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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-15-2005 12:02

*bump*

Just didn't want this to be forgotten, curiosity is killing me! :o)

Jun-15-2005 16:35

OK ... (sorry about the delay) ...correct answers were:

1) Ostium (well done Envy) 2) Orotund 3) Opine 4) Oligarchy 5) Obstreperous) 6) Obdurate B) Ovicide

Pats on the back all round : o )

Jun-15-2005 18:44

#6 critque ?

Jun-16-2005 14:56

OK ... sorry I've been a bit slow with this one! All answers beginning with 'P':

1) adj. foreign: outlandish: making a pilgrimmage or journey.

2) n. loss: ruin: utter loss or ruin: the utter loss of happiness in a future state: hell.

3) n. the view that all mental activity is dreived from sexual instinct.

4) n. an example, exemplar.

5) n. a teacher: a pedant.

6) n. inclination: decided taste: bias. (Fr)

B) n. the act of stretching and yawning.

Jun-16-2005 20:18

1) peregrine
2) perdition
3) ?
4) paradigm (or maybe paragon)
5) preceptor
6) penchant

Bonus) pandiculation

Jun-16-2005 21:25

1. peregrinate
2. perdition
3. pansexualism
4. paradigm
5. pedagogue
6. penchant
B. pandiculation

Jun-16-2005 22:19

1.)peregrine
2.)perdition
3.)pansexualism
4.)paragon
5.)pedagogue
6.)predilection
B> don't know :(

Jun-17-2005 01:12

Esme: 4/6+B Envy: 5/6+B Mackenzie: 5/6

Well done all. On to (gulp) 'Q'!

Jun-17-2005 01:23

All answers beginning with 'Q':

1) n. an access of faintness or sickness: a sickly feeling: an uneasines, as of conscience.

2) n. a short, clever remark, a repartee: a gibe: a quibble: a fanciful jest or action.

3) n. one who aids the enemy: a native puppet prime minister set up by an occupying foreign power.

4) n. something chewed or kept in the mouth, esp. a piece of tobacco.

5) n. a state of perplexity: dilemma: a hard plight.

6) n. a wet, boggy ground that yields or quakes underfoot.

Bonus: n. a scholastic argument: a humorous medley of tunes.

Jun-17-2005 02:40

1.)queasy
2.)quip
3.)quisling
4.)quid
5.)quandary
6.)quagmire