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1) superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious (i.e. a plausible pretext) 2) superficially pleasing or persuasive Etymology: derived from the Latin word //plausibilis// meaning "worthy of applause" || 1)  an original model on which something is patterned 2)  an individual that exhibits the essential features of a later type **3)  a standard or typical example ** 4)  a first full-scale and usually functional form of a new type or design of a construction (as an airplane)    || 1 **:** a sexual perversion in which gratification is obtained by the infliction of physical or mental pain on others (as on a love object) **2 a: delight in cruelty b : excessive cruelty ** || <span class="            sense_label start">1 <span class="sense_content">**:** the discipline dealing with what is good and bad and with moral duty and obligation <span class="sense_break"><span class="            sense_label start">2 a <span class="sense_content">**:** a set of moral principles; a theory or system of moral values <span class="            sense_label">b: <span class="sense_content"> the principles of conduct governing an individual or a group <span class="            sense_label">c <span class="sense_content">**:** a guiding philosophy <span class="            sense_label">d <span class="sense_content">**:** a consciousness of moral importance <span class="sense_break"><span class="            sense_label start">3 <span class="sense_content">**:** a set of moral issues or aspects (as rightness)   || <span class="sense_break"><span class="            sense_label start">2 <span class="sense_content">**:** the quality or state of being double or twofold <span class="sense_break"><span class="             sense_label start">3 <span class="sense_content">**:** the technically incorrect use of two or more distinct items (as claims, charges, or defenses) in a single legal action   ||
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 * Tenerife || pg 27 line 2 || Previously spelled "Teneriffe" in English, but now the Spanish spelling "Tenerife" has been adopted globally. Tenerife is the largest and most populous of the seven Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa, and is also the most populous of all Spanish Islands. ||
 * Wolfgang Köhler || pg 27 line 6 || Wolfgang Köhler (January 21, 1887 – June 11, 1967) was a German psychologist who founded Gestalt theory with Max Wertheimer and Kurt Koffka. //Gestalt//, which literally translated from German means "shape" or "figure", refers to the psychological theory that proposes that the operational principle of the brain is different from the sum of its parts. ||
 * monograph || pg 27 line 6 || A //monograph//, derived from Classical Greek meaning "one writer" or "single writing", refers to a work of writing upon a single subject, usually also by a single author. It is often a scholarly essay that can be in the form of a book, article, editorial, etc., and is a single document that forms a complete text in itself. ||
 * __The Mentality of Apes__ || pg 27 line 7 || __The Mentality of Apes__, a book written by Wolfgang Köhler regarding the psycological study of chimpanzees, was published in 1925. Köhler, a psychologist trained at the University of Berlin, worked at a primate research facility maintained by the Prussian Academy of Sciences in the Canary Islands, and based his book on a study of primate behavior with a variety of conducted experiments. ||
 * plausible || pg 27 line 18 || plausible (adj):
 * 3) appearing worthy of belief (i.e. the argument was both powerful and plausible)**
 * Sultan || pg 27 last line || Sultan is the name of one of the apes that Köhler experimented with / studied on Tenerife Island, and is referred to as "the best of [Köhler's] pupils". ||
 * prototype || pg 28 line 1 || <span class="            sense_label start">prototype (n):
 * sadistic || pg 29 || sadistic (n):
 * penal colony || pg 29 || A **penal colony** is a settlement used to detain prisoners and generally use them for penal labour in an economically underdeveloped part of the state's (usually colonial) territories, and on a far larger scale than a prison farm. Elizabeth Costello uses this term to refer to the colony of apes that Kohler experimented with. ||
 * ethics || pg 29 || ethics (n):
 * duplicity || pg 29 || <span class="            sense_label start">1 <span class="sense_content">**:** contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action <span class="sense_content"> ; //especially// <span class="sense_content">**:** the belying of one's true intentions by deceptive words or action