Time to excercise the brain...

Aug 15, 2007 15:01

Here are a few random words to improve your vocabulary. See if you can correctly define them.A fabulous prize to the first one to get them all right...

PECCADILLO:

SESAMOID:

ANSERINE:

WANION:

JOAD:

PETTIFOGGER:

FERVERWORT:

SQUAMOUS:

CACHINNATE:

ERUBESCENCE:

HISTOPLASMOSIS:

PARASELENE:

YERK:

BILBO:

VERISIMILITUDE:

SALUBRIOUS:

FECUND:

YOWIE:

PARSIMONY:

HOLM:

CORIACEOUS:

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guy_todd August 16 2007, 12:23:01 UTC
PECCADILLO: One of those critters that gets run over in Texas a lot.

SESAMOID: Say this to open the secret cave door.

ANSERINE: For fresher teeth, whiter breath.

WANION: A small, pale onion.

JOAD: One of those weird colors they talk about in fashion magazines.

PETTIFOGGER: Ron Weasely's pet rat.

FERVERWORT: A type of German sausage.

SQUAMOUS: That submarine that sank back in the 60's.

CACHINNATE: Not as fast as a catch in seven.

ERUBESCENCE: The early teens, when you get zits and body hair.

HISTOPLASMOSIS: When male cells split apart to form gangs.

PARASELENE: Hanging below a parachute at the resort.

YERK: Captain of the Yenterprise.

BILBO: Girls discover these when the go through erubescence (see above).

VERISIMILITUDE: Snape's favorite truth serum.

SALUBRIOUS: What soldiers do when they meet an officer.

FECUND: not first, and not fird either.

YOWIE: The Jewish form of Gawd.

PARSIMONY: Marrying a church official.

HOLM: A real bro. "Yo Holm, what up?"

CORIACEOUS: Having real nice cories. Hubba hubba!

MULLION: Scullery maid with a bad hairstyle.

INFRANGIBLE: Like the Hindenburgh, only smaller.

SUDORIFIC: Every bit as good as a Japanese puzzle.

CERULEAN: Low-calorie version of Ceru.

POMOLOGY: The study of Brits.

RUSTICATE: A squeaky opening in a fence.

AGNOMEN: Spiro's posse.

SAPONIFICATION: When trees produce sticky stuff.

MOTET: When three stooges sing together.

SIPPET: Don't gulp it; usually spoken by parents at the dinner table.

EPISTEMOLOGY: An incision to aid in childbirth.

LYCANTRHOPY: The study of those flat green things that grow on rocks.

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