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Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Nobody: 10:25pm On Jul 06, 2013 |
Word: utile\YOO-tul\ adjective Meaning: useful Usage: Shaker crafts are simple, meticulously constructed, pleasing to the eye, and eminently utile, all at the same time. |
Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Nobody: 10:29pm On Jul 06, 2013 |
Chuksemi: Uncle ortopaz nd aunty kofsy,am watching u quys o,no side atractions pls.#jxt jealous#LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL *covers face* |
Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Nobody: 10:33pm On Jul 06, 2013 |
jidegirl12: You are welcome Jide Pls is PWN an acronym? |
Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Nobody: 10:41pm On Jul 06, 2013 |
ortopazz: oga chuks. .. . Ur casting very disturbing accusations!, . . (me likey) ; Loooool see you liking and grinning do I need to remind you to drop today's word? pls do before I withdraw my hug |
Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by ZACHIE: 10:56pm On Jul 06, 2013 |
FECUND Derivatives: FECUNDITY able to produce a lot of children, crops, etc. producing new and useful things, especially ideas, USAGE:her fecund mind never goes to sleep; she is ever alert. (who is SHE?) SYNONYM: FERTILE ANTONYM: BARREN |
Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Nobody: 1:00am On Jul 07, 2013 |
ZACHIE: FECUNDShe's KOFSY Ortopazz, hope you can see this? *dancing around* Thanks Zachie for the word |
Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by ortopazz(m): 7:57am On Jul 07, 2013 |
kofsy: hope u were nt looking for a way to refuse me, that, 'HUG' i dropped my word, ydy. |
Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by ortopazz(m): 8:29am On Jul 07, 2013 |
PORTENTOUS, . Adj (1) of momentous, or omnious significance (2)miraculous, amazing or Awe inspiring: prodigious (3) Self important or pompous por' tentously adj por' tentousness adv is Magna carta Holy Grail all that deep? Whats wiv its PORTENTOUS title and all. |
Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by ortopazz(m): 8:32am On Jul 07, 2013 |
kofsy: hahahahahahahahahaha, see her beaming wiv smiles. . .make I hear |
Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by ortopazz(m): 8:32am On Jul 07, 2013 |
kofsy: hahahahahahahahahaha, see her mouth! |
Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Seyipa(m): 7:42am On Jul 08, 2013 |
adjective OBSEQUIOUS 1. (archaic) Obedient, compliant with someone else's orders or wishes. 2. Excessively eager to please or to obey all instructions; fawning, subservient. 3. (obsolete) of or pertaining to obsequies, funereal. synonyms ♦ (fawning or subservient) fawning, ingratiating, servile, slavish, sycophantic, truckling, people pleaser, kiss-ass USAGE: ortopazz is obsequious with kopsy ways, which got chuksemi ratiocinating. i find it incredulous thanks to you all for this oasis thread,cornucopia of utile stuff. *winks* KOPSY |
Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by ortopazz(m): 6:09pm On Jul 08, 2013 |
Seyipa: adjective haha. . Lol. . Nice one! *Winkin @ de target firstday is bad 4 biz.jus sayin* jus sayin |
Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by ortopazz(m): 6:28pm On Jul 08, 2013 |
welcome on board bro! @ Syph. . ,anyways moving on! INTERSPERSE, .. . .Ame. (verb)(tr) (writtn) to put something in something else or among or between other things! 2. to diversify something. .with other things scattered here and there. . Adv. . .interspersedly. N..interspersion N. . inter'spersal. From Latin. . .interspagere. . . Inter + spagere, . . To sprinkle |
Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Nobody: 8:01pm On Jul 08, 2013 |
Seyipa: adjective we have a patrick obahiagbon in our midst! You are welcome sir!!! But wait o! Ortopazz was not eager to please me o! We had an 'e-tussle' before he succumbed naughty ortopazz |
Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Nobody: 8:12pm On Jul 08, 2013 |
dandy \DAN-dee\, noun: 1. Informal. something or someone of exceptional or first-rate quality: Usage: Your reply was a dandy. 2. a man who is excessively concerned about his clothes and appearance; a fop. adjective: 1. characteristic of a dandy; foppish. 2. Informal. fine; excellent; first-rate: Usage: a dandy vacation spot. Etymology: The origin of dandy is unknown, but it arose in the late 1700s on the Scottish border. Its popularity reached an all-time high at the turn of the twentieth century |
Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by simplifier(f): 11:44am On Jul 09, 2013 |
Stoic (Noun) /sto-ik/ One who is unemotional, not affected by pain or pleasure. Usage Chuksemi was stoic even after hearing kofsy's verdict. |
Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Nobody: 6:18pm On Jul 11, 2013 |
