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 Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 8:50 pm
gloaming: twilight; dusk.
microcosm: a smaller, representative system having analogies to a larger system
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Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 2:02 pm
luminary: any body that gives light; also, a person of eminence or brilliant achievement.
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Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 8:47 am
daedal: skillful; artistic; ingenious.
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Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 8:15 am
wag: a humorous person; a wit.
temerity: unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger.
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Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 3:21 pm
execrable: detestable; extremely bad.
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Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 11:58 am
rapine: the act of plundering.
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Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 7:44 pm
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Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 3:53 pm
aspersion: a damaging or derogatory remark.
pablum: something (as writing or speech) that is trite, insipid, or simplistic.
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Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 8:06 am
turgid: swollen, bloated; also, bombastic, pompous.
otiose: ineffective; also, being at leisure; also, of no use.
aspersion: a damaging or derogatory remark.
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Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 9:24 am
derogate: to deviate from expectation; also, to detract; also, to disparage.
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Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 3:41 pm
Princox - trouble maker
Carrion - dead rotting meat
Nut-Crook - homosexual
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Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 3:44 pm
virtu: love of or taste for fine objects of art; also, productions of art.
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Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 11:43 pm
 .:: " It never worked for me to write to study words like that. But, for vocabulary tests, I do that. "::.
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Posted: Sun May 14, 2006 12:02 pm
cupidity: eager or excessive desire, especially for wealth.
appurtenance: an adjunct or accessory.
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Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 9:37 am
Oooh, I should get round to memorising some of these!
How about:
ostracize: To intentionally ignore or avoid someone
Or has that already been mentioned? My eyesight is deteriorating by day, my glasses lenses just keep getting thicker:p
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