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Blaise Joshua
Blaise Joshua

Jun-7-2005 23:57

OK ... as there are so many readers and writers here, we'll see if this is popular ...

I'll post a list of dictionary definitions and see if you can provide the word. I'll try to balance between making it too hard and making it interesting. I'll try and make it so that, even if you don't one right, you'll at least have heard the word before. For each quiz, all answers will begin with the same letter:

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jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Jun-9-2005 02:35

Pout I got it wrong. With this game I notice that I have been trained in high school with English as a second language instead of first. The only meaning of English words I ever had to learn, is what they mean in Dutch. :)

MarcusAndrew
MarcusAndrew

Jun-9-2005 02:51

dont worry about it jstkdn! I'm english and I'm having problems.......
I HATE words!

Blaise Joshua
Blaise Joshua

Jun-9-2005 05:56

Aww, Marcus! I love words. One of my favourite books to read (and, I know, this is going to make me sound very sad!) is the dictionary. I really enjoy examining the subtle difference between synonymous words and tracing the etymology of words to their roots.

Well done Markie ... you nabbed the final three.

Blaise Joshua
Blaise Joshua

Jun-9-2005 05:58

OK ... Thurday's words ...

All answers beginning with 'E':

1)n. a stepwise arrangement of troops, ships, places, etc: a group of persons of one grade in an organisation. (Fr)
2)adj. selecting or borrowing: choosing the best out of everything: broad, the opposite of exclusive: composed of elements taken from a wide range of sources, ideas, styles, etc.
3)adj. able to produce the result intended.
4)v.t. to make clear: to throw light upon: to illustrate.
5)n. any concise and pointed or sarcastic saying: a short poem expressing an ingenious thought with point, usually satirical.
6)adj. inner: secret: mysterious: taught to a select few.


Markie P
Markie P
Well-Connected

Jun-9-2005 07:08

1)Echelon
2)Eclectic
3)Effectual
4)Enlighten/Elucidate
5)Epigram
6)Esoteric

Blaise Joshua
Blaise Joshua

Jun-9-2005 07:37

Hmmm ... with the likes of Markie P and John Hale around, I'm going to have to make these harder!

5/6 Markie, though in truth you've picked a near perfect synonym for the one that's different. It was elucidate, as you correctly guessed, that I was looking for on no. 4.

Any takers on 3? It's a somewhat more formal word that effectual.

cfm
cfm
Nomad

Jun-9-2005 08:05

3)Efficacy


Blaise Joshua
Blaise Joshua

Jun-9-2005 08:14

Hoorah for Cfm (though, if I was to be really pedantic, you've given me the noun, whereas I was looking for the adjective!) : o ) Efficacious it is.

cfm
cfm
Nomad

Jun-9-2005 08:21

Well, thanks for not being too hard on me. :)

I can spell, I can punctuate (when I'm not completely overwhelmed by emotion), but parts of speech, diagramming, labeling, etc...HA!

Blaise Joshua
Blaise Joshua

Jun-9-2005 12:20

OK ... because you're flying through these I've done ten this time and made them a little bit harder (perhaps).

All answers beginning with 'F':

1)adj. would be funny: joking, or trying to be amusing, particularly at inappropriate times.

2)adj. affecting superior taste: over-nice: difficult to please: exacting in taste: excessively concerned with cleanliness.

3)adj. of or like fever: feverish.

4)n. Arab commando, esp. one involved in the conflict against Israel. (Ar)

5)n. a false appearance: a pretence: a mock-assault: a deceptive movement in fencing, boxing, etc. (Fr)

6)adj. wild: untamed: uncultivated: brutish.

7)v.i. to droop: to flap feebly: to grow languid or spiritless.

8)v.t. to feather.

9)adj. belonging to courts of law: used in law pleading: appropriate to, or adapted to, argument.

10)adj. economical in the use of means: sparing: spare: thrifty.


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