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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Getting Wordy

A

1. asphyxiate
2. abate (become less strong)
3. abattoir (slaughterhouse)
4. abbreviate
5. abdicate (fail or refuse to perform a duty)
6. aberrant (not usual, not socially acceptable)
7. abet (encourage somebody to do something wrong)
8. abhor (to hate something especially for moral reasons)
9. abolish
10. appreciate
11. arbitrary (not based on a reason and sometimes seeming unfair)
(using power without restriction and without considering other people)
12. avalanche
13. apocalypse
14. amicable (achieved or done in a polite way and without quarrelling)
15. amiable (pleasant, friendly and easy to like)
16. amity (friendly relationship between people or coutries)
17. ammonia
18. ammunition
19. ambigram
20. abominable (disgusting)
21. amplify
22. anaesthatic
23. anagram
24. aftermath
25. ataxia (loss of full control of the body's movements)
26. apocryphal (well known, but probably not true)
27. aristocrat
28. armada
29. armegeddon
30. applicable
31. aphrodisiac
32. alleviate
33. amateur
34. artery
35. artillery
36. artichoke
37. arachnophobia
38. arbiter (a person with the power or influence to make judgements)
39. arbitrate (officially settle an argument between 2 people or groups)
40. arcane (secret and mysterious and difficult to understand)
41. archaeology
42. archaeopteryx
43. archetype (perfect example of something)
44. archipelago
45. arduous (involving a lot of effort and energy)
46. arid (with nothing new or interesting in it)
47. annihilate (completely destroy/defeat)
48. affection
49. alignment
50. aquamarine
51. aquarium
52. astounding
53. astonish
54. accumulate
55. arabesque
56. acronym
57. acupuncture
58. acyclovir (a drug used to treat viruses)
59. adage (a well-known phrase expressing a general truth about people or the world)
60. adaptation
61. aerodynamics
62. aetiology (study of the causes of diseases)
63. astronomer
63. astrophysics
64. ambition
65. affiliation
66. aviation
67. asteroid
68. ambiguous
69. artifact
70. ameliorate (improve)
71. awestruck
72. affable (pleasant, friendly and easy to talk to)
73. affectation (behaviour or action that is not sincere)
74. acclaim
75. accede (to agree to a request)
76. agriculture
77. acquire
78. acquaintance
79. adrenalin
80. adroit (skilful and clever, especially in dealing with people)
81. adulation (admiration and praise, especially when it is more than necessary)
82. advantage
83. adverse (negative and not likely to produce good results)
84. affirmative
85. aficionado (a person who likes a particular subject and knows alot about it)
86. aggravate
87. aggrieved (feeling that you have been treated unfairly)
88. agitated
89. atrocious
90. attainable
91. avatar
92. adjourn (stop a meeting or an official process for a period of time)
93. attention
94. aliment
95. addiction
96. amenable (easy to control/ influenced)
97. anticipate
98. assembly
99. available
100. analysis

The game above makes you wish that there are only 25 alphabets in the world...



Wordy

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Read the following sentence carefully... "I do not know where family doctors acquired illegibly perplexing handwriting nevertheless, extraordinary pharmaceutical intellectuality counterbalancing indecipherability, transcendentalizes intercommunications incomprehensibleness". You will find that in this sentence the Nth word is N letters long.
See to believe.

I
do
not
know
where
family
doctors
acquired
illegibly
perplexing
handwriting
nevertheless
extraordinary
pharmaceutical
intellectuality
counterbalancing
indecipherability
transcendentalizes
intercommunications
incomprehensibleness

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