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savant

Posted on July 20, 2015 by admin

sə vant noun 1. a person of deep learning; scholar. The work of translation was carried out by savants in the seventeenth century. 2. a person with extraordinary intellectual skill in a…

scintilla

Posted on July 17, 2015July 16, 2015 by admin

sihn tI lə noun a tiny amount; trace. There was not a scintilla of truth in the rumor.

plangent

Posted on July 16, 2015July 16, 2015 by admin

plaen jənt adjective 1. sounding deeply or loudly. The cello’s plangent notes introduce a sense of foreboding. 2. having a sad or mournful sound; plaintive. In the fall, we hear the plangent…

salvage

Posted on July 15, 2015July 15, 2015 by admin

sael vihj noun 1. the act of saving property from destruction, esp. the rescue of a ship or its cargo from fire or shipwreck. The salvage of the leaking vessel seemed impossible….

flyby

Posted on July 14, 2015July 13, 2015 by admin

flai bai noun a flight over or close to a designated point, area, or target by an aircraft or spacecraft for the purpose of making aerial observations.

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