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psephology\see-FAH-luh-jee\
DEFINITION
noun

: the scientific study of elections
EXAMPLES
Erin is a political science major with a particular interest in psephology.

"To help voters make up their minds, this issue contains a 20-page briefing on personality, policy and psephology." -- From an article in The Economist, April 10, 2010


shellacking noun
Definition of SHELLACKING

: a decisive defeat : drubbing
Examples of SHELLACKING

They took a shellacking in yesterday's game.


op·er·a·tive   
[op-er-uh-tiv, op-ruh-tiv, op-uh-rey-tiv]
significant; key: The operative word in that sentence is “sometimes.”

mis·ceg·e·na·tion   
[mi-sej-uh-ney-shuhn, mis-i-juh-]
–noun
1.
marriage or cohabitation between a man and woman of different races, esp., in the U.S., between a black and a white person.
2.
interbreeding between members of different races.
3.
the mixing or a mixture of races by interbreeding.

in·e·luc·ta·ble   
[in-i-luhk-tuh-buhl]
–adjective
incapable of being evaded; inescapable: an ineluctable destiny.
Origin:
1615–25; < L inēluctābilis, equiv. to in- in-3 + ēluctā ( rī ) to force a way out or over, surmount ( ē- e- + luctārī to wrestle) + -bilis -ble

—Related forms
in·e·luc·ta·bil·i·ty, noun
in·e·luc·ta·bly, adverb

—Synonyms
inevitable, unavoidable.