Weekly Vocab #2.1.24 (repost #1)

Last posted: September 28th, 2003

> From: Christopher Wright <faceloran@...>
>
> 1. field
> A well-fertilized field creates much joy.
>
> 2. chicken (animal)
> Chickens don't help with fertilization since they're too acidic.
>
> 3. copper
> I found large deposits of copper in my field yesterday.
>
> 4. mine
> The king's men installed a mine before I could so much as tell my neighbor
> about it.
>
> 5. please
> Those men weren't very nice. They didn't even say "please".
>
> 6. thousand
> A thousand hides of my land were taken as part of the mines.
>
> 7. structure
> They have built a hasty, rude structure over the mine.
>
> 8. ugly
> It's as ugly as a demon's butt.
>
> 9. typical
> Such is typical of government work.
>
> 10. lazy
> I'm not giving a tenth term for this vocab because I got lazy.
>
>
> ~wright
Bonus Vocab from WordNet:
This is randomly selected automatically, so in case it offends you
or you disagree, please either ignore or be inspired to make up
different words and/or phrases:

  - horse trade, n.
    the swapping of horses (accompanied by much bargaining)

  - input, v.
    enter (data or a program) into a computer

Fiant verba!

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