Thursday, August 19, 2010

BLog Assignment #2 Words

ruction-a disturbance, quarrel, or row

piquiant-agreeably pungent or sharp in taste or flavor

incunabulum-the earliest stages or first traces of anything

rhapsodize-to talk with extravagant enthusiasm

cheechako-a tenderfoot; greenhorn; newcomer

potlatch-a ceremony at which gifts are bestowed on the guests in a show of wealth that the guests later attempt to surpass

impedimenta-baggage or other things that retard one's progress

zaftig-full-bodied; well-proportioned

morganatic-of or pertaining to a form of marriage in which a person of high rank, as a member of the nobility, marries someone of lower station with the stipulation that neither the low-ranking spouse nor their children, if any, will have any claim to the titles or entailed property of the high-ranking partner.

brannigan-a carouse

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