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Re: English language puzzles

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Re: English language puzzles

Answers to #462 and #465:-
Correct, JaneFairfax, and charismath!
Well done!!!

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#466. What is 'bane'?

#467. What is a 'dumbbell'?

#468. What does the adjective 'arboreal' mean?

#469. What does 'hindsight' mean?

#470. What does 'jest' mean?

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charismath

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hmm this one i knew but the others.. pfff.. so many new words am learning thanks to JaneFairfax and Ganesh:)  together with the definitions can u plz use them in sentences (if u have time), so that i know in which contexts they fit..

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Answers to #466, #467, #468, #469, and #470:-

All correct, JaneFairfax and charismath!

#471. What is 'elixir'?

#472. What does the adjective 'asymptomatic' mean?

#473. What does 'biorhythm' mean?

#474. What is a 'trident'?

#475. What does 'mutatis mutandis' mean?

#476. What does 'brandish' mean?

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Answers to #471, #474, #475, and #476:
All correct, JaneFairfax!
Well done!!!

#477. What does 'arabesque' mean?

#478. What does 'saturnine' mean?

#479. What does 'wilderment' mean?

#480. What does 'panegyric' mean?

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Answers to #477, #478, and #480:-
All correcte, JaneFairfax!

#481. What does the adjective 'odious' mean?

#482. What does 'hubbub' mean?

#483. What does 'grovel' mean?

#484. What does 'trousseau' mean?

#485. What kind of a person would you term 'prima donna'?

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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

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Answers to #481, #483, and #485:-
All correct, JaneFairfax!

#486. What does the verb 'dilly dally' mean?

#487. What is a 'sitcom'?

#488. What does the adjective 'intermittent' mean?

#489. Who is an 'egalitarian'?

#490. What is an 'antidote'?

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Answers to #486, #487, #488, #489, and #490:-
All correct, JaneFairfax!

#491. What does the adjective 'vernal' mean?

#492. Who is a 'dan'?

#493. What does the adjective 'duplex' mean?

#494. What is 'concatenation'?

#495. Who is a 'connoisseur'?

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Answers to #491, #493, and #495:-
JaneFairfax,

#496. In politics, who is a 'whip'?

#497. In commerce, what does the adjective 'bullish' mean?

#498. What is an 'abattoir'?

#499. What is 'symbiosis'?

#500. What is a 'debenture'?

#501. What are 'barbiturates'?

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Answers to #496, ##498, #499, and #500:-
All correct, JaneFairfax and charismath!
charismath, the question you have answered is #496, not #497.

#502. What is 'res judicata'?

#503. What is 'nostalgia'?

#504. What does the verb 'masticate' mean?

#505. How is 'Myocardial Infarction' better known as?

#506. What does the adjective 'deciduous' mean?

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Answers to #503, #504, and #506:-
All the three answers are correct, JaneFairfax!

#507. What does the adjective 'lackadaisical' mean?

#508. What does the verb 'bleat' mean?

#509. What does the adjective 'succulent' mean?

#510. What does the adjective 'extant' mean?

#511. What does 'drool' mean?

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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

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charismath

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oops.. yeah dat ws #496.. Fourier transforms are making me lose my head..lol

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JaneFairfax

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Answers to #507, #508, #509, #510, and #511:-

All correct, charismath and JaneFairfax!!!

#512. What is 'taekwondo'?

#513. What is 'complacency'?

#514. What does 'amnesty' mean?

#515. What does 'retinue' mean?

#516. What is the antonym of 'nocturnal'?

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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

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