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  • 21un|taught — «uhn TT», adjective, verb. –adj. 1. not taught; not educated: »an untaught child. 2. known without being taught; learned naturally: »untaught wisdom. That untaught innate philosophy (Byron). a) the past tense and past participle of unteach …

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  • 22Ignorant — Ig no*rant, a. [F., fr. L. ignorans, antis, p. pr. of ignorare to be ignorant. See {Ignore}.] 1. Destitute of knowledge; uninstructed or uninformed; untaught; unenlightened. [1913 Webster] He that doth not know those things which are of use for… …

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  • 23Rude — Rude, a. [Compar. {Ruder}; superl. {Rudest}.] [F., fr. L. rudis.] 1. Characterized by roughness; umpolished; raw; lacking delicacy or refinement; coarse. [1913 Webster] Such gardening tools as art, yet rude, . . . had formed. Milton. [1913… …

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  • 24Rudely — Rude Rude, a. [Compar. {Ruder}; superl. {Rudest}.] [F., fr. L. rudis.] 1. Characterized by roughness; umpolished; raw; lacking delicacy or refinement; coarse. [1913 Webster] Such gardening tools as art, yet rude, . . . had formed. Milton. [1913… …

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  • 25Rudeness — Rude Rude, a. [Compar. {Ruder}; superl. {Rudest}.] [F., fr. L. rudis.] 1. Characterized by roughness; umpolished; raw; lacking delicacy or refinement; coarse. [1913 Webster] Such gardening tools as art, yet rude, . . . had formed. Milton. [1913… …

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  • 26Ruder — Rude Rude, a. [Compar. {Ruder}; superl. {Rudest}.] [F., fr. L. rudis.] 1. Characterized by roughness; umpolished; raw; lacking delicacy or refinement; coarse. [1913 Webster] Such gardening tools as art, yet rude, . . . had formed. Milton. [1913… …

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  • 27Rudest — Rude Rude, a. [Compar. {Ruder}; superl. {Rudest}.] [F., fr. L. rudis.] 1. Characterized by roughness; umpolished; raw; lacking delicacy or refinement; coarse. [1913 Webster] Such gardening tools as art, yet rude, . . . had formed. Milton. [1913… …

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  • 28Savage — Sav age (?; 48), a. [F. sauvage, OF. salvage, fr. L. silvaticus belonging to a wood, wild, fr. silva a wood. See {Silvan}, and cf. {Sylvatic}.] 1. Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature;… …

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  • 29Mount Calvary —     Mount Calvary     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Mount Calvary     The place of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.     NAME     Etymology and Use     The word Calvary (Lat. Calvaria) means a skull . Calvaria and the Gr. Kranion are equivalents for… …

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  • 30unschooled — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. uneducated, untaught. See ignorance. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. uneducated, untrained, naive, amateur; see ignorant 2 . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Without education or knowledge: ignorant …

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