprimendato check Date: 1636

1: a severe or formal reproof Verbet

Repugnant

Pronunciation: \-nənt\

Function: adjective

Etymology: Middle English, opposed, contradictory, incompatible, from Anglo-French, from Latin repugnant-, repugnans, present participle of repugnare to fight against, from re- + pugnare to fight — more at pungent

Date: 15th century

1: incompatible, inconsistent

2: hostile 3: exciting distaste or aversion

slather

Pronunciation: \ˈsla-thər\

Function: noun

Etymology: origin unknown

Date: 1843

1: a great quantity

• stratosphere• Pronunciation: \ˈstra-tə-ˌsfir\ • Function: noun • Etymology: French stratosphère, from New Latin stratum + -o- + French sphère sphere, from Latin sphaera Date: 1909

• 1 : the part of the earth's atmosphere which extends from the top of the troposphere to about 30 miles (50 kilometers) above the surface and in which temperature increases gradually to about 32° F (0° C) and clouds rarely form 2 : a very high or the highest region on or as if on a graded scale <construction costs in the stratosphere> <the celebrity stratosphere>

• nostalgic• Pronunciation: \nä-ˈstal-jə, nə- also no-, nō-; nə-ˈstäl-\ • Function: noun • Etymology: New Latin, from Greek nostos return home + New Latin -

algia; akin to Greek neisthai to return, Old English genesan to survive, Sanskrit nasate he approaches Date: 1756

• 1: the state of being homesick : homesickness 2: a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition

NOSTALGIC

• brazen• Pronunciation: \ˈbrā-zən\ • Function: adjective • Etymology: Middle English brasen, from Old English bræsen, from

bræs brass Date: before 12th century • 1: made of brass 2 a: sounding harsh and loud like struck brass b: of

the color of polished brass 3: marked by contemptuous boldness • <a brazen disregard for the rules>

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