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the statistical study of elections and trends in voting.

the statistical study of elections and trends in voting.

make petty or unnecessary objections: they cavilled at the cost.

(in the UK and some other countries) denoting a judge of a superior court inferior in rank to chief justices.

the track or scent of an animal: they searched around the hut for a spoor | [ mass noun ] : the trail is marked by wolf spoor.

• a raised section of roof running down the centre of a railway carriage, with small windows or ventilators.

produce a network of fine cracks on (a surface): the loch was frozen over but crazed with cracks.

an item of behaviour that is not a response to a prior stimulus but something which is initially spontaneous, which may reinforce or inhibit recurrence of that behaviour.

exist essentially or permanently in: the potential for change that inheres within the adult education world.

blame or insult (someone) in strong or violent language.

(under the feudal system) give (someone) freehold property or land in exchange for their pledged service.

landscape underlain by limestone which has been eroded by dissolution, producing ridges, towers, fissures, sinkholes and other characteristic landforms.

a position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or financial benefit.

2 attempting to avoid confrontation or anger; calming or conciliatory: the president's emollient approach to differences.

a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly.

Paranoid. 

• a grievance.