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Academic Focus: Metric analysis / Historical dialect interpretation. Engaging with diverse historical English builds phonetic agility, linguistic empathy, and reading stamina valued in selective entry exams.

Now that I, tying thy glass mask tightly,

May gaze through these faint smokes curling whitely,

As thou pliest thy trade in this devil's-smithy--

Which is the poison to poison her, prithee?

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To have each of a team's batting line-up positions complete an at-bat in the same half-inning.

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Dictionary Entry

agnostic

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/aɡˈnɒstɪk/Word FrequencyCommon (4.13)Curriculum FrequencyLess common (1)

A person who holds to a form of agnosticism, especially uncertainty of the existence of a deity.

In a Sentence

“She described herself as agnostic, not sure if she believed in any higher power.”

Published Usage Examples

“It took Huxley a full two decades to respond to his friend's adjustment of his term agnostic, but when he did respond he tried to put Spencer right on at least one key point about the risks of mythologizing the unknowable, of turning it into a kind of negative Absolute.”

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Origin

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Common Phrases

. agnosticposition agnosticagnostic remain

Synonyms

nescientunbelievingundogmaticnoncommitaldoubteragnostical

Antonyms

gnostic

Related Words

undogmaticalindependent

Poetry examples for “agnostic”

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