insularity

Day 21Level 3

IN-suh-ler-i-tee

narrow-mindedness

narrow-mindedness ; interested only in one's own ideas etc.

Part of Speech: noun

Synonyms:

isolation, bias

Example Sentence:

What we are left with is either anti-market pitchfork populism or pro-business technocratic insularity.

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accumulate

uh-MAS

to accumulate or assemble a large quantity

lucky charm

AAM-yoo-liht

something worn as a charm against evil

obstacle

bawk

obstacle, purposely to get on the way of

bad tempered

kan-TANG-ker-uhs

bad tempered ; quarrelsome

excessive

KLOY-ing

disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess; excessively sweet or sentimental

scorn

kun-TEM

to scorn