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nekamarie83 
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Posted: Mar 20 2014 at 11:41am |
This thread is dedicated to the logophiles, literati, verbivores and those with hopes of becoming one of the aforementioned!!
Post your word of the day, it's pronunciation and definition here.
Got a love of money? Does cash rule everything around you?
nu·mis·mat·ics: the study or act of collecting of coins, paper money, and medals
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Posted: Mar 20 2014 at 11:43am |
 CherryBlossom wrote:
loquacious lo·qua·cious [loh-kwey-shuhs] adjective 1. talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; babbling; garrulous: a loquacious dinner guest. 2. characterized by excessive talk; wordy: easily the most loquacious play of the season.
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Posted: Mar 20 2014 at 12:04pm |
cov·et·ous
feeling or showing a very strong desire for something that you do not
have and especially for something that belongs to someone else
- covetous (adj.)
 - mid-13c., from Old French coveitos (12c., Modern French convoiteux) "desirous, covetous," from Vulgar Latin *cupiditosus, from Latin cupiditas (see covet). Related: Covetously; covetousness.
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Posted: Mar 20 2014 at 12:08pm |
i used to (sometimes still do but not consistent) look at the merriam webster app on my phone for the daily word of the day.. and try to use it.
i like the word loquacious…
sounds like someones name or something
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Posted: Mar 20 2014 at 12:13pm |
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Heard it on a tv show last night.
per·spic·u·ous [per-spik-yoo-uhs] Show IPA
adjective
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clearly expressed or presented; lucid.
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perspicacious.
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1470–80; < Latin perspicuus transparent, equivalent to perspic-, stem of perspicere to look or see through ( per- per- + -spicere, combining form of specere to look; see inspect) + -uus deverbal adj. suffix
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Posted: Mar 20 2014 at 12:13pm |
Y'all gonna inspire me to finish my book so I can find some more words 
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Posted: Mar 20 2014 at 12:21pm |
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prevaricate (prɪˈværɪˌkeɪt) — vb( intr ) to speak or act falsely or evasively with intent to deceive
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Posted: Mar 20 2014 at 12:22pm |
lasciviouslas·civ·i·ous (lə-sĭv′ē-əs)
1. Given to or expressing lust; lecherous. 2. Exciting sexual desires; salacious.
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Posted: Mar 20 2014 at 12:36pm |
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=trickology Trickology 1. The study of the tricking phenomena with reference of origin, growth, reproduction, structure, and behavior of those imposing a trick and those on the receiving end of a trick. 2. The study of tricks used in a specific region. 3. trickological phenomena of an organism or a group of organisms performing tricks. I earned a degree in Clowning; trickology was the single hardest class to pass to earn that degree! I couldn't figure out what the regions were of the different knock knock jokes that have been introduced over the past seventy-five years. Be prepared for some heavy duty studying in that class bozo.
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Posted: Mar 20 2014 at 12:37pm |
Sycophant
syc·o·phant ˈsikəfənt,-ˌfant/ noun noun: sycophant; plural noun: sycophants 1. a person who acts obsequiously toward someone important in order to gain advantage.
1530s (in Latin form sycophanta), "informer, talebearer, slanderer," from Middle French sycophante and directly from Latin sycophanta, from Greek sykophantes "false accuser, slanderer
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