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Thenishall
02-18-2007, 08:15 PM
(Inspired by Neoteny)
Ok, since VMK is down and we're all doing probably nothing productive, why not learn some vocab words?
Basically, someone says a word and then some says (without looking in a dictionary) what the word means!
Ok, first word:
Acme

alubadubdub
02-18-2007, 08:19 PM
Isn't that like the peak of a mountain?

Next word:
Lucid

Thenishall
02-18-2007, 08:24 PM
Isn't it comprehensible?

Next word:
Disgruntled

Stitchco
02-19-2007, 02:48 AM
Ohhh! I know this one! Disgruntled means Neoteny(ok I don't really know, but that is what Neoteny has beside his avatar).

What does anvil mean?
-Stitchco

Kitri
02-19-2007, 03:22 AM
anvil |?anvil| noun a heavy steel or iron block with a flat top, concave sides, and typically a pointed end, on which metal can be hammered and shaped.

anvil
• the horizontally extended upper part of a cumulonimbus cloud : [as adj. ] anvil clouds. • Anatomy another term for incus . ORIGIN Old English anfilte, from the Germanic base of on + a verbal stem meaning ‘beat.’


Is this what you mean?


okay, this is a real word trust me:Xinjiang

onchinonch
02-19-2007, 03:24 AM
The chineese word for tree........... lol idk

intermingled

x BoraBora
02-22-2007, 04:36 AM
doesn't intermingled mean to be mixed, blended, or mingled or united?


cuisses :)

daizyduke
02-22-2007, 04:43 AM
Ohhh! I know this one! Disgruntled means Neoteny(ok I don't really know, but that is what Neoteny has beside his avatar).

What does anvil mean?
-Stitchco

I think Disgruntled means really mad, and angry.. ;)

:tink: Daizy

CutiestAngel
02-22-2007, 04:59 AM
Cuisse? Some kind of armor??? @_@

Hoi Polloi * This is an actual word. I did
not make this up. LOL *

PinkTinkPixie
02-22-2007, 06:00 AM
Hoi Polloi -- "Hi Paulie" in some foreign language I'm not familiar with :P I dunno...

How about...

Antidisestablishmenterianism? (yes, this is a real word :))

~Pink

aworld90
02-22-2007, 06:12 AM
UH What Mr KENT said

Next word

Sponge....

bigZZ
02-22-2007, 06:15 AM
hmm all thats coming up is squarepants..


antidisistablishmentarism
(its a real word, it was an answer on jepordy and i got the question right lol)

Thenishall
02-25-2007, 11:42 PM
It's something having to do with church, I forget.
Next word:
ample

Insanity
02-25-2007, 11:45 PM
hmm all thats coming up is squarepants..


antidisistablishmentarism
(its a real word, it was an answer on jepordy and i got the question right lol)
Hah, easy! Bring a real challenge kid.
antidisistablishmentarism (an ti dis i stab lish ment ar ism)
the doctrine or political position that opposes the withdrawal of state recognition of an established church; - used especially concerning the Anglican Church in England. Opposed to disestablishmentarianism.

Here is an easy word for ya'll,
luminous. (loo men us)
Never Again,
Captain Jacques Dizzytoon.

Thenishall
02-25-2007, 11:48 PM
Luminious Spark, it's a Yu-Gi-Oh card :D
It means something shining, or bright.
Here's another word:
Jurisdiction

alubadubdub
02-25-2007, 11:57 PM
Jurisdiction means something like power right?

impetuous

Insanity
02-25-2007, 11:58 PM
Luminious Spark, it's a Yu-Gi-Oh card :D
It means something shining, or bright.
Here's another word:
Jurisdiction
I believe the word you are referring to has something to do with The Court of Jury, Contradiction/Contradict/Dictation. I believe the defintion you are looking for may be included in those words.
Something easy also,
Ediction.
Never Again,
Captain Jacques Dizzytoon.

Insanity
02-27-2007, 02:30 PM
Jurisdiction means something like power right?

impetuous
Easy.
Impetuous~
To move with great force, power, and violence.


Penultimate.
:-P Bring It. :-P

Neoteny
02-27-2007, 03:07 PM
Easy.
Impetuous~
To move with great force, power, and violence.


Penultimate.
:-P Bring It. :-P
Next to last.

Defenestration.

Insanity
02-27-2007, 04:08 PM
Next to last.

Defenestration.
Oh, they do that in Pirates of The Caribbean : The Curse of The Black Pearl alot.
Defenestration-
noun. The act of throwing someone or something out of a window.


Gaunt.