accrete \uh-KREET\, verb: 1. to grow together; adhere (usually followed by to). 2. to add, as by growth. adjective: 1. Botany. grown together. Most things accrete that don't gradually crumble, rust or evaporate. Entering English in the late 1700s, accrete is a backformation of the noun accretion from the Latin word accrēscere meaning "to grow." |
Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Seyipa(m): 9:27pm On Jul 11, 2013 |
TRIFLES 1. An English dessert made from a mixture of thick custard, fruit, sponge cake, jelly and whipped cream. 2. An insignificant amount. 3. Anything that is of little importance or worth. 4. A particular kind of pewter. 5. (uncountable) utensils made from this particular kind of pewter. synonyms ♦ (insignificant amount) iota, jot, scrap, whit ♦ (thing of little importance or worth) bagatelle, minor detail, whiffle verb (trifles, trifling; past and past participle trifled) 1. (intransitive) To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth. 2. (intransitive) To act, speak, or otherwise behave with jest. 3. (intransitive) To inconsequentially toy with something. 4. (transitive) To squander or waste. USAGE: Many people trifle with the simplicity of faith in jesus christ. |
Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by kolado(m): 4:07am On Jul 12, 2013 |
[b][/b] I luv this thread...kofsy,more power to ur elbow. |
Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Chuksemi(m): 8:20pm On Jul 17, 2013 |
First of all i will like to apologise for my long absence which it seem,nobody noticed.I was preparing for my post utme exams which is coming up soon. My word for the day:- TYPOLOGY:-/NOUN/(PL.-IES)(TECHNICAL)A SYSTEM OF DIVIDING THINGS INTO DIFFERENT TYPES. Origin:-unknown. Usage:-when next you experiment you can use the typology. |
Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by knotty(m): 9:21am On Jul 29, 2013 |
Word of the day- COTQUEAN . Definition- 1. A coarse or scolding woman. 2. A man who busies himself with domestic matters traditionally regarded as suitable only for women |
Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Nobody: 10:01am On Jul 29, 2013 |
Chuksemi: First of all i will like to apologise for my long absence which it seem,nobody noticed.I was preparing for my post utme exams which is coming up soon. Awwwwww! Wishing u the very best in your putme |
Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Nobody: 10:05am On Jul 29, 2013 |
*Uses broom to remove cobwebs hanging at the entrance of the thread* *looks around* Anybody home? OrtopaZz OrtopaZz OrtopaZz OrtopaZz OrtopaZz where are you ooooo! So you deserted this thread *sobs* |
Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Nobody: 10:09am On Jul 29, 2013 |
Simplifier Simplifier Simplifier Simplifier Simplifier I sight thee |
Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Nobody: 10:14am On Jul 29, 2013 |
Ok! Lemme drop my word Plummet: to drop/fall sharply Your posts on this thread has plummeted within the past weeks... Yes you! Ortpazz simplifier , chuksemi, kolado, seyipa, sholay2011 |
Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by simplifier(f): 10:55am On Jul 29, 2013 |
kofsy: Simplifier Simplifier Simplifier Simplifier SimplifierHere i am aunty kofsy..., How have you being? |
Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by knotty(m): 11:57am On Aug 05, 2013 |
double up vb (adverb) 1. to bend or cause to bend in two he doubled up with the pain 2. (intr) to share a room or bed designed for one person, family, etc. Sorry to veer from Word to phrasal verb today. But, i stumbled on the correct usage of this phrasal verb by accident. i had grown up knowing `double up` to mean hurry up. My teachers go it wrong in the past. `After the race, Bode doubled up in excruciating pains.`` |
Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by ZACHIE: 12:31pm On Aug 07, 2013 |
OBFUSCATE (Verb) : darken b : to make obscure, blur and unclear c: to be evasive, unclear, or confusing DERIVATIVES: OBFUSCATION, OBSFUCATORY ``Lawyers deliberately become obfuscatory they need to appear more intelligent than their client.`` |
Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Nobody: 1:26pm On Aug 07, 2013 |
rarefied \RAIR-uh-fahyd\, adjective: 1. extremely high or elevated; lofty; exalted: Usage: the rarefied atmosphere of a scholarly symposium. 2. of, belonging to, or appealing to an exclusive group; select; esoteric: rarefied tastes. Welcome back guys |
Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by yame014: 3:29pm On Aug 07, 2013 |
Mehn! I just stumbled on this thread...kudos to you Kofsy and all the wonderful people on this thread....I LOVE THIS THREAD! |
Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Nobody: 11:24pm On Aug 09, 2013 |
kofsy: rarefied \RAIR-uh-fahyd\, just an addition. it also means - made thinner, or less dense. |
Re: Word Of The Day- Improve Your Vocab by Nobody: 1:56pm On Aug 11, 2013 |
Hi. |
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