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1 Citation 4-21-08: Misnomer: an incorrect or unsuitable name 4-22-08: Bifurcate: divided into two branches of equal OR unequal length 4-23-08: Vindicated: freed from any question of guilt, to vindicate is to justify,maintain, uphold or defend 4-24-08: Disquieting: causing mental discomfort 4-25-08: Truckle: to submit or be subservient 4-26-08: Epistemology: the branch of philosophy that investigates the possibility, origins, nature, and extent of human knowledge 4-27-08: Aphorism:A terse, poin, technorati.com
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1 Citation To ?bifurcate? (BY-fur-kate) - from the Latin for ?two-pronged fork? - is to divide into two parts. Example (as used by Amy Tan in The Bonesetter?s Daughter): ?There it was, a sliver of a million-dollar view: the red towers of the Golden Gate Bridge that bifurcated the waters, marking bay from ocean.? Another use of the word bifurcate is when you have a disagreement with someone, and it?s not something that can be fixed with flowers and window treatments. It?s a major, philosophical disagreem, technorati.com
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