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  • 111illiteracy — n 1. ignorance, unenlightenment, be nightedness, nescience, lack of education, illiterateness. 2.(all of reading or writing) inaccuracy, incorrectness, solecism, malapropism, error, mistake; nonstandard or substandard usage …

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  • 112ignorance — [n] unintelligence, inexperience benightedness, bewilderment, blindness, callowness, crudeness, darkness, denseness, disregard, dumbness, empty headedness*, fog*, half knowledge, illiteracy, incapacity, incomprehension, innocence, inscience,… …

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  • 113innocence — [n1] blamelessness chastity, clean hands*, clear conscience*, guiltlessness, immaculateness, impeccability, incorruptibility, incorruption, inculpability, probity, purity, righteousness, sinlessness, stainlessness, uprightness, virtue; concept… …

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  • 114nescient —   a. lacking or disclaiming knowledge; n. agnostic.    ♦ nescience, n …

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  • 115nescient — [nesh′ənt, nesh′ē ənt] adj. [L nesciens, prp. of nescire, to be ignorant of: see NICE] 1. lacking knowledge; ignorant 2. AGNOSTIC nescience n …

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  • 116nescient — adj. literary (foll. by of) lacking knowledge; ignorant. Derivatives: nescience n. Etymology: LL nescientia f. L nescire not know f. ne not + scire know …

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  • 117nice — adj. 1 pleasant, agreeable, satisfactory. 2 (of a person) kind, good natured. 3 iron. bad or awkward (a nice mess you ve made). 4 a fine or subtle (a nice distinction). b requiring careful thought or attention (a nice problem). 5 fastidious;… …

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  • 118Nice — adj. 1 pleasant, agreeable, satisfactory. 2 (of a person) kind, good natured. 3 iron. bad or awkward (a nice mess you ve made). 4 a fine or subtle (a nice distinction). b requiring careful thought or attention (a nice problem). 5 fastidious;… …

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  • 119inscience — ˈinsh(ē)ən(t)s, ˈin(t)sēə noun Etymology: Latin inscientia, from inscient , insciens inscient + ia : lack of knowledge : nescience …

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  • 120ig|no|rance — «IHG nuhr uhns», noun. lack of knowledge; quality or condition of being ignorant: »Ignorance has never been either an effective or a desirable safeguard for freedom (Wall Street Journal). SYNONYM(S): nescience …

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