Weekly Vocab #2.1.29 (repost #1)

Last posted: November 16th, 2003

> From: Christopher Wright <faceloran@...>
>
> 1. to calculate
> As a magistrate, I must calculate the amount of surplus food the area creates.
>
> 2. waste
> Food waste is dreadfully common.
>
> 3. to regulate
> The government must therefore regulate sales and supply.
>
> 4. famine
> Only these laws stave off famine.
>
> 5. control
> Farmers don't like this level of control.
>
> 6. spade
> They might revolt with spades and pitchforks.
>
> 7. to quake
> I'm quaking in my boots.
>
> 8. fortress
> If they do revolt, they shall never take the fortress.
>
> 9. to besiege
> I just hope they don't manage to besiege the place.
>
> 10. day
> That would just ruin my day.
>
> *sigh* I really need some new topics. I can't do peasant revolts every week,
> can I?
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:

  - Nahum, n.
    an Old Testament book telling Nahum's prophecy of the fall of Nineveh

  - oxygenize, v.
    dehydrogenate with oxygen

Fiant verba!

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