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Re: Power your vocabulary
« Reply #255 on: July 14, 2011, 03:17:31 PM »
Filial- the word means 'connected with the way children behave towards their parents: filial affection/duty'

Thanks a lot for answering me goodboy & orange Tarek :)
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Re: Power your vocabulary
« Reply #256 on: July 14, 2011, 03:32:06 PM »
New words:

1. Marshmallow
2. Meadow
3. Paragon
4. Permeate
5. Perturb
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« Reply #257 on: July 15, 2011, 03:57:34 AM »
my todays answer.. Mam please help me, inform me the process of social web work for mid term


1. Marshmallow-easygoing, easily pleased,acquiescent, agreeable, altruistic, amiable.
2. Meadow-bottoms, carpet, grassland, heath.
3. Paragon-outstanding example,apotheosis, archetype, beau ideal, beauty, best.
4. Permeate-charge, diffuse, drench, fill, go through, imbue.
5. Perturb-agitate, alarm, annoy, bewilder, bother.

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« Reply #258 on: July 16, 2011, 04:06:33 AM »
Thank you mam...... here's my today's answers:

1. Marshmallow: ????
2. Meadow: field, pasture, grazing land.
3. Paragon: model, ideal, shining example.
4. Permeate: leak into, infuse, flood, fill.
5. Perturb: trouble, bother, disturb, agitate.

Mam, please define the word, "Marshmallow".....
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Re: Power your vocabulary
« Reply #259 on: July 16, 2011, 02:11:27 PM »
Dear Orange & Goodboy, Marshmallow means pink or white sweet candy that feels soft and elastic when you chew it.
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« Reply #260 on: July 16, 2011, 02:15:51 PM »
New  Words:

1. portico
2. portmanteau
3. portal
4. porthole
5. portfolio
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« Reply #261 on: July 17, 2011, 05:16:06 PM »
1. portico : a roof that is supported by columns
2. portmanteau : a large heavy suitcase that opens into two parts (noun)/consisting of a number of different items that are combined into a single thing (adj)
3. portal  : a large, impressive gate to a building
4. porthole : a round window in the side of a ship or an aircraft
5. portfolio : a thin flat case used for carrying documents, drawings,etc.
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« Reply #262 on: July 17, 2011, 05:21:58 PM »
New Words:

1. Malady
2. Jargon
3. Jocular
4. Leery
5. Lethal
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« Reply #263 on: July 21, 2011, 09:59:22 PM »
:) :) Thank you so much....Mam for the reply...

Answers for the words:

1. Malady: problem, difficulty, trouble, woe, ill.
2. Jargon: terminology, slang, lingo, argot.
3. Jocular: humorous, funny, jovial, joking.
4. Leery: doubtful, distrustful, apprehensive, wary.
5. Lethal: deadly, fatal, mortal, toxic.
 
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Re: Power your vocabulary
« Reply #264 on: July 23, 2011, 01:22:28 PM »
Here are some new words:

1. arcade
2. arcane
3. archetype
4. aptitude
5. archives
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Re: Power your vocabulary
« Reply #265 on: July 25, 2011, 07:57:05 PM »
still waiting for reply..
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« Reply #266 on: July 27, 2011, 05:58:46 PM »
Answers:

1. arcade : a covered passageway
2. arcane : secret
3. archetype : primitive
4. aptitude : fitness
5. archives : public records
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« Reply #267 on: July 27, 2011, 06:00:56 PM »
New words:

1. Asteroid
2. Aquiline
3. Ardor
4. Arroyo
5. Asperity
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« Reply #268 on: July 27, 2011, 10:18:46 PM »

1. Asteroid-apple, asteroid , earth, globe,wandering star, world
2. Aquiline-hooked, beaked,prominent
3. Ardor-avidity, devotion, eagerness, earnestness, feeling,
    fervor, fierceness,
4. Arroyo-brook, channel, creek, gorge, gully, ravine, stream
5. Asperity-harshness,  bad temper,acerbity, irascibility, irritability.

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« Reply #269 on: August 02, 2011, 12:01:13 PM »
Thanks Orange!

Quiz time!!

Find out Synonym or Antonyms:

1. Asteroid:
a) Milky Way  b) radiance  c) large planet   d) rising moon   e) setting moon

2. Aquiline:
a) watery  b) hooked  c) refined   d) antique   e) rodentlike
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