TODAYS WORDS 10 NOV 11

1. Mac - raincoat 
2. Macaroni - wheat the form of short hallow tubes that become soft when boiled
3. Machinations - secret plans to do harm, gain power 
4. Nadir - the lowest or worst point 
5. Naive - who or that shows lack of experience and knowledge of reality 
6. Nanny - a woman whose job is to look after young children in a family 
7. Obelisk - a tall stone pillar with four sides & pointed top
8. Obese - much too fat 
9. Obituary - a notice of a person's death in a newspaper 
 

TODAYS WORDS 09 NOV 11

1. Jab - a sudden hard push with something pointed 

2. Jabber - the noise of a lot people talking, fast talk that is difficult to understand 

3.  Jaded - tired or worn-out 

4. Keel - one of the pieces on which the curved framework of a boat or ship is built 

5. Keg - a small kind of barrel 

6. Keratosis - a hard rough swelling such as a wart (wart - a kind of hard crusty lump on 

                           the skin caused by a virus )

7. Laborious - that needs a lot of effort and determination 

8. Labyrinthine - complicated 

9. Lackadaisical -  who has no enthusiasm or determination

TODAYS WORDS 08 NOV 11

       1.Gabble – fast talk that is difficult to understand       
             2.Gag    -  a. A piece of cloth etc  put over your mouth so that you cannot speak or shout

                      b. a way of preventing you from telling something

 3.  Gait – a way of walking

 4. Habeas corpus – the right of person in a prison to be brought to a law court where a decision can be made out whether he or she must stay in prison

5. Haberdasher – a person or shop that sells things for sewing. Eg buttons, cotton

6. Hackies – to make somebody angry

7. Icicie – a pointed piece of frozen water made when water that is falling freezes

8. Idiocy – stupidity

9. Idoiatry – the worship of idols

TODAYS WORDS 07 NOV 11

 1.  Date –  a.  the name of the day in the week, month & year  

                b. an arrangement to meet & do something together

2. Deceptive – who or that deceives

3.Deciduous – that is the kind of tree that loses leaves in winter

4. Eavesdrop – to listen to a private conversation without permission

5. Ebb –  a. The act of the tide moving back

               b. to become worse or less gradually

6. Edify – to improve the intellect, culture etc

7. Factual – that contains, or is based on, fact

8. Fallacy – a false belief, especially because of bad reasoning

9. Fanfare – a set of notes played on the trumpet etc, to announce something

TODAYS WORDS 06 NOV 11

1. aplomb - self-confidence 
2. apocalypse - a violent & disastrous event 
3. apocryphal -  that is  not true 
4. bonny - happy & healthy 
5. booby trap - anything that looks attractive but is really harmful 
6. booby prize - a worthless prize for coming last 
7. chink - 1. a small crack (or ) opening 2. weakness 
8. critic - a person who writes comments about art, plays, book etc.. for a newspaper, magazine 
9. crispy - hard & crunchy