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Friday, April 18, 2008

Daily Definitions: Adumbrate

Adumbrate: To disclose partially or guardedly.

Used in a Sentence: I adumbrate only part of the time, sometimes, mostly.

Daily Definitions: Yegg

Yegg: A thief, esp. a burglar or safecracker.

Used in a Sentence: (Warning, Bad Pun) A thief who fell off a building is a scrambled yegg.

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Daily Definitions: Aceldama

Aceldama: A place with dreadful associations.

Used in a Sentence: After months of neglect, my bathroom has become a place of aceldama.

Daily Definitions: Xerophilous

Xerophilous: Flourishing in or able to withstand a dry, hot environment.

Used in a Sentence: People in Hell must be Xerophilous.