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Jafje's definitions

Prim

1. Prudish: Easily shocked by vulgar or obscene language or behavior.

2. Formal and proper: Excessively formal and proper in manner or appearance.

3. Excessively neat and tidy.
Some people are prim.
by Jafje April 15, 2007
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Niche

1. A position or activity that particularly suits somebody's talents and personality or that somebody can make his or her own.

2. An area of the market specializing in one type of product or service.

3. Place in nature: The role of an organism within its natural environment that determines its relations with other organisms and ensures its survival.

4. A recess in a wall, especially one made to hold a statue.

5. Hollow place: any recess or hollow, e.g. in a rock formation.
1. She carved out her own niche in the industry.
2. Designed to undercut the competition in the same niche.
by Jafje April 15, 2007
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Rampart

NOUN:
A defensive fortification made of an earthen embankment, often topped by a low protective wall.

VERB:
To protect or fortify somebody or something with ramparts or something similar.
That castle's fortified with ramparts.
by Jafje April 15, 2007
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Colony

A country which is run by the government of another country. Officials and many inhabitants often come from the "mother country".
The mother country is the country that governs the colony.
by Jafje May 25, 2007
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Avenge

1. Exact punishment for something: To inflict punishment because of a wrong done.

2. Retaliate on behalf of somebody: To retaliate on behalf of yourself or somebody else for a wrong done.

Pretty simmular to revenge. The DIFFERENCE, however is, that revenge is to get even with someone for something he did to you. Avenge is to get even with someone for something he did to someone you care about.
1. She swore to avenge his death.
2. She was determined to avenge her brother.
by Jafje April 10, 2007
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Circumscribe

1. Restrict: To limit the power of something or somebody to act independently.

2. Enclose within geometric shape: To draw one geometric figure around another so that they touch at every corner vertex (corner) of the enclosed figure or at every side of the enclosing figure without cutting across each other.
To circumscribe someone.
by Jafje April 15, 2007
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Solemn

1. Earnest: Having or showing sincerity and gravity.

2. Humorless: Having or showing no joy or humor.

3. Formal: Characterized by ceremony or formality.

4. Celigious: Observed with sacred or religious ceremony.

5. Awe-inspiring: Inspiring wonder or reverence.
Solemn people are boring.
by Jafje April 15, 2007
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