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Monthly Archives: November 2004
tomfoolery
1. foolish behavior 2. something trivial or foolish; nonsense
harrier
1. any of a breed of hunting dogs resembling a small foxhound and orig. bred for hunting rabbits 2. a runner on a cross-country team 3. any of various slender, narrow-winged hawks of the genus Circus, such as the marsh hawk, that prey on small animals 4. One that harries
taciturn
habitually untalkative; temperamentally disinclined to talk
soporific
causing or tending to cause sleep; tending to dull awareness or alertness
alacrity
1. cheerful willingness; eagerness. 2. speed or quickness; celerity; promptness in response
comely
1. pleasurably conforming to notions of good appearance, suitability, or proportion 2. pleasing and wholesome in appearance; attractive
patsy
Slang a person easily taken advantage of, cheated, blamed, manipulated, or ridiculed
querulous
1. given to complaining; peevish. 2. expressing a complaint or grievance; grumbling
sluice
verb: to flood or drench with or as if with a flow of released water
noun: an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow; a body of water pent up behind a floodgate
reticent
1. inclined to keep one’s thoughts, feelings, and personal affairs to oneself. 2. restrained or reserved in style