a list of relatively new words (to me)
Dec. 31st, 2005 01:00 pmpronate:
1. To turn or rotate the hand or forearm so that the palm faces down or back.
2. To turn or rotate the sole of the foot by abduction and eversion so that the inner edge of the sole bears the body's weight.
nullipara: (parous)
A woman who has never given birth.
soigné:
elegant, polished
infix / tmesis:
ie "abso-bloomin-lutely"
scrannel:
slight; lean; poor.
spate:
A flash flood or a sudden heavy fall of rain
[syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew]
Lucullan:
Lavish; luxurious.
dropsical:
swollen with an excessive accumulation of fluid
inflatus:
blowing or breathing into; inflation; inspiration.
ochlocracy:
mob rule
farouche:
1. fierce; wild
2. exhibiting withdrawn temperament and shyness coupled with an air of cranky, often sullen fey charm
Laodicean:
lukewarm or indifferent in religion or politics
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