Tuesday, April 21, 2009

words, pages 82-90

Mediocre-of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate.

arsonist-noun a person who commits arson
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treason - the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.

loam - a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.

praetorian - of or pertaining to a praetor.

centrifuge - an apparatus that rotates at high speed and by centrifugal force separates substances of different densities, as milk and cream.

Antaeus - an African giant who was invincible when in contact with the earth but was lifted into the air by Hercules and crushed.

Insidious - intended to entrap or beguile: an insidious plan.

Harlequin - a comic character in commedia dell'arte and the harlequinade, usually masked, dressed in multicolored, diamond-patterned tights, and carrying a wooden sword or magic wand.

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