Word Power

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August 21, 2008


juju \JOO-joo\, noun:
1. An object superstitiously believed to embody magical powers.
2. The power associated with a juju.

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August 22, 2008

Hobson's choice \HOB-suhnz-CHOIS\, noun:
A choice without an alternative; the thing offered or nothing.

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August 23, 2008

foment \foh-MENT; FOH-ment\, transitive verb:
1. To nurse to life or activity; to incite; to abet; to instigate; -- often in a bad sense.

noun:
1. Fomentation; the act of fomenting.
2. State of excitation.

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August 24, 2008


comity \KOM-uh-tee\, noun:
1. A state of mutual harmony, friendship, and respect, especially between or among nations or people; civility.
2. The courteous recognition by one nation of the laws and institutions of another.
3. The group of nations observing international comity.

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August 24, 2008


berate \bih-RAYT\, transitive verb:
To scold severely or angrily.

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August 26, 2008


peregrination \pehr-uh-gruh-NAY-shun\, noun:
A traveling from place to place; a wandering.

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August 27, 2008

naif \nah-EEF; ny-\, adjective:
1. Naive.

noun:
1. A naive or inexperienced person.

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August 28, 2008

chthonic \THONE-ik\, adjective:
Dwelling in or under the earth; also, pertaining to the underworld

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August 29, 2008

redress \rih-DRES\, transitive verb:
1. To put in order again; to set right; to emend; to revise.
2. To set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury; to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.
3. To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.

noun:
1. The act of redressing; a making right; reformation; correction; amendment.
2. A setting right, as of wrong, injury, or oppression; as, the redress of grievances; hence, relief; remedy; reparation; indemnification.

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August 30, 2008


fop \FOP\, noun:
A man who is overly concerned with or vain about his dress and appearance; a dandy.

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August 31, 2008


gubernatorial \GOO-ber-nuh-TOR-ee-uhl\, adjective:
Of or pertaining to a governor.

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September 2, 2008

comestible \kuh-MES-tuh-buhl\, adjective:
1. Suitable to be eaten; edible.

noun:
1. Something suitable to be eaten; food.

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September 3, 2008


glower \GLAU-uhr\, intransitive verb:
1. To look or stare angrily or with a scowl.

noun:
1. An angry or scowling look or stare.

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Sept 4 2008

immolate \IM-uh-layt\, transitive verb:
1. To sacrifice; to offer in sacrifice; to kill as a sacrificial victim.
2. To kill or destroy, often by fire.

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September 5, 2008


bevy \BEV-ee\, noun:
1. A group; an assembly or collection.
2. A flock of birds, especially quails or larks; also, a herd of roes.