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 Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 12:17 am
This thread is designed to help people build their vocabulary and possibly learn to spell things correctly. If you know of a word that you think should be posted here feel free, just remember to post the definition of the word as well and if possible the pronounciation.
Also, you could just subcribe to dictionary.com's word of the day.
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Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 12:38 am
florid FLOR-id, adjective:
1. Flushed with red; of a lively reddish color.
2. Excessively ornate; flowery; as, "a florid style; florid eloquence."
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 9:48 pm
arrant AR-unt, adjective:
Thoroughgoing; downright; out-and-out; confirmed; extreme; notorious.
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 9:52 pm
quandary KWAHN-duh-ree; -dree, noun:
A state of difficulty, perplexity, doubt, or uncertainty.
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 9:53 pm
imbroglio im-BROHL-yoh, noun:
1. A complicated and embarrassing state of things.
2. A confused or complicated disagreement or misunderstanding.
3. An intricate, complicated plot, as of a drama or work of fiction.
4. A confused mass; a tangle.
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 9:54 pm
innocuous ih-NOK-yoo-uhs, adjective:
1. Harmless; producing no ill effect.
2. Not likely to offend or provoke; as, "an innocuous remark."
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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 12:17 pm
paradigm (pare-ah-dime; -dim) n.[1. an example or model
2. an example of a declension or conjugation, giving all the inflections of a word
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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 12:20 pm
mammon (mam-en) n.
riches regarded as an object of worship and greedy pursuit
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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 12:24 pm
albeit (all-bee-it) conj.
although
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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 12:33 pm
bauble (baw-bell) n. [a showy trifle; trinket
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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 12:42 pm
cantankerous (kan-tang-kerr-us) adj. [prob.bad-tempered; quarrelsome
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Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:16 pm
ambiguous (am-big-yoo-us) adjective:
definition- open to more than one interpretation.
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Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 9:53 pm
scuttlebutt SKUHT-l-buht, noun:
1. A drinking fountain on a ship.
2. A cask on a ship that contains the day's supply of drinking water.
3. Gossip; rumor.
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Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 9:54 pm
bon ton bahn-TAHN, noun:
1. Fashionable or elegant manner or style.
2. The proper or fashionable thing to do.
3. Fashionable society; a fashionable social set.
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Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 9:59 pm
nescience NESH-uhn(t)s; NESH-ee-uhn(t)s, noun:
Lack of knowledge or awareness; ignorance.
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