I need to know some complicated words which possess meanings which we often use.Please help me and do tell me the meaning too.
2007-07-22 04:06:28 · 6 answers · asked by Schumi 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Non sequitur -- A statement that does not follow logically from that which precedes it.
Anachronism -- Something or someone who is perceived as existing out of proper historical time.
2007-07-22 05:54:32 · answer #1 · answered by Ben 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Grandiloquent - the use of extravagant, pompous, lofty speech. Overblown; puffed up with vanity.
Sciolist (pronounced SHOW-list) - Somebody who feins intelligence in something without serious intentions & pretends to have knowledge.
Circumlocution: Using more words than necessary to express an idea; indirectly stating something. "Beating around the bush".
2007-07-22 04:23:44 · answer #2 · answered by Mickey Mouse Spears 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Circumnavigate - to travel around something that is in the way.
Juxtaposition - placing or being placed in nearness or contiguity, or side by side, often done in order to compare/contrast the two, to show similarities or differences.
abdominothoracic - Relating to the abdomen and the thorax, or chest.
malapropism - The blundering use of an absurdly inappropriate word in place of a similar sounding one.
2007-07-22 04:21:43 · answer #3 · answered by ladydamorea 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
transient - it doesn't last long - it will leave soon
The animals here are transient. Soon they'll go back north.
gregarious - social
Dolphins are gregarious animals
adulation - worship, lavish praise
Paris Hilton gets loads of adulation from the general public
paucity - scarcity, a lack
Many people complain of a paucity of extra cash
importune - beg of god(s) (whatever you believe in)
He repeatedly impoturned his gods to heal his sick mother.
2007-07-22 04:13:23 · answer #4 · answered by C'est Comme Un Rêve 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Spiritual = to do with God and what is not physical
Emo = Emotional, a new genre of music similar to punk rock
2007-07-22 05:18:25 · answer #5 · answered by Ya-sai 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋
wierd: bizare, peculiar
idiotic:loutish
2007-07-22 06:21:14 · answer #6 · answered by Robin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