"Can you help me build my vocabulary" game

Bighuey · Post by **Bighuey** » 12 Feb 2013, 10:28

He would probably look like the guy who played Santa for the under privleged kids in the town Im from in Utah. He could hide behind a toothpick.

Bidarka - A sealskin covered canoe used by Eskimos of Alaska.

I once tried to use a bidarka, but sadly, it capsized and I almost drowned.

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asmaahsan · Post by **asmaahsan** » 12 Feb 2013, 19:40

iatrophobia - fear of going to the doctor

Th doctor's sheer good looks and lethal charm cured me of my iatrophobia.

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Bighuey · Post by **Bighuey** » 12 Feb 2013, 21:11

Ayuntamiento - A municipal government - the place where it is located.

I had to go to the ayuntamiento to pay the robber barons my property taxes.

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asmaahsan · Post by **asmaahsan** » 12 Feb 2013, 23:04

yawping - complain whiningly;

The farmer's wife continued yawping through out the trip in the bus, giving me a splitting headache.

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Bighuey · Post by **Bighuey** » 13 Feb 2013, 09:55

Thats a cool word, I like it.

Armature - The part that revolves in an electric motor or dynamo.

My water pump from my well is going out, the armature is shot.

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mhjames · Post by **mhjames** » 13 Feb 2013, 16:17

Reprisal - a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime

Great Game!

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Bighuey · Post by **Bighuey** » 13 Feb 2013, 20:02

Epopee - An epic poem.

Poe's Raven is an epopee.

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emilybritton · Post by **emilybritton** » 15 Feb 2013, 15:59

primipara- NOUN- A woman who has given birth for the first time to an infant or infants, alive or stillborn.

My neice is the child of a primipara which is the reasoning behind her spoiled behavior.

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Bighuey · Post by **Bighuey** » 15 Feb 2013, 20:47

Relucent - Reflecting light; bright.

Many of the houses here are painted white and are very relucent.

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asmaahsan · Post by **asmaahsan** » 17 Feb 2013, 04:51

Entomotomy - The science of the dissection of insects;

They were offering a course in Entomotomy in college but since I can't hurt a living thing, I declined it.

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Bighuey · Post by **Bighuey** » 17 Feb 2013, 10:06

Neap - The tongue of a wagon drawn by two animals.

I was going to take my best gal for a buggy ride, so I got out the surrey with the fringe on top and hitched Old Betsy and Lulu to the neap and we went on our way.

asmaahsan · Post by **asmaahsan** » 18 Feb 2013, 07:23

I hope the best gal wasn't too overweight as it may have been too much for old betsy, the poor dear!

Epidural - noun: An injection into the epidural space of the spine.

Except when I delivered my first baby and it failed at the last minute, all the three times I took an epidural, I experienced no post delivery side effects from it, contrary to the general opinion on the subject.

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Bighuey · Post by **Bighuey** » 18 Feb 2013, 10:27

She was pretty trim and slim. Unusual for me, as most of my gals are on the hefty side.

Panocha - A coarse sugar made in Mexico.

Ive got to go to the store today, Im out of everything, even panocha for my corn flakes.

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Fransiscan43 · Post by **Fransiscan43** » 19 Feb 2013, 13:33

Archaic: No longer used in ordinary speech or writing.

Adjective

The language it was written in was archaic

Bighuey · Post by **Bighuey** » 19 Feb 2013, 20:11

Rinderpest - An acute infectious disease of cattle and, often sheep and goats.

My neighbor's goats had rinderpest not long ago. Luckily, he caught it before it spread.

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