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Miscellaneous words

This week's words
cogent
praxis
conterminous
aurorean
cenobite

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PRONUNCIATION:

(PRAK-sis)

MEANING:

noun:
1. Practice, as opposed to the theory.
2. Accepted practice or custom.
3. A set of practice exercises.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin praxis, from Greek praxis, from prassein/prattein (to do). Earliest documented use: before 1586.

USAGE:

"His head hung lower than was its praxis."
Mark Christopher; Monkeys Can't Swim; AuthorHouse; 2009.

"The contradiction between the declared intent and actual praxis causes a clash."
Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi; Africa Wo/Man Palava: The Nigerian Novel by Women; The University of Chicago Press; 1996.

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