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Daily Vocabulary Quiz
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Blaise Joshua
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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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Blaise Joshua
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Jun-11-2005 15:58
No, it's not me : o ) I'm not a Madame and my Russian, sadly, is somewhat rusty.
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jstkdn
Well-Connected
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Jun-11-2005 16:04
I was already hella confused that you posted something in Russian, while pretty much for 99,9% of us it would be a challenge who has found it in the dictionary first. Instead of being a quiz.
I assume this person asked it was OK to post todays daily quiz? Because I kinda miss seeing yours in a language I can actually understand.
Now because you delagated it, we miss out. snif.
*shamefully admits, she asked for help on her pub quizes too*
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Blaise Joshua
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Jun-11-2005 16:49
Well ... I'm going to post the next one anyway, because I don't want you to be sad, Jstkdn, but you have to try and answer them : o )
All answers beginning with 'J':
1)adj. pertaining to the neck.
2)n. a woman whose ugliness by conventional standards is part of her charm. (Fr phrase).
3)adj. full of jokes: facetious: merry.
4)adj. empty: spiritless, meagre, arid: showing lack of information or experience: naïve, immature, callow.
5)n. a joining: a union: a critical or important point in time.
6)adj. according to sound judgment: possessing sound judgment: discreet.
Bonus: adj. becoming youthful.
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LuVeLy K
Well-Connected
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Jun-11-2005 18:04
1. Jugular
2. La Joconde
3. Jocund
4. Jejune
5. Juncture
6. Judicial
B. Juvenescence
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Blaise Joshua
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Jun-12-2005 04:21
Luvely K - 3/6 and the bonus word was correct (the adjective is juvenescent).
Words 2, 3 & 6 are still open. Any takes?
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Envy
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Jun-12-2005 05:14
2. Jolie
3. Jocular
6. Judicious
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Esme Weatherwax
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Jun-12-2005 09:37
2) jolie laide
3) jocose
6) judicious
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Blaise Joshua
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Jun-12-2005 10:18
Envy - you got 'judicious'/
Esme - you got 2 & 3 : o )
Some people have asked if it's not being pedantic to seperate jocose, jocular and jocund. However, according to my dictionaries, they all have quite distinct meanings along a similar theme.
On to 'K' ...
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Blaise Joshua
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Jun-12-2005 11:35
All answers beginning with 'K':
1)n. a would-be musical instrument, a tube with a strip of cat-gut, etc., that resonates to the voice.
2)adj. dust-coloured, dull brownish or greenish yellow. (Urdu & Pers.)
3)n. a child in thieves’ slang.
4)n. the unopened bud of a flower: an architectural ornament resembling that. (Ger.)
5)n. credit, fame, renown, prestige.
6)n. a castle or fortress in a N.African town or the area round it, esp. in Algiers (has an alternative spelling beginning with ‘c’).
B: n. government by the worst.
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Lady Grey
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Jun-12-2005 12:01
1) Kazoo
2) kurd
3) kid
4)
5) kudos
6)
B) kleptocracy
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