Abstruse (adj.) (pronounced ab-stru-se) describes a noun that is difficult to understand.
-Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
-Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
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Thursday, September 3, 2009
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Word of the day
Hyperbole (pronounced high- per- bo- lee) is an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally. Ex.: He is the greatest thinker in the world.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Word of the Day
Antediluvian-1. of the time before the Biblical Flood 2. very old or out of date.
-Oxford American Desk Dictionary and Thesaurus 2nd. ed.How very antediluvian a person would have to be to not know who Bill Gates is!
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