Let's Get Smart - Let's Use the Dictionary

[Barbaraann]

Sirius

It really is in the dictionary. For all Harry Potter fans, you will love the meaning.

The dictionary says: the Dog Star. The brightest star in the sky, in the constellation, Canis Major

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cubeb

[CaptPhoebus]

cu·beb (kybb)
n.

1. A tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine (Piper cubeba) having spicy, berrylike fruits, heart-shaped leaves, and small flowers in cylindrical spikes.
2. The dried, unripe, berrylike fruit of this plant, used in perfumery, pharmaceuticals, and commercial flavorings.

• used medicinally when powdered for its effect on mucous membranes especially as a urinary antiseptic and in chronic bronchitis

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supercilious

[Barbaraann]

supercilious - is contempuously haughty. arrrogantly disdainful of others.

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gneiss

[CaptPhoebus]

gneiss: (pronounced like niece)
granitelike rock formed of layers of quartz, mica, etc.

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facetious

[TheDisneyInquisitor]

fa·ce·tious
adj. Playfully jocular; humorous: facetious remarks.
Next Word: aplomb

[CaptPhoebus]

a-plomb:
self-possession; poise

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foliated

[Barbaraann]

foliated - had to get the big dictionary out for this one.

foliated - ornamented with foils or with foliage.

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sagacity

[ksejr1]

shrewed and wise

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Vicuna

[CaptPhoebus]

Vi-cu-na/ña:

• a small llama of South America with soft, shaggy wool.
• the wool of said animal

side note: the vicuna is a tautonymic animal (scientific name: Vicugna vicugna)

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Puerile

[MiceMan]

pu·er·ile

1. Belonging to childhood; juvenile.
2. Immature; childish.

Next word: Lackadaisical.

[ksejr1]

Originally Posted by MiceMan

pu·er·ile

1. Belonging to childhood; juvenile.
2. Immature; childish.

Next word: Lackadaisical.

Lackadaisical: Lacking spirit, liveliness, or interest.

Next word: Kwashiorkor

[CaptPhoebus]

kwa·shi·or·kor (kwäsh-ôrkôr) n. Severe protein malnutrition, especially in children after weaning, marked by lethargy, growth retardation, anemia, edema, potbelly, skin depigmentation, and hair loss or change in hair color.

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Querulous

[Barbaraann]

querulous - the dictionary says complaining, peevish, fretful.

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fob

[CaptPhoebus]

FOB abbr. free on board

fob 1 (fb)n.1. A small pocket at the front waistline of a man's trousers or in the front of a vest, used especially to hold a watch.
2. a. A short chain or ribbon attached to a pocket watch and worn hanging in front of the vest or waist.
b. An ornament or seal attached to such a chain or ribbon.


[Probably akin to Low German Fobke, small pocket.]
fob 2 (fb) tr.v. fobbed, fob·bing, fobs Archaic To cheat or deceive (another).

Phrasal Verb: fob off1. To dispose of (goods) by fraud or deception; palm off: fobbed off the zircon as a diamond.
2. To put off or appease by deceitful or evasive means: needed help but was fobbed off with promises.

[Middle English fobben, probably from fob, trickster.]

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phantasmagoria

[Ride Warrior]

phantasmagoria



1 : an exhibition or display of optical effects and illusions
2 a : a constantly shifting complex succession of things seen or imagined b : a scene that constantly changes
3 : a bizarre or fantastic combination, collection, or assemblage

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circumjacent