3/12/11

Higgle
You go to a swap meet and higgle.
What are you doing for someone else?



You are selling them something they need daily.
Higgle means to sell provisions.
And... it also means to haggle.
http://www.englishionary.com/H/Higgle.htm
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3/11/11

Tepid
Do you have trepidation...
... about going out in tepid weather?
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No!

Tepid means warm.
Trepidation means to have fear.

http://www.englishionary.com/T/Trepidation.htm
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3/10/11

Torpid
You stand in your speedboat.
It goes as fast as it can...
... at a torpid speed.
What should you probably do next?
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Get a new boat.
Torpid means sluggish or having no motion.


1. Having lost motion, or the power of exertion and feeling; numb; benumbed; as a torpid limb. “Without heat all things would be torpid.” Ray.

2. Dull; stupid; sluggish; inactive.

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Rankly
Would you like your money to grow rankly?







Yes.  Rankly means vigorous growth- like weeds.

Rankly

(rank´ly), adv. With rank or vigorous growth; luxuriantly; hence, coarsely; grossly; as weeds grow rankly.

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3/8/11

Neb
You pat your pet’s neb.
What kind of pet is it?

A bird.
A neb is the beak of a bird.
http://www.englishionary.com/N/Neb.htm
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3/7/11

Eagless
You're best friend is an eagless.
Why do I say you need more friends?




An eagless is a female eagle.

http://www.englishionary.com/E/Eagless.htm
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3/6/11

Dado
You see a man standing on a dado.
He ignores you.
Why does he not move?




He is a statue.
A dado is the pedestal a statue stands on.

http://www.englishionary.com/D/Dado.htm
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Updive
You study a lot.
Your grades do an updive.
Are you happy?




Yes!  Updive means to rise upward.
http://www.englishionary.com/U/Updive.htm
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