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Re: A Word Game!!! - 24-06-2009, 04:20 PM

debonair---urbane, nonchalant
cadge: ask for and get free

Next: recant


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Re: A Word Game!!! - 24-06-2009, 04:48 PM

recant-to take back or withdraw

next: ignoble
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Re: A Word Game!!! - 24-06-2009, 05:02 PM

Ignoble
from Latin ignōbilis : i-, in-, not; see in + nōbilis, gnōbilis, noble
meaning- not noble, in quality, character, or purpose
contextual usage - I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life. — Theodore Roosevelt

Next Word: Circumspect
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Re: A Word Game!!! - 24-06-2009, 05:30 PM

circumspect- Heedful of circumstances and potential consequences; prudent.

next word:tudor
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Re: A Word Game!!! - 24-06-2009, 08:40 PM

tudor::related to the royal house of Tudors

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Re: A Word Game!!! - 24-06-2009, 09:25 PM

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circumspect- Heedful of circumstances and potential consequences; prudent.

next word:tudor


tudor : belonging to or connected with the period between 1485 and 1603 in England
like Tudor houses/architecture

Smug : too satisfied with your abilities or achievements
This word shows that you dislike people like this "a smug expression/​face/​smile"

like "a smug glow of self-congratulation"

Derived words :
smugly adverb

smugness noun


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Re: A Word Game!!! - 24-06-2009, 10:29 PM

guys pls post the sentence/phrasal usage of these words alongwith meanings.......since it gets easier to remember with contextual usage....
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Re: A Word Game!!! - 26-06-2009, 12:25 AM

Defray :

Provide money for cost or expense.
To pay or discharge; to serve in payment of; to provide for, as a charge, debt, expenses, costs, etc

Usage : The the company defrayed the cost of new chairs for all the office assistants.

Next : broach
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Re: A Word Game!!! - 26-06-2009, 01:42 AM

Broach:an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes.

next word. haecceity


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Re: A Word Game!!! - 26-06-2009, 09:45 AM

Broach - is also used for -bringing up an topic for discussion.
eg, We broached the subject of election yesterday.

haecceity - essence of anything, marking its individuality.

Next word: Stupendous.
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