11/12/11

Arrant
<ah-rant>
Notoriously bad. 
Downright, in a bad sense. 
Shameless. 
Unmitigated. 
"An arrant coward." 
"An arrant rogue." 
"I discover an arrant laziness in my soul."
 
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11/11/11

Garrulous 
Talking much, especially about commonplace or trivial things; talkative; loquacious. "It is hard to get a word in with a garrulous person."

“The most garrulous people on earth.” De Quincey.

(Zoöl.) Having a loud, harsh note; noisy; — said of birds; as the garrulous roller.

Syn. — Garrulous, Talkative, Loquacious.

A garrulous person indulges in long, prosy talk, with frequent repetitions and lengthened details; talkative implies simply a great desire to talk; and loquacious a great flow of words at command.



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immutable
Not capable of change; unchangeable; unalterable. 
"An old dog is immutable. You can't teach him a new trick."
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11/10/11

Exigency  
Demand; urgency; distress; pressure; emergency; necessity; crisis.

"The present exigency of his affairs." 


Pronounced: <egs-ze-gen-see>


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11/8/11

Indolence <in-doal-lents> Laziness.  A dislike of working; sloth; inactivity.  "Life spent in indolence, and therefore sad."
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11/7/11

Cornucopia
To have an abundance of prosperity.

You have a cornucopia of luck and money when you keep a good attitude.

To have plenty.

< korn-new-ko-pee-ah >
 
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11/6/11

A raconteur is in your house...
...you listen to endless stories.
You have no electricity.
Why can you still hear the stories?

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A raconteur is a storyteller.

A person who tells you stories.

No electricity needed.

Say:
rek-con-tor
 
 
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