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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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Lady Grey
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Jun-12-2005 14:22
3) kit?
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LuVeLy K
Well-Connected
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Jun-12-2005 14:29
Bonus: Kakistocracy??
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Blaise Joshua
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Jun-12-2005 16:00
Lady Grey: Yes I know. It was a joke for those of us who live in countries of high taxation, which is theft by other means : o )
Luvely K: Yup. A government by the worst is called a 'kakistocracy' - which I think is set to become one of my favourite words ever!
The answer to (3)is 'kinchin'.
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Blaise Joshua
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Jun-12-2005 16:21
All answers beginning with 'L':
1) adj. glaringly, wanly or dingily reddish-yellow or yellowish-brown: gloomily threatening: ghastly pale, wan: ghastly: melodramatically sensational: brimstony.
2) adj. mournful: dismal.
3) v.i. to study by lamplight: to discourne learnedly or pedantically.
4) adj. clear: transparent.
5) adj. expressing or expressed in few words: sententiously brief.
6) n. a bestowal or distribution of gifts.
B - n. excessive flow of words (could apply to this thread!)
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John Hale
Yarn Weaver
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Jun-12-2005 16:40
1) Lurid
2) lugubrious
3) Lucid or Lucent
4) Legacy
5) Loquacious
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Envy
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Jun-12-2005 17:20
1. lurid
2. lugubrious
3. lucubration
4. limpid
5. laconical
6. largess
B. logorrhea
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Blaise Joshua
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Jun-13-2005 04:54
John H: 2/5 of those attempted.
Envy: 6/6 and the bonus (spelt logorrhoea in my dictionary but there might be alternatives). Awesome!
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Blaise Joshua
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Jun-13-2005 05:21
All answers beginning with 'M':
1)n. one skilled in mysteries or religious secrets: an adept: a wise and holy leader. (Sans)
2)n. a vague feeling of unease, illness or depression.
3)v.i. to feign sickness in order to avoid duty.
4)n. a hater of mankind, one who distrusts everyone else.
5)n. a morbid dread of being alone.
6)Adj. pertaining to home affairs: pertaining to the government of a borough.
Bonus: adj. abnormally small-headed.
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Esme Weatherwax
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Jun-13-2005 06:08
1) Magus
2) malaise
3) malinger
4) misanthrope
5) monophobia
6) municipal
Bonus: microcephaly
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Envy
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Jun-13-2005 13:29
Too many smart people on here! :) I agree with Esme on all of them.
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