Interesting words to say one day

Robert K. (United Kingdom)
I'll collect 'em and find a use for 'em...
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  1. cassie
    tropical American thorny shrub or small tree
    A straw basket. What a nice sounding word for a nice object!
  2. praxis
    translating an idea into action
    Translation of an idea into action. Awesome word!
  3. centripetal
    tending to move toward an area in the middle
    Plenty of poet allusions possible here.
  4. fusillade
    rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
    Very "musketeers and jolly chaps going into battle"...
  5. chimera
    a grotesque product of the imagination
    I like the meaning about a bizarre product of the imagination...
  6. edify
    make understand
  7. polysemy
    the property of a word or expression having multiple meanings
Created on Fri Jan 08 19:29:37 EST 2010 (updated Fri Mar 12 04:58:21 EST 2010)

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