Monday, November 2, 2009

Build your vocabulary

Ever needed just the right word but it's simply not there?

Well, chances are it's there, you just don't know what it is.

So here's few random words to help build your vocabulary. Or help you with your morning crossword puzzle.

acnestis:
noun: The part of the body where one cannot reach to scratch.


grangerize:
verb tr.:
1. To mutilate a book by clipping pictures out of it.
2. To illustrate a book by adding pictures cut from other books.


comstockery:
noun: Overzealous censorship of material considered obscene.


cwm: (gotta love a word with no vowels)
noun: A steep bowl-shaped mountain basin, carved by glaciers. Also known as cirque.


eleemosynary:
adjective: Relating to charity

Now go see if you can put these words to use.


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