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Jai Ganesh

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Re: English language puzzles

Answers to #653, #654, #655, #656, #657, and #658:-
All correct, 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.

Jai Ganesh

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Re: English language puzzles

#659. What does the adjective 'tendentious' mean?

#660. What does the adjective 'nefarious' mean?

#661. Who is a 'messiah'?

#662. Who is a 'sycophant'?

#663. What does 'succor' mean?

#664. What is 'mutation'?

#665. What does the adjective 'spasmodic' mean?

#666. What does 'accrual' mean?

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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.

JaneFairfax

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Re: English language puzzles

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Re: English language puzzles

Answers to #659, 3660, #661, #662, #663, #664, and #665:-
All correct, JaneFairfax!

#667. What does 'ipso facto' mean?

#668. What does the idiom 'at loggerheads' mean?

#669. What does 'verbatim' mean?

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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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Re: English language puzzles

Jai Ganesh

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Re: English language puzzles

Answers to #667, #668, and #669:-
All the answers are right, JaneFairfax!

#670. What does the adjective 'punitive' mean?

#671. What does 'codex' mean?

#672. What is an 'almanac'?

#673. What does 'plexus' mean?

#674. What does the adjective 'grandiloquent' mean?

#675. What does the adjective 'transient' mean?

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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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Re: English language puzzles

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Re: English language puzzles

Answers to #670, #672, #674, and #675:-
All the answers are correct, JaneFairfax!!!

#676. What is 'flannel'?

#677. What does the adjective 'flabbergasted' mean?

#678. What does 'ab initio' mean?

#679. What does 'de novo' mean?

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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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Re: English language puzzles

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Re: English language puzzles

Answer to #679:-
Correct, JaneFairfax!
Well done!!!

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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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Re: English language puzzles

#680. What does the verb 'ameliorate' mean?

#681. What does the noun 'pulchritude' mean?

#682. What does the adjective 'vulpine' mean?

#683. What does the verb 'cogitate' mean?

#684. What does the adjective 'indubitable' mean?

#685. What does 'gustation' mean?

#686. What does the adjective 'votive' mean?

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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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Re: English language puzzles

Last edited by JaneFairfax (2009-02-19 02:34:24)

Jai Ganesh

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Re: English language puzzles

Answers to #677, #680, #681, #682, #683, #684, and #685:-
All the answers other than #677 are correct.

Good usage of the word in #681

#687. What does 'ad valorem' mean?

#688. What does 'caveat' mean?

#689. What does 'ex parte' mean?

#690. What is 'box office'?

#691. What does the adjective 'excelsior' mean?

#692. What does 'in toto' mean?

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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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Re: English language puzzles

So that’s what it means. I’m flabbergasted!

JaneFairfax

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Re: English language puzzles

Answers to #688 and #692:
Both correct, JaneFairfax!

#693. What is 'novation'?

#694. What does the adjective 'dorsal' mean?

#695. What is 'par value'?

#696. What is 'effigy'?

#697. What is a 'saprophyte'?

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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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Re: English language puzzles

Last edited by JaneFairfax (2009-02-19 04:10:34)

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Re: English language puzzles

Answers to #694 and #695:-
Answer #694 is correct, #695 isn't. Good!!!

#698. What is an 'atoll'?

#699. What does the verb 'acclimatize' mean?

#700. What does the adjective 'fiscal' mean?

#701. Who is a 'martyr'?

#702. What does the adjective 'congenital' mean?

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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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Re: English language puzzles

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Re: English language puzzles

Answers to #696, #696, #698, #699, #700, #701, and #702:-
All answers other than #700 are correct, 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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Re: English language puzzles

#703. What is 'pseudopodium'?

#704. What is 'ex officio'?

#705. What is 'wharfage'?

#706. What is 'demurrage'?

#707. What does 'maladroit' mean?

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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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Re: English language puzzles

#708. What is a 'battalion'?

#709. What is a 'garrison'?

#710. Who is a 'Brigadier'?

#711. What does 'admiralty' mean?

#712. What does 'incognito' mean?

#713. Who is a 'barrister'?

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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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Re: English language puzzles

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Re: English language puzzles

Answers to #703, #704, #707, #708, #709, #710, #711, #712, and #713:-
All answers other than answer #704 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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Re: English language puzzles

#714. What does the adjective 'vitrified' mean?

#715. What does 'ex tempore' mean?

#716. Who is a 'thespian'?

#717. What is an 'orifice'?

#718. What does 'ensemble' mean?

#719. What does 'white elephant' mean?

#720. What does 'pecuniary' mean?

#721. What does the idiom 'A Slap on the Wrist' mean?

#722. What does the idiom 'At The Drop Of A Hat' mean?

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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.