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intractable

Posted on September 3, 2014September 3, 2014 by admin

ihn traek tə bəl 1. not easily controlled, managed, or persuaded. His niece was the only person who had any influence on that intractable old man. 2. not easily shaped, manipulated, or…

cursory

Posted on September 2, 2014September 2, 2014 by admin

kuhr sə ri adjective done quickly and without care; superficial. The symptoms were so clear that even a cursory examination of the patient would have resulted in a confident diagnosis. He’d only…

wisp

Posted on August 29, 2014August 27, 2014 by admin

wIsp noun 1: a thin bundle, bunch, tuft, streak, or the like, as of straw, hair, or smoke. A wisp of smoke from his cigarette twisted upwards to the ceiling. She tucked…

factotum

Posted on August 28, 2014August 27, 2014 by admin

faek to təm noun one employed to do a wide variety of tasks. The three years of his college life, if they had not made him a Newton, or a Bacon, had…

coruscate

Posted on August 27, 2014August 27, 2014 by admin

kaw rə skeIt intransitive verb to give off flashes of light; sparkle; glitter. I ran an appraising eye over the staff bike shed and glimpsed a Ridgefinder Gold Bowl Special, coruscating like…

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