Monday, February 8, 2010

Words and definitions - 2-8-10

Nouns:

Soreness = causing pain/painfully sensitive.
Melancholia = a mental condition especially a manic-depressive condition. Extreme depression.
Truckle = to act in a subservient manner.
Spectroscopy = the process of using a spectrometer.
Scribbler = one that scribbles/an unsignificant author.

Verbs:

Arrogate = to claim or seize without justification.
Expropriated = to deprive of possession.
Catalyzing = to bring about the catalysis of (a chemical reaction)
Abrogated = to abolish by authoritative action
Disembody = to divest of a body, of corporeal existence, or of reality

Adjectives:

Codified = to reduce to a code
Egotistical = the practice of talking about oneself too much
Phonemic = of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a phoneme
Disenchanting = to free from illusion
Ductile = capable of being drawn out into wire or thread


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