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Main Entry: achieve·ment
Pronunciation: \ə-ˈchēv-mənt\
Function: noun
Date: 15th century
1 : the act of achieving : accomplishment 2 a : a result gained by effort b : a great or heroic deed 3 : the quality and quantity of a student's work


Main Entry: born
Pronunciation: \ˈbȯrn\
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English boren, past participle of beran to carry — more at bear
Date: before 12th century
1 a : brought forth by or as if by birth b : native —usually used in combination <American-born> c : deriving or resulting from —usually used in combination <poverty-born crime> 2 a : having from birth specified qualities <a born leader> b : being in specified circumstances from birth <nobly born> <born to wealth> 3 : destined from or as if from birth <born to succeed>


Main Entry: 2sacrifice
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): sacrificed; sacrific·ing
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1 : to offer as a sacrifice 2 : to suffer loss of, give up, renounce, injure, or destroy especially for an ideal, belief, or end 3 : to sell at a loss 4 : to advance (a base runner) by means of a sacrifice hit 5 : to kill (an animal) as part of a scientific experiment
intransitive verb
1 : to make or perform the rites of a sacrifice 2 : to make a sacrifice hit in baseball
— sac·ri·fic·er noun


Main Entry: self·ish
Pronunciation: \ˈsel-fish\
Function: adjective
Date: 1640
1 : concerned excessively or exclusively with oneself : seeking or concentrating on one's own advantage, pleasure, or well-being without regard for others 2 : arising from concern with one's own welfare or advantage in disregard of others <a selfish act> 3 : being an actively replicating repetitive sequence of nucleic acid that serves no known function <selfish DNA> ; also : being genetic material solely concerned with its own replication <selfish genes>
— self·ish·ly adverb
— self·ish·ness noun