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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread yet another bogus vocab. test #201317 07/22/2011 8:58 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass YABVT (thanx, EC) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: yet another bogus vocab. test tsuwm #201319 07/23/2011 12:53 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Well--it at least served to inform me that once again I had forgotten the meaning of deracinate. There were several that I had to look up, so I thank you. Maybe eventually I'll remember what I learn... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: yet another bogus vocab. test tsuwm #201325 07/23/2011 2:18 AM Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 down under Candy Pooh-Bah Candy Pooh-Bah Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 down under This list had me deracinate some hairs ...these I didn't know. maladroit embonpoint valetudinarian cenacle vibrissae estivation fuliginous opsimath pule pule some words like these below...were familar, but I couldn't remember meaning: terpsichorean funambulist I did better than I thought I would. Last edited by Candy; 07/23/2011 3:04 AM. Reason: I 'whited' the words out so as to not spoil it for your test! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: yet another bogus vocab. test tsuwm #201330 07/23/2011 8:51 AM Joined: May 2010 Posts: 963 Alaska Tromboniator old hand Tromboniator old hand Joined: May 2010 Posts: 963 Alaska I'd have done better if I'd trusted the ones I thought I wasn't quite sure of. Not ashamed of myself, though. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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