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<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> adj <br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>wise or careful in conduct.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>shrewd or thrifty in planning ahead.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">3 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>wary; discreet.<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 14c: from Latin <i>prudens</i>, <i>prudentis</i>, from <i>providens</i> seeing ahead.

<span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> adj <br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>said of a person:<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">a </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>very careless; rash;<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">b </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>heedless of the consequences of their actions or behaviour.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>said of an action or behaviour:<div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> Anglo-Saxon <i>recceleas</i>.

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> noun <br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>a literary composition, originally in verse, which holds up follies and vices for criticism, ridicule and scorn.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>the use of instruments such as sarcasm, irony, wit and humour in such compositions.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">3 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>satirical writing as a genre.<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 16c: from Latin <i>satira</i> mixture.

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> adj <br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>relating to or containing satire.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>characterized by satire.<br>

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> adj (<b>scantier</b>, <b>scantiest</b>)<br>small or lacking in size or amount; barely enough<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 17c.

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> noun <br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>someone with a tendency to disbelieve or doubt the validity or substance of other situations, people, etc.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>someone who questions widely accepted, especially religious, doctrines and beliefs.<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 16c: from Latin <i>scepticus</i>, from Greek <i>skeptikos</i> thoughtful, from <i>skeptesthai</i> to consider.

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> noun <br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>a squared-off U-shaped wire fastener for holding sheets of paper together and which is forced through the paper from a special device that has several of these loaded into it.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>a U-shaped metal nail that is used to hold wires in place, to fasten a hasp to a post, etc.<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> verb (<b>stapled</b>, <b>stapling</b>)<br>to fasten or attach with a staple or staples<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> Anglo-Saxon <i>stapol</i> post or support.

<span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> adj <br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>principal; main<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>said of a traded article, industry, etc of a specified individual, company, region, country, etc: rated and established as being of prime economic importance<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> noun <br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>an economically important food, product, ingredient, industry, export, etc.<div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 15c: from Dutch <i>stapel</i> shop or warehouse.

<br><span class="red_cr"><!--Start_Part-->━</span> adj <br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">1 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>without precedent; not known to have ever happened before.<br><b><b class="r_tit_13"><!--Exp_No--><SPAN CLASS="Exp_No">2 </SPAN><!--/Exp_No--></b></b>unparalleled.<br><div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 17c.