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#126 2008-12-26 03:53:38

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Re: English language puzzles

#196. what does the adjective 'vivacious' mean?

#197. What is 'albedo' in Astronomy?

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#127 2008-12-27 20:03:12

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#198. What is a 'pachyderm'?

#199. What is a marsupial?

#200. What is Dementia?

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#128 2008-12-28 01:36:00

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Give the antonyms of the following words:-

#201. Superficial

#202. Detrimental

#203. Pertinent

Give the synonyms of

#204. Vicinity

#205. Rhetoric

#206. Defile

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#129 2008-12-28 02:13:26

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#130 2008-12-28 02:25:06

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Re: English language puzzles

Answer to #193:-
You are correct, JaneFairfax!
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#131 2008-12-28 02:32:21

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Re: English language puzzles

#207. What does 'inundated' mean?

#208. What does 'gamut' mean?

#209. What does 'hegemony' mean?

#210. What does 'tutelage' mean?

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#132 2008-12-28 02:54:50

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#133 2008-12-28 03:13:53

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Answers to #200, #201, #202, and #203:-
Perfectly right, AshJones555! Well done!!!
(Some of the other antonyms of superficial could be profound, deep, thoughtful, to some extent..significant, important.)
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#134 2008-12-29 02:58:52

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Re: English language puzzles

#211. What does 'lacuna' mean?

#212. What is 'origami'?

#213. What does 'prowess' mean?

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#135 2008-12-29 14:22:24

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#136 2008-12-29 16:47:14

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Answer to #211.
Precisely. Thats what it means.
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#137 2008-12-29 17:27:03

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Re: English language puzzles

#214. What does 'imbroglio' mean?

#215. What does 'tête-à-tête' mean?

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#138 2008-12-30 05:31:25

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#139 2008-12-30 18:01:53

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Answer to #207:-
That should have been cakewalk for you, Janefairfax!
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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#140 2008-12-30 20:11:09

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Re: English language puzzles

#216. What is a 'conundrum'?

#217. What is a 'pangolin'?

#218. the sound produced by which member of the animal kingdom is called 'sing'?

It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#141 2008-12-31 01:56:53

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Re: English language puzzles

#219. What is a 'whirligig'?

#220. What does 'bête noire' mean?

It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#142 2009-01-01 18:18:57

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Re: English language puzzles

#221. What does 'censure' mean?

#222. What does 'lackadaisical' mean?

#223. What is the antonym of 'derogatory'?

#224. What is 'Xerography'?

#225. What does 'verbose' mean?

It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#143 2009-01-01 20:27:06

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Accidentally clicked the 'Submit' button here.

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#144 2009-01-01 22:06:28

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Re: English language puzzles

Answers to #212, #213, #216, and #225.

Well done, JohnnyReinB, all your answers are correct!
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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#145 2009-01-01 22:30:09

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#226. What does 'posthumous' mean?

#227. What is the antonym of 'dissuade'?

#228. What does 'goad' mean?

It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#146 2009-01-03 14:33:21

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#147 2009-01-03 17:18:21

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Answer to #226:-
You are correct, but the word also means whats given below, Janefairfax!


Well done!!!

It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#148 2009-01-03 17:25:37

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Re: English language puzzles

#229. What does 'belligerent' mean?

#230. What does 'bonhomie' mean?

#231. What does 'superfluous' mean?

#232. Who is the author of 'Word Power Made Easy'?

#233. What does 'demagogue' mean?

It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#149 2009-01-03 22:51:02

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#150 2009-01-04 00:12:51

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Re: English language puzzles

Answer to #231:-
Correct!

Well done, Janefairfax!

#234. What is 'hypermnesia'?

#235. What does 'obdurate' mean?

#236. What does the word 'nascent' mean?

#237. What does 'TOEFL' stand for?

#238. What does 'ELBS' stand for?

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