acquaintance

While in America the trend started as a reaction to the economic decline … and is still linked to

the politics of thrift, in Britain, at least among the middle-class downshifters of my acquaintance,

we have different reasons for seeking to simplify our lives.

conscience

The lone Republican who voted for the sweeping health care changes that passed the House said Sunday

that he "had to make a decision of conscience based on the needs of the people in my district."

conscientious

A new study, appearing this month in the Archives of General Psychiatry, suggests that being

conscientious—hardworking, goal-oriented, dependable—may lower the risk of developing Alzheimer's.

conscious

Cartwright believes one can exercise conscious control over recurring bad dreams.

diagnose

The patient were diagnosed as terminally ill by two doctors.

ignorant

"At least one could say, 'poor ignorant person,"' Chavez said on his weekly television and radio

program, adding that Obama "should read a little bit so that he learns about ... the reality of

Latin America."

consensus

Shapiro suggested that the panel had found a broad consensus that it would be “morally

unacceptable to attempt to create a human child by adult nuclear cloning.”