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culpable

Posted on March 30, 2015March 27, 2015 by admin

kuhl pə bəl adjective guilty of a mistake or fault; blameworthy. It is not the child who is culpable in this case; it is the parent.

behemoth

Posted on March 27, 2015March 27, 2015 by admin

bə hi məth 1. a huge beast, perhaps a hippopotamus, mentioned in the Book of Job in the Old Testament. 2. any enormous or powerful creature or thing. “America’s second largest tobacco…

dodo

Posted on March 26, 2015March 17, 2015 by admin

do do noun 1. any of several large, clumsy, flightless birds formerly found on islands in the Indian Ocean but now extinct. 2. (informal) a person who is slow-witted or hopelessly old-fashioned.

Trojan horse

Posted on March 25, 2015March 17, 2015 by admin

tro jən hors 1. in Greek mythology, a huge wooden horse by means of which the Greeks besieging Troy cunningly gained entrance to and overran the city, ending the Trojan War. 2….

gargoyle

Posted on March 24, 2015March 17, 2015 by admin

gar goIl noun 1. a macabre or grotesque sculpture of an animal or person, often carved as an architectural ornament. 2. on a building, a rainspout in the shape of such an…

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