Another word a day part 2 pot

... 7 /21 /05 12: 08 PM Page 1 31 Kangaroo Words 1 32 indolent ● rapscallion ● amicable ● frangible ● scion 32 What Does That Company Name Mean? 135 cingular ● lucent ● prudential ● vanguard ● suppurate 33 ... 20 4 orotund ● draggle ● trunnel ● pinnate ● lability 51 Words Borrowed from Native American Languages 20 7 sachem ● wampum ● high-muck -a- muck ● manitou ● powwow 52 Loanwords from...

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... out”). One day he was ranting and raving about an exaggerated claim made by his archrival, Louis B. Mayer. Mayer had said that his studio, MGM, had more stars than the sky. Goldwyn demanded to ... of a medial syllable, as in people who say ‘realator’ instead of ‘realtor.’” —Chicago Sun-Times 110 ANOTHER WORD A DAY Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic...

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... drumbeats, and landscapes. The English language has borrowed words from many of Africa’s languages: trek, aardvark, impala, gnu, okra to name a few. In this chapter we’ll see words that originate ... the Paradox database, by Borland. ANSA was the zombie. My wife and I worked as freelance technical writers for ANSA. Borland is a zombie too, from all appearances. So the “brilliant” venture...

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... shape suggests that of a seahorse. Anatomy also yields a horse-related phrase: cauda equina, Latin for “the tail of a horse,” an apt description of the array of sacral and coccygeal nerve tracts ... what a war really is! ● “Better known by his nom de guerre as Abu Al Abed, Al Bas- soumi recalls in detail his childhood and the happy and sad events of that period.” —Star (Amman, Jordan)...

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... against the Chinese armada in a friendly between Malaysia and China today.” —Malay Mail (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) 21 4 ANOTHER WORD A DAY The soul is the same in all living creatures, although the body ... newspapers and popular radio stations. Here are five palabras (words) from Spanish that are now part of the English language. 21 1 CHAPTER 52 Loanwords from Spanish cmp05.qxd 7...

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... EMERSON, author and philosopher (1803–18 82) cmp 02. qxd 7 /21 /05 12: 14 PM Page 73 lanate (LAY-nayt) adjective Having a woolly surface. From Latin lanatus,from lana (wool). ● “He particularly didn’t like that ... mute animals. — CORNELIUS TACITUS,historian (A. D.56– 120 ) cmp 02. qxd 7 /21 /05 12: 14 PM Page 68 irade (i-RAH -day) noun A decree. From Turkish, from Arabic iradah (will,...

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... Another Word A Day ffirs.qxd 7 /21 /05 12: 07 PM Page i Another Word A Day An All-New Romp through Some of the Most Unusual and Intriguing Words in English Anu Garg John Wiley & Sons, ... Cataloging-in-Publication Data: Garg, Anu. Another word a day : an all-new romp through some of the most unusual and intriguing words in English / Anu Garg. p. cm. Includes bib...

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... the Russian advances—real and imagined—in Central Asia, the Himalayas and Tibet.” —New York Times gambit (GAM-bit) noun 1. An opening in which a pawn or another piece is sacri- ficed to obtain a strategic ... And she’s an Oxfordian, a believer in Edward de Vere as the real Shakespeare.” —Montreal Gazette EARLS WHO BECAME WORDS (OR PLACES THAT BECAME WORDS) 11 Whodunit The battle rages,...

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... convenient!” —Austin American Statesman 21 CHAPTER 5 Archaic Words cmp01.qxd 7 /21 /05 12: 12 PM Page 21 endgame (END-gaym) noun 1. The final stage of a chess game, in which only a few pieces are left. 2. The ... Economist 22 ANOTHER WORD A DAY The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. — CARL SAGAN, astronomer and author (1934–1996) Hasta Mañana These three possibi...

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