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#151 2009-01-04 00:23:47

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#152 2009-01-04 00:36:47

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Answer to #235:-
Thats correct, Janefairfax! Well done!


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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#153 2009-01-04 00:43:15

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#239. What is 'Morphology'?

#240. What does 'spaghetti' mean?

#241. What does 'germane' mean?

#242. What does 'camaraderie' mean?


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.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#154 2009-01-04 00:45:57

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#155 2009-01-04 00:56:51

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Answer to #241 :
Correct, Janefairfax!

#243. What does 'rapture' mean?

#244. What does 'opulent' mean?

#245. What does 'archaic' mean?


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.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#156 2009-01-04 01:31:59

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#157 2009-01-04 01:49:48

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Answer to #244:-
You are right, Janefairfax! Good work!

#246. What does 'platonic' mean?

#247. What is 'pantheism'?

#248. What is 'quorum'?

#249. What is 'cuneiform'?


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.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#158 2009-01-04 02:05:56

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#159 2009-01-04 02:16:54

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Answer to #249:
Thats right, JaneFairfax!
G o o d !!!

#250. Who or what is a 'dodo'?

#251. What is 'carcass'?

#252. What is 'scaffold'?


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.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#160 2009-01-04 02:39:09

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#161 2009-01-04 02:57:14

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Answer to #251:-
Correct, Janefairfax!
But

is what the Dictionary says.
Well done, Janefairfax!


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.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#162 2009-01-04 03:02:28

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#253. What is an 'amalgam'?

#254. What does the phrase 'sub judice' mean?

#255. What is 'amortization'?


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.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#163 2009-01-04 03:34:14

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#164 2009-01-04 03:44:06

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Answer to #253:-
You are correct, Janefairfax! Very good!

#256. What does 'congenital' mean?

#257. What is 'exonerate'?

#258. What is 'amnesty'?

#259. What is 'exuberate'?

#260. What is 'mayhem'?


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.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#165 2009-01-04 04:50:17

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#166 2009-01-04 16:36:32

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Answer to #257:-
Correct, Janefairfax!
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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.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#167 2009-01-04 16:44:51

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#168 2009-01-04 23:40:59

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#169 2009-01-05 01:22:44

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Answers to #250 and #260:-
Both of you, careless25 and JaneFairfax are correct!
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#261. What is a 'bastion'?

#262. what is a 'barricade'?

#263. What does 'hegemony' mean?

#264. What does 'acrid' mean?

#265. What does 'abracadabra' mean?


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.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#170 2009-01-05 08:31:32

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Last edited by careless25 (2009-01-05 08:32:12)

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#171 2009-01-05 23:50:59

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careless25,
Nice triangle you made!
neat1.jpg
But can you guess what it means?


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.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#172 2009-01-06 02:31:25

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Re: English language puzzles

#266. What is 'sycophancy'?

#267. What is 'procrastination'?

#268. Who or what is 'harbinger'?

#269. What is 'sacrilege'?

#270. Who is a 'nihilist'?


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.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#173 2009-01-06 08:08:54

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But can you guess what it means?

roflol
click it to find out!
2 questions i answered.:D

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#174 2009-01-06 08:11:28

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#175 2009-01-06 16:55:00

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Answer to #267:
big_smile You got it right!


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.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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