Wednesday, 30 January 2008

Game Words

More words from FF-12


gre·gar·i·ous/[gri-gair-ee-uhs]
–adjective
1. fond of the company of others; sociable.
2. living in flocks or herds, as animals.
3. Botany. growing in open clusters or colonies; not matted together.
4. pertaining to a flock or crowd.
-adverb
5. gre·gar·i·ous·ly
-noun
6. gre·gar·i·ous·ness



per·e·grine[per-i-grin, -green, -grahyn]
–adjective
1. foreign; alien; coming from abroad.
2. wandering, traveling, or migrating.
–noun
3. peregrine falcon.
4. per·e·grin·i·ty
*So I could say I am a peregrine language teacher :)




con·com·i·tant[kon-kom-i-tuhnt, kuhn-]
–adjective
1. existing or occurring with something else, often in a lesser way; accompanying; concurrent: an event and its concomitant circumstances.
–noun
2. a concomitant quality, circumstance, or thing.
-adverb
3. con·com·i·tant·ly
*simply put, together. Though my favourite cartoon would be a bit odd if it were called "Drawn Concomitantly".



gain·say[geyn-sey, geyn-sey] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–verb (used with object), -said, -say·ing.
1. to deny, dispute, or contradict.
2. to speak or act against; oppose.
-noun
3. gainsayer



skein[skeyn]
–noun
1. a length of yarn or thread wound on a reel or swift preparatory for use in manufacturing.
2. anything wound in or resembling such a coil: a skein of hair.
3. something suggestive of the twistings of a skein: an incoherent skein of words.
4. a flock of geese, ducks, or the like, in flight.
5. a succession or series of similar or interrelated things: a skein of tennis victories.
*In context, the senators were referring to the series of events that led to Vayne killing his siblings (I think).

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