Wednesday, June 07, 2006

a good haul



bombinate \BOM-buh-nayt\, intransitive verb:To buzz; to hum; to drone.

cerebration \ser-uh-BRAY-shuhn\, noun:The act or product of thinking; the use of the power of reason; mental activity; thought.

glabrous \GLAY-bruhs\, adjective:Smooth; having a surface without hairs, projections, or any unevenness.

otiose \OH-shee-ohs; OH-tee-\, adjective:Ineffective; futile. Being at leisure; lazy; indolent; idle. Of no use.

pablum \PAB-luhm\, noun:Something (as writing or speech) that is trite, insipid, or simplistic.

pleonasm \PLEE-uh-naz-uhm\, noun:The use of more words than are necessary to express an idea.

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