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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-10-2005 11:58

And I thought all my grandma's vocabulary lessons were stupid...Wait till I tell her that knowing the word facetious actually came in handy...

1. Henoism
2. Hinterland
3. Histrionic
4. Horology
5. Hauteur
6. Homily

Jun-10-2005 13:21

Mackensie: 4/6, Envy: 3/6. Any advances?

Jun-10-2005 20:29

1) henotheism
2) hinterland
3) histrionic
4) horography (unless this one should have been in 'G', in which case it's gnomonics)
5) hardihood
6) homily

Jun-10-2005 20:38

Changed my mind about 5 & 6...

5) hubris
6) huddle

Jun-11-2005 03:18

OK ... answers are:

1) henotheism 2) hinterland 3) histrionic 4) horography 5) hubris 6) homily

Jun-11-2005 03:23

Right ... I'm going to do something new for the next one. As a language, English has the richest vocabulary of all languages, largely due to the many and varied influences on it (Latin, Greek, French, German, etc). Although this is great, it also means there are lots of 'silly' words in English - words that no one uses, hardly anyone knows what they mean and if you ever used them at a party you'd ruin your chances of getting a dance that night. They can still be quite good fun, though, so I'm putting in a bonus word at the end of the six. Anyone that gets it will have my lasting admiration and respect. Of course, I might just be displaying my own ignorance of a very common word, but there you go : o )

Jun-11-2005 03:26

All answers beginning with 'I':

1)n. an individual’s own distinctive form of speech.

2)adj. not susceptible of feeling: not showing feeling: imperturbable.

3)n. momentum: impulse: incentive.

4)n. (fem). a woman in love or beloved.

5)adj. unknown: unidentified: disguised: under an assumed title.

6)adj. likely to incur or provoke ill-will: likely to excite envy, enviable: offensively discriminating.

Bonus: n. the endowment of inanimate objects with the attributes of living creatures: a taking into the self of persons or things from the outer world so as to experience a oneness with them and to feel personally touched by their fate.

Jun-11-2005 03:55

1)idiolect
2)insensate
3)impelling
4)???
5)incognito
6)???

Bonus)I don't know an "i" word! I know an "a" word! anthropomorphism

Jun-11-2005 04:05

1. idiom
2. impassive
3. impetus
4. inamorata
5. incognito
6. invidious

Jun-11-2005 04:09

I'm with CFM on the bonus...Animism would fit.

Or Introjection, but that implies taking in unconsciously...I'll keep thinking though :)