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mirth

Posted on December 23, 2013December 23, 2013 by admin

muhrth noun happiness or gaiety, especially accompanied by laughter. example: Their holiday dinners were always filled with mirth.    

bacchant

Posted on December 19, 2013December 19, 2013 by admin

bae kənt noun 1. a priest, priestess, or worshiper of Bacchus, the Roman god of wine and merrymaking. 2. a drunken, boisterous reveler. adjective 1. worshiping Bacchus. 2. inclined to carouse.  …

shiftless

Posted on December 18, 2013December 18, 2013 by admin

shIft lihs adjective having little or no purpose or ambition; lazy. “Countries such as this are not suited to the dross of humanity. We cannot find employment for the weak, the lazy,…

foretaste

Posted on December 17, 2013December 17, 2013 by admin

noun for teIst a partial, advance experience or realization of something that will come or happen in the future. The skirmish gave the raw soldiers a foretaste of serious fighting. transitive verb…

apotheosis

Posted on December 16, 2013December 6, 2013 by admin

ə pa thi o sihs noun 1. elevation to the status of a god. 2. a perfect or ideal example; epitome. example: He idealized his wife in her new role and saw…

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