Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Words of The Day January 12th

1) Mirth: Noun: Amusement, expressed in laughter.

2) Liege: Adj: concerned with or relating to the relationship between a feudal superior and a vassal.

3) Parricide: Noun: The killing of a parent or other near relative

4) Verity: Noun: A true principle or belief, important, truth.

5) Avarice: Noun: extreme greed for wealth or material gain.

6) Avaunt: Exclamation: Go away

7) Posterity: all future generations of people

8) Homage: Noun: special honor or respect shown publicly

9) Cloistered: Noun: a covered walk in a convent, monastery, college, or cathedral. typically with a wall on one side and the colonnade open to a quadrangle on the other.

10) Equivocator: Vb: use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself

11) Eminence: Noun: fame or recognized superiority, especially within a particular sphere of profession.

12) Avouch: Vb: affirm or assert

13) Thralls: Noun: the state of being in someone's power or having great power over someone

14) Malevolence: Adj: having or showing a wish to do evil to others. 

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