"Can you help me build my vocabulary" game

lady_charlie · Post by **lady_charlie** » 16 Apr 2013, 21:50

outliers - scores that are way out of the range of the other scores
also could be a cow or house or person or whatever, that is just not with the rest of the group - so I find this mildly amusing, as if a shepherd would say, yes, Martha, I came across that outlier this morning in the back forty!

When looking at measures of central tendency, an outlier does not affect the median as strongly as it does the mean.

U please

-- 16 Apr 2013, 21:50 --

asmaahsan wrote:nocuous - hurtful; noxious

After her husband's nocuous behavior, and affair with an older and uglier woman, she joined a monastery and fell in love with a priest; he couldn't marry her, so wouldn't cheat on her, and that worked for her.

O please.

O you are good at this.

asmaahsan · Post by **asmaahsan** » 17 Apr 2013, 08:21

Thankyou so much!

I enjoy your posts too. Good to have you in board.

Unparalleled - Having no equal, Exceptional.

His friendship had remained unparalleled in her life; she wished he would come back and be her friend again.

N please.

lady_charlie · Post by **lady_charlie** » 17 Apr 2013, 18:47

niblick
a sort of golf club and legit scrabble word:
I use my niblick to whack out dandelions.

i please

asmaahsan · Post by **asmaahsan** » 18 Apr 2013, 16:46

Why the poor dandelions?

Inspan - attach a yoke or harness to;

After telling the stable hand to Inspan my horse, I headed inside the club to have a cup of coffee.

N please.

Fransiscan43 · Post by **Fransiscan43** » 19 Apr 2013, 12:27

Nekton: A term for aquatic animals that swim freely independent of water currents.

Noun:

Whales and squid are Nekton.

E please.

asmaahsan · Post by **asmaahsan** » 19 Apr 2013, 19:01

Entreat - to ask sometime earnestly to do something.

I entreat you to think twice before refusing this job offer in these trying times.

N please.

lady_charlie · Post by **lady_charlie** » 05 May 2013, 19:01

n medicine, a nebulizer (or nebuliser) is a drug delivery device used to administer medication in the form of a mist inhaled into the lungs.

Her nebuliser jammed and she fell over dead.

e please

Fransiscan43 · Post by **Fransiscan43** » 06 May 2013, 10:49

Euphemism: Indirect or vague expression used to substitute for an unpleasant or offensive one.

Noun:

He said she passed on meaning that she had died.

Next letter: U

lady_charlie · Post by **lady_charlie** » 06 May 2013, 15:30

I found ugali on the scrabble board and then had to look it up:

It sounds like it is used like polenta, a staple served with veggie dishes.
It looks amazing.
I will try some ugali and cabbage tonight. Well, as soon as I get some corn flour.

ugali (pronounced oo-ga-ly) is a staple starch component of many African meals, especially in southern and east Africa. It is generally made from maize flour (or ground maize) and water, and varies in consistency from porridge to a dough-like substance. When ugali is made from another starch, it is usually given a specific regional name. This is a filling dish and you won't need to eat anything else for hours. Enjoy and to good health! (wikihow)

next letter: g

The Bookaholic · Post by **The Bookaholic** » 16 Dec 2013, 19:24

Ianthine- violet coloured
The liquid was a dark iathine in the bottle

Amsha · Post by **Amsha** » 15 Jan 2014, 04:49

I'll follow up with letter G as requested by lady charlie.

Gelignite :noun means an explosive. Example: The bandits blew up the bridge with gelignite.

Cheryl Rendone · Post by **Cheryl Rendone** » 26 Jan 2014, 19:54

I believe my letter would be E.

Engastrimyth: (Pronounced : en'gaestrimith - roughly) is a ventriloquist.
The engastrimyth couldn't find his dummy.

Next letter: N