"Can you help me build my vocabulary" game

Fransiscan43 · Post by **Fransiscan43** » 28 Feb 2013, 16:35

Atrabilious: ill-humoured

adj.

He had an atrabilious temperament, always melancholic or in a negative mood.

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Bighuey · Post by **Bighuey** » 28 Feb 2013, 20:36

Atrium -The central court or main room of an ancient Roman house.

Some of the houses they excavated in Pompeii had atriums that were very impressive in their day.

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asmaahsan · Post by **asmaahsan** » 02 Mar 2013, 01:15

Tabaret - n. A strong upholstery fabric having alternating stripes of satin and moiré.

The bride's request that she wanted her sofa at the wedding reception to be covered with white tabaret put the wedding planner in a flutter as he was angling for a low budget deal.

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Bighuey · Post by **Bighuey** » 02 Mar 2013, 09:45

Athanasia - Immortality

I dont think I would like the idea of athanasia, unless its in the next world. Who the hell would want to live forever in this one?

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Fransiscan43 · Post by **Fransiscan43** » 02 Mar 2013, 11:52

Tangential: Talking or thinking around a topic, on the periphery rather than to the point.

Adj:

She was incapable of adressing the topic, talking only in a tangential manner.

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asmaahsan · Post by **asmaahsan** » 05 Mar 2013, 17:41

Abecedarian - adjective - arranged alphabetically: 'in abecedarian sequence';

I keep my song collection filed in an abecedarian sequence.

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Bighuey · Post by **Bighuey** » 05 Mar 2013, 21:33

Bulbaceous - Having or growing from a bulb.

I have some bulbaceous plants behind my house. I have no idea what they are, they are green.

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Fransiscan43 · Post by **Fransiscan43** » 06 Mar 2013, 00:53

Uxorius: Excessively fond of or submissive to one's wife.

Adj:

Byron said that before marriage passion was glorious but afterwards is thought of as uxorious

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Carla Hurst-Chandler · Post by **Carla Hurst-Chandler** » 07 Mar 2013, 10:43

xenophobic

A person unduly fearful or contemptuous of that which is foreign, especially of strangers or foreign peoples.

The Aryan's xenophobic reaction was expected when confronted with the Chinatown lifestyle.

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Fransiscan43 · Post by **Fransiscan43** » 07 Mar 2013, 17:21

Expurgate: To get rid of a morally reprehensible act.

verb:

Female infanticide should be expurgated in countries that prize only male children

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Bighuey · Post by **Bighuey** » 07 Mar 2013, 20:21

Xanthochroid - Having light-colored hair and complexion.

My grandson is very much xanthochroid, he sunburns very easily.

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asmaahsan · Post by **asmaahsan** » 08 Mar 2013, 01:29

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Bighuey wrote:Xanthochroid - Having light-colored hair and complexion.

My grandson is very much xanthochroid, he sunburns very easily.

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Dont use the word much in there.

My grandson is very xanthochroid; he sunburns very easily.

Awning - n. - A rooflike structure, often made of canvas or plastic, that serves as a shelter, as over a storefront, window, door, or deck.

The black and white curved slope awning over white painted windowsills, and the white furniture inside, gave the cafe a very cheerful a and open look.

Check this. I would make a little bakery that looked like this.

or maybe a sun room opening into my huge garden. If I had a garden.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nGLnO_1LvZo/T ... awning.jpg

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