Monday, October 26, 2009

JETTISON : jet/ti suhn -v- to throw or discard something from a ship or aircraft.

JOIE DE VIVRE : zhwah/duh/vee/vruh -n- lively and cheerful

Sunday, October 25, 2009

GARGANTUAN : gar/gan/tyuu/uhn -adj- enourmous

GAZEBO : guh/zee/boh -n- a building or a house that has a wide and pleasant view of the surroundings

Saturday, October 24, 2009

FOOTLING : foot/ling -adj- unimportant, immaterial and annoying talk

FROWZY : frow/zi -adj- unkempt, messy and neglected in appearance

Friday, October 23, 2009

EMANCIPATE : i/man/si/payt -v- to free someone from legal or social restriction, to release from slavery

ELUCIDATE : i/loo/si/dayt -v- to explain something clearly

Thursday, October 22, 2009

IMPORTUNE : im/por/tyoon -v- to pester, to reputedly ask for something

ICONIFY : i/kon/i/fy -v- to reduce, to shrink in to a icon

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

DOUGHTY : dow/ti -adj- a person who is brave and persevering

DOUSE : dowss -v- to soak someone in water in water or other liquid, to extingiush a fire with water

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

HEINOUS : hay/nuhss -adj- terrible, wicked

HELIX : hee/liks -n- a spiral shaped object

Monday, October 19, 2009

MELANCHOLIA : me/luhn/koh/li/uh -n- severe depression and despair

MENIAL : mee/ni/uhl -adj- unskilled, requiring some skill and lacking status

Saturday, October 17, 2009

KOWTOW : kow/tow -v- to kneel and rest the forehead on the ground, to be very meek and obedient

KNOBBLE : nob/uh -n- a small bulge on something, a small knob

Friday, October 16, 2009

CANARD : kan/nard -n- hoax, a groundless rumour or story

CANTON : kan/ton -n- a political or administrative unit of a country

Monday, October 12, 2009

HAVER : hay/ver -v- to speak irrationally, be timid

Hearken : har/kn -v- to hear

Sunday, October 11, 2009

GUISE : gyz -n- the external appearance

GOURMAND : gor/muhnd -n- a food lover, the person who eats greedily and excessively

Saturday, October 10, 2009

FLUMMERY : flum/muh/ri -n- empty and meaningless talk

FACETIOUS : fuh/see/shuhss -adj- treating serious situation in a silly humorous manner

Thursday, October 8, 2009

ELEGY : el/i/ji -n- a mounful poem, mostly written for someone who has died

EFFACE : i/fayss -v- to rub off something from the surface, to behave modestly

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

ZANY : za/ny -adj- an amusing and strange individual

ABRADE : uh/brayd -v- to be worn away by friction, scrape

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

BULWARK : buul/werk -n- a fortification built inorder tokeep out attackers, a protective wall

CAMARADERIE : kam/uh/rah/duh/ri -n- a feeling of friendship and trust between a group of people

Monday, October 5, 2009

YOKEL : yoh/kl -n- an uncivilised country man

ZEALOT : zel/uht -n- an enthusiastic supporter of religion or policy

Sunday, October 4, 2009

WAN : won-adj- to look pale or ill, weak, strained

YEOMAN : yoh/muhn -n- a person owning a house or a land, a loyal worker

Saturday, October 3, 2009

ULTRA VIRES : ul/truh/vy/reez -adj- beyond a persons legal capacity or power

VERBATIM : ver/bay/tim -adj- the words that are identical, precisely

Friday, October 2, 2009

ULLAGE : ul/lij -n- the volume by which a container falls short from being full

VERDURE : ver/dyer -n- The fresh and lush green vegetation

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