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Word: psychosomatic

Definition: of the influence of the mind on the body (esp. with respect to disease)


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::: impermeable - impervious; not permitting passage through its substance; impossible to permeate
::: strident - loud and harsh; insistent; N. stridency
::: gruff - rough-mannered; (of a voice) rough; hoarse
::: champion - support militantly; fight for; N: person who fights for or supports strongly (a principle, movement, person, etc.)
::: predispose - give an inclination toward (in advance); make susceptible to; Ex. predispose people to certain cancer; N. predisposition
::: choreography - art of representing dances in written symbols; arrangement of dances
::: inconsequential - insignificant; unimportant
::: pulverize - crush or grind into very small particles
::: benign - kindly; favorable; not malignant (disease); Ex. benign tumor
::: blasphemy - irreverence; sacrilege; cursing; bad language about God or holy things; V. blasphem; ADJ. blasphemous; CF. sacrilege