bifurcate

bifurcate \BY-fur-kayt; by-FUR-kayt\, transitive verb:

1. To divide into two branches or parts.

intransitive verb:
1. To branch or separate into two parts.

adjective:
1. Divided into two branches or parts; forked.

There it was, a sliver of a million-dollar view: the red towers of the Golden Gate Bridge that bifurcated the waters, marking bay from ocean.
-- Amy Tan, The Bonesetter's Daughter

They were strolling up the paved walk which bifurcated the rolling front lawn of her house.
-- Erik Tarloff, The Man Who Wrote the Book

Gamut

n.

1. A complete range or extent: a face that expressed a gamut of emotions, from rage to peaceful contentment.

A gamut is anything graduated (i.e. marked at regular intervals) used to measure. A ruler, for example, could be called a gamut. In music a gamut represents all the known musical notes. Finally, gamut can also mean a complete range of something (e.g., a gamut of colors).

ESPN’s online arm runs gamut of live sports offerings (USA Today)

The court’s liberal wing strenuously disagreed, offering its own historical construction that emphasized a gamut of restrictions on firearms… (WSJ)

Austerity

aus·ter·i·ty (ô-str-t)

n. pl. aus·ter·i·ties

1. reduced availability of luxuries and consumer goods

2. the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)

Syn. nonindulgence, asceticism, self-denial, self-discipline - the trait of practicing self discipline

monasticism - asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience

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