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{October 23, 2009}   Building My Vocabulary

I recently looked up ten words that I didn’t know that looked intresting to me from the dictionary and here they are

1.Demisemiquaver- a thirty-second note.

2.Imago-An insect in its sexually mature adult stage after metamorphosis.

3.Gastropod-any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, comprising the snails, whelks, slugs, etc.

4.Solfeggio-a vocal exercise in which the sol-fa syllables are used.

5.Wigwam-an American Indian dwelling, usually of rounded or oval shape, formed of poles overlaid with bark, mats, or skins

6-Emblazon-to depict, as on an escutcheon in heraldry.

7.Amice-an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.

8.Quinsy-a suppurative inflammation of the tonsils; suppurative tonsillitis; tonsillar abscess.

9.Quibble-an instance of the use of ambiguous, prevaricating, or irrelevant language or arguments to evade a point at issue.

10.Vociferous-crying out noisily; clamorous.

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