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raiment- noun [rey-muh
nt]
clothing; apparel; attire.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/r
She was very upset that after going on the hike, all her raiments were ruined. Now what was she going to wear?
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nt]clothing; apparel; attire.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/r
She was very upset that after going on the hike, all her raiments were ruined. Now what was she going to wear?
Captious
[cap-shuss] –adjective-
faultfinding; critical of trivial flaws; designed to entrap
Dictionary.com entry for Captious
Thorin N. Tatge & NerdFury are so captious
as to criticize anything one posts ;-)Online Etymology Dictionary entry for Captious
c.1408, from M.Fr. captieux, from L. captiosus, from captio "a deceiving, fallacious argument," lit. "a taking (in)," from capere "to take, catch" (see capable).
- Mood:
amused
Dauntlessness
dauntlessness
noun, the quality of not being intimidated; fearlessness
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from bartleby.com : Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin domitre,
absolute dauntlessness if we are to survive this economic recession!
Godspeed, everyone :-)
appellative-noun
1. a descriptive name or designation, as Bald in Charles the Bald.
2. a common noun.
–adjective
3. designative; descriptive.
4. tending toward or serving for the assigning of names: the appellative function of some primitive rites.
5. pertaining to a common noun.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/a
1. a descriptive name or designation, as Bald in Charles the Bald.
2. a common noun.
–adjective
3. designative; descriptive.
4. tending toward or serving for the assigning of names: the appellative function of some primitive rites.
5. pertaining to a common noun.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/a
peruse-verb [puh-rooz]
1. to read through with thoroughness or care: to peruse a report.
2. to read.
3. to survey or examine in detail.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/p
While she was perusing the papers her students had just turned in, she noticed that one of them had been plagiarized.
1. to read through with thoroughness or care: to peruse a report.
2. to read.
3. to survey or examine in detail.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/p
While she was perusing the papers her students had just turned in, she noticed that one of them had been plagiarized.
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