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ISLAMAPHOBE
- One who is fearful of or averse to the religion of Islam or those who practice it.
- Usage: Interview of Arab-American representative.
Source: Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition; based on suffix -phobe.
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LAICIZE
- To reduce to lay status; to put under the direction of or open to the laity.
- Usage: Report on the Catholic Church sex-abuse scandal, used to describe possible defrocking of priests accused of molestation.
Source: Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition.
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55 CANCRI
- Recently discovered planetary system 41 light years from our solar system; the orbit of a Jupiter-like planet, called an exoplanet, within the system is stable enough to foster a benign, life-friendly environment in the inner solar orbit, according to astronomers, because the gravity of such large planets tend to attract comets away from smaller planets orbiting closer to the sun.
- Usage: Language research.
Source: CNN.com
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