Troika

 troi·ka

/ˈtroikə/

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noun

1. 1.

   a Russian vehicle pulled by a team of three horses abreast.
2. 2.

   a group of three people working together, especially in an administrative or managerial capacity.

Conjecture

 con·jec·ture

/kənˈjekCHər/

noun

plural noun: conjectures

an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information.

"conjectures about the newcomer were many and varied".

A statement that might be true (based on some research or reasoning), but is not proven. So a conjecture is like an educated guess.  

Example: I heard the sound of a plastic bag, so I conjecture there might be some food!

Pitch Perfect

 pitch-per·fect

/ˈpiCHˌpərfəkt/

adjective

1. exactly right in tone, mood, or pitch.

   "a pitch-perfect, hilarious sendup of a AB–style documentary"..

Formalistic

adjective. 

Characterized by a narrow concern for book learning and formal rules, without knowledge or experience of practical matters: academic, bookish, donnish, inkhorn, literary, pedantic, pedantical, scholastic.

A practitioner of formalism is called a formalist.

Hypothesis

 hy·poth·e·sis

/hīˈpäTHəsəs/

noun

plural noun: hypotheses

1. a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.

a proposition made as a basis for reasoning, without any assumption of its truth.

"the hypothesis that every event has a cause"

A hypothesis is an assumption, an idea that is proposed for the sake of argument so that it can be tested to see if it might be true.

An hypothesis is a specific statement of prediction. It describes in concrete (rather than theoretical) terms what you expect will happen in your study. Not all studies have hypotheses. Sometimes a study is designed to be exploratory.

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Dissenter

 dis·sent·er

noun

1. a person who dissents.
2. 
   

A dissenter (from the Latin dissentire, "to disagree") is one who dissents (disagrees) in matters of opinion, belief, etc.

Synonyms & Antonyms for dissenter

Synonyms

dissentient, dissident, heresiarch, heretic, nonconformist, separatist, objector, protester, rebel, sectarian, religion, dissident, reformationist and skeptic.

Antonyms

conformer, conformist

WoW

 WoW stands for the Word of the Week

Cacophony - an unpleasant mixture of sounds; harsh noise; discord

Cantankerous - bad tempered and uncooperative

Defy - resist or disobey; challenge or dare

Benevolent - friendly; generous; helpful

Cajole - to deceive by flattery; coax

Chasten - to discipline for the purpose of making better

Desecrate - to treat something usually sacred with disrespect

Digress - to get away from the main subject

Effervescence - full of life and excitement

Emulate - to copy or try to do better

Flaccid - flabby; limp; soft

Forthright - straightforward; direct; without hesitation

Garish - showy; overly decorated

Girth - circumference

Hiatus - a break in continuity; a gap in a series

Abscond - to depart secretly

Affable - easy to talk to; kind and polite

Insipid - without flavor; tasteless

Intermediary - mediator; go-between person

Jaunty - carefree; jolly

Judicious - showing good judgment; wise

Kindle - to light a fire

Laconic - expressed in only a few words

Lucid - clear; readily understood

Magnanimous - great-hearted; nobly generous

Malign - to speak badly of a person; slander

Neophyte - an inexperienced person

Nostalgic - longing for something one has known in the past; homesick

Obliterate - to wipe out; delete

Paltry - worthless

Philanthropy - the love of human-kind

Redolent - full of fragrance

Sonorous - a deep, loud sound

Taciturn - silent; not in the mood to talk

Verbose - containing more words than necessary; wordy

Wily - full of craftiness; sly

Zealot - an enthusiast; especially for a religion, a political party, or a cause

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