Wiktionary:Word of the day/Archive/2011/June

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handwaving n

Elaborate or ostentatious gesturing (during an argument etc.), especially as contrasted with a lack of real underlying substance or meaning

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affect n

(psychology) A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in external physical signs

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aggiornamento n

A bringing up to date, modernisation; specifically, that carried out on the Roman Catholic Church by the Second Vatican Council of 1962-65

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