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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:

Jun-8-2005 14:27

1) debonair
2) derelict
3) demagogue
4) devious
5) diminution
6) digress

Jun-8-2005 15:23

1)debonair
2)derelict
3)demagogue
4)devious
5)diminish
6) digress

Jun-8-2005 16:59

3/3 each, CFM and Lady Grey. Any advances?

Jun-8-2005 21:26

1)Debonair
2)Delinquent
3)Demagogue
4)Duplicity
5)Diminuendo
6)Digress

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. :)

Jun-9-2005 02:51

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

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.

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.

Jun-9-2005 07:08

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

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.