Weekly Vocab #2.1.4 (repost #1)

Last posted: April 21st, 2003

> From: Christopher Wright <faceloran@...>
>
> A bit late because of Easter, but time is an illusion.[1]
> 1. slippery
> The table is slippery.
>
> 2. to spill
> I spilled my soy milk[2] on it.
>
> 3. to vex
> This vexes me greatly.
>
> 4. to curse (a full-blown spell or a swear word, your choice)
> I curse the glass that failed me.
>
> 5. carpet
> My fine carpet is ruined.
>
> 6. sniffle
> *sniffle*
>
> 7. to replace
> I cannot replace it.
>
> 8. heirloom
> It is an heirloom from my great-grandmother's neice's daughter's husband.
> [Bonus points if you translate the relationship into one word.]
>
> 9. ghost
> His ghost will follow me for all my days.
>
> 10. bitter
> I shall die a bitter, hunted person. [If you are not a person, replace
> that word with an appropriate term.]
>
> ~Wright.
>
> [1] Lunch time doubly so.
> [2] Soy milk is nothing compared to the real thing. Stuff squeezed from
> live cows is so appetizing, especially when described thus.
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:

  - recombination, n.
    (physics) a combining of charges or transfer of electrons in a gas that results in
    the neutralization of ions; important for ions arising from the passage
    of high-energy particles

  - honor, v.
    accept as pay; "we honor checks and drafts"

Fiant verba!

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