home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
/ Play and Learn 2 / 19941.ZIP / 19941 / EDUCMISC / VERBALAT / WORDS.EXE / WORDS2.3 < prev    next >
Encoding:
Text File  |  1989-03-29  |  2.3 KB  |  21 lines
  1. Abstract        summary of points, as of a piece of writing                                                         
  2. amity           friendship, especially between nations                                                              
  3. arsenal         a collection of weapons or the place where they   are stored                                        
  4. Buffoon         A ludicrous figure, e.g. a clown                                                                    
  5. circumlocution  the act, or an instance of, explaining something  in an indirect manner                             
  6. Cudgel          A short heavy club                                                                                  
  7. Dross           Waste or foreign matter                                                                             
  8. fiasco          a complete humiliation or failure                                                                   
  9. hedonism        the belief that pleasure is the only good; the    pursuit of pleasure                               
  10. Incursion       A hostile entrance into a territory                                                                 
  11. kismet          appointed lot; fate                                                                                 
  12. mania           an exaggerated or irrational craving for or       infatuation with something                        
  13. nape            the back of the neck                                                                                
  14. Orthography     A part of language study that deals with letters  and spelling                                      
  15. Philistine      a person devoid of culture                                                                          
  16. Quintessence    a concentration of a thing to its most essential  element; the purest and most essential part       
  17. Respite         postponement; delay; temporary intermission from  labor; a rest                                     
  18. Stupor          a condition in which the sense are dulled; mental or moral dullness                                 
  19. Trepidation     a state of agitation or alarm; perturbation                                                         
  20. Vicissitude     irregular changes or variations; a change or mu-  tation                                            
  21.