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Post by dreamer on Oct 5, 2006 8:15:45 GMT -5
Jurat: The place where the jury is AT. (spoken with a "yo, yo, brother" at the end) 1. Law. a certificate on an affidavit, by the officer, showing by whom, when, and before whom it was sworn to. 2. a sworn officer; a magistrate; a member of a permanent jury. I was kinda close!!  New word: yamen |
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Post by karenee on Oct 6, 2006 14:07:48 GMT -5
yamen: I've heard this word...I know it...really... ... ... *sigh* ok, so...
- fictitiously - The relieved "amen" when someone who's too full of himself finally finishes praying.
Actually: n. The office or residence of an official in the Chinese Empire.
(Hah, I probably heard it on the history shows my dear hubby watches constantly.)
New Word: apophthegm
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Post by dreamer on Oct 8, 2006 8:54:24 GMT -5
something known from antiquity
A terse and witty saying, proverb
New word: zyzzyva
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Post by karenee on Oct 9, 2006 15:06:09 GMT -5
A term refering to the mathematical probabilities of what would happen if the planets suddenly stop following the laws of gravity.
Actually--n.
Any of various tropical American weevils of the genus Zyzzyva, often destructive to plants.
Weevils??? oh, yeah...this is a vital vocabulary word, must remember... Uh, do I EVER talk about weevils? Must make opportunity to use...
New word: Xyst
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Post by dreamer on Oct 9, 2006 21:10:17 GMT -5
A little known prequel to the popular video game, Myst.
1. (in ancient Greek and Roman architecture) a covered portico, as a promenade.
2. (in an ancient Roman villa) a garden walk planted with trees.
New word: ahuehuete
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Post by dancer on Oct 11, 2006 8:39:04 GMT -5
ahuehuete - a shade of color that radiates a hue twice as much as a normal hue. ;D
[n] literally"old man of the water": a giant specimen of great age and girth at Santa Maria del Tule
It reminds me of a song Guardian does, I think the name of the song is called 'This Old Man' and it's about how we die to ourselves to be reborn as new creatures when we live for Christ. Anyway, now it's playing in my head.
New word: GYVE
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Post by dreamer on Oct 12, 2006 7:45:17 GMT -5
You'd think that it was Old English of 'give' but it don't think so. It is the Old English of 'jive', and early dance!!  1. Usually, gyves. a shackle, esp. for the leg; fetter. –verb (used with object) 2. to shackle. New word: blesbok |
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Post by karenee on Oct 13, 2006 9:16:52 GMT -5
- A blessing given in the woods.
Actually: a large antelope, Damaliscus albifrons, of southern Africa, having a blaze on the face.
New word: pastiche
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Post by Danath on Oct 13, 2006 10:57:02 GMT -5
- An itch that you had in the past
Actually: an artistic composition made up of bits from various sources.
New word: quoin
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Post by dreamer on Oct 13, 2006 14:30:28 GMT -5
to originate something. (to quoin a phrase...) Just kidding!!
1. an external solid angle of a wall or the like.
2. one of the stones forming it; cornerstone.
3. any of various bricks of standard shape for forming corners of brick walls or the like.
4. a wedge-shaped piece of wood, stone, or other material, used for any of various purposes.
5. Printing. a wedge of wood or metal for securing type in a chase.
–verb (used with object)
6. to provide with quoins, as a corner of a wall.
7. to secure or raise with a quoin or wedge.
New word: catafalque
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Post by karenee on Oct 17, 2006 11:40:57 GMT -5
catafalque
Possibly - Some obscure animal from a part of the globe I've never visited.
Actually - 1. a raised structure on which the body of a deceased person lies or is carried in state.
2. a hearse.
(Oh! Kindof like catapult...with out the "pulting". Interesting. [Origin: 1635–45; < F < It catafalco < LL *catafalicum scaffold, equiv. to cata- cata- + fal(a) wooden siege tower + -icum, neut. of -icus -ic] *files info away for future reference*)
New word - dradge
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Post by dreamer on Oct 18, 2006 8:05:51 GMT -5
A cross between dredge (to drag through something in order for that something to stick) and drag.
\Dradge\, n. (Min.) Inferior ore, separated from the better by cobbing.
Ah. Now I know.
New word: dolmades
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Post by karenee on Oct 18, 2006 9:13:32 GMT -5
Ugh, I do so much better if I see a word in a sentence. *takes brain out and shakes it* If it sounds familiar, then what does it mean???  Um...possibly flat terrain? Actually: dol·ma (dôlm, -mä) n. pl. dol·mas or dol·ma·des (dôl-mäds) A fruit or vegetable, especially a grape leaf or cabbage leaf, cooked with a filling of ground meat, herbs, or rice. (*sigh*) New word: appurtenance |
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Post by Bren on Oct 19, 2006 12:59:48 GMT -5
An object protruding into one's path...
Hmmm
1. something subordinate to another, more important thing; adjunct; accessory.
2. Law. a right, privilege, or improvement belonging to and passing with a principal property.
3. appurtenances, apparatus; instruments
Okieday...good next next victim
bloviate
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Post by karenee on Oct 20, 2006 13:09:56 GMT -5
bloviate
Possibly: present an opinion
Actually: to speak pompously.
*chuckle* I forgot the negative aspect.
New word: traduce
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