Softdisk for Windows 44/Softdisk for Windows 44.iso/WORDUP/SDWIN044.WUP

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Softdisk for Windows 44 Word Up! File
Peter Rokitski
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Copyright 1998 Softdisk Publishing\nAll rights reserved
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Eulogize
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navicular
comma-shaped wrist bone
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majolica
enameled and glazed Italian Renaissance pottery
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licentiate
licensed professional
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imbricate
regularly overlapping
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halobiont
any salt-water organism
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futtock
curved ship rib
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encroach
gradually intrude
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renege
fail to carry out
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prostrate
bow or kneel down
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apothegm, n.
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a witty saying
a disaster prevention
a faithless person
the radius of the largest circle contained in a regular polygon
the radius of the smallest circle enclosing a regular polygon
Aesop's fables usually feature an apophthegm.
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apothem, n.
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the radius of the largest circle contained in a regular polygon
a witty saying
a disaster simulation
a faithless person
the radius of the smallest circle enclosing a regular polygon
The students had to measure the apothem of a stop sign.
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aureole, n.
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a halo
a bright yellow and black bird
a type of cookie
a bay window
a surrounding circle of darker skin
Many Medieval paintings depicted Saints as having aureoles.
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oriole, n.
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a bright yellow and black bird
a halo
a type of cookie
a bay window
a surrounding circle of darker skin
The young man loved looking at orioles.
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pique, n.
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resentment
a summit
to glance quickly
a pole-arm
a freshwater fish
Pique is hard to master.
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berth, n.
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ship's bed
beginning of existence
a marriage promise
lush grass
justification
Sharing a berth led to our children!
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caparison, n.
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ornamental horse covering
a judging of object
whimsical
underwater construction site
anklet with tiny bells
The destrier wore a caparison into battle.
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kohl, n.
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an eye-darkener
bituminous rock that burns
helmet
an ice-chest
an "honor" dagger
Surprisingly, Muslim women are allowed to use kohl.
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coulee, n.
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a rainwater gulch
an Oriental laborer
a refrigerant
a graduated cyclinder
a spy
The coulee was deceptively dry in the summer heat.
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disjunct, adj.
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separated
this stuff
clueless
frozen
stiff
The disjunct pieces lay scattered about.
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elytron, n.
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beetle wing cover
elementary particle
an atom-smasher
a furrow
horse hair
The little boy found some disjunct elytra on the sidewalk.
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fictile, adj.
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moldable
made-up
able to be arranged in a repeating fashion
strong
uncommonly high quality
The fictile clay was made into kitchen tiles.
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galore, adj.
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in abundance
blood-smeared
ancient
honey-covered
of eldritch evil
Monsters galore are a staple of first-person shooting games.
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hassock, n.
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kneeling cushion
hockey goalie
frock
a horse'e foreleg
small hill
Dominic's hassock had a silk covering.
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hogan, n.
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earth-covered dwelling
hero
crane
geometrically patterned blanket
small hatchet
A hogan is a welcome sight on a cold night.
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hornito, n.
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low volcanic mound
small toad with pointy ears
imaginary woman
fresh tiger dung
electrical transformer
The hornito lay before us, steaming faintly in the moonlight.
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hummock, n.
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a low mound
earth-covered dwelling
kneeling cushion
a horse's foreleg
a jaunty lyrical tune
We kept below the crest of the hummock to avoid detection.
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impinge, intr. v.
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to encroach
to act devilishly
to distract
to capture
to make a spectacle of
The workers noise never impinged on my consiousness as I composed.
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keen, n.
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a wailing lamentation
a rock-covered grave
a known quantity
enthusiastic
acute
The woman set up a keen when she heard her husband was killed by reavers.
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littoral, adj.
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of the shore
word-for-word
religious
feminine
of the law
I could almost smell the sea wrack as I read the littoral poem.
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magnifico, n.
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a person of distinguished rank
a magician
wonderful
effective
fierce
The Venetian magnifico ruled with an iron fist.
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manque, adj.
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unsuccessful
shackled
a small primate
life-sized
a medium sized wild cat
The novelist manque gave up and became an accountant.
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mast, n.
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nuts accumulated on the ground
moss growing on bare rock
cement
a large dog
vulcanized rubber
Let the swine eat mast!
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mofette, n.
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volcanic fissure exhaling gases
country singer
hand-puppet
a native of Kuwait
a bounty-hunter
The smell of the mofette was enough to make you gag.
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monger, n.
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a dealer in a commodity
a small eel
one who makes quick-fixes
an animal stall
quick setting concrete
Luckily, a monger happened by who sold us the concrete to fix the manger.
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oscine, adj.
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pertaining to songbirds
pertaining to sheep
pertaining to kissing
reddish brown
naughty
The boy loved watching oscine antics.
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pact, n.
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a formal agreement
tightly bunched
made ready to travel
a small bundle
ultimate boss
The treveling salesmen pact defined their sales areas.
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palliate, tr. v.
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to make seem less serious
to white-wash
to build a palace
to cool with a leaf-fan
to make peace between
The defense endeavored to palliate the alleged offense.
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pandect, n.
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complete treatise
black and white bear
small skillet
stomach gland
plague
The Oxford English Dictionary is treated like a pandect by many.
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paramo, n.
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high, treeless plain
lover
a moralistic fable
a geometric shape
counter-top
The wind blows fiercely across the paramo.
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russet, n.
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moderate to strong brown
a type of tomato
a torch holder
a small marsh grass
mid-sized duffle-bag
The dried blood was well hidden on the russet uniform.
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schlep, tr. v.
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carry with difficulty
to fall
slurp noisily
break into pieces
scuttle
The Private had to schlep the 50 caliber machine-gun across the countryside.
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scuttle, tr. v.
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deliberately sink a ship
carry with difficulty
a frying pan
soar on thermals
surrender
The trireme was scuttled rather than have the secret Greek-fire fall into enemy hands.
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sextan, adj.
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occuring every six days
navigational instrument
to tan in non-visible areas
rubbery
recreational
The sextan malarial paroxysms were awful.
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schorl, n.
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black tourmaline
coastal areas
a jalopie
stethoscope
recycled waste
The nurse was wearing a beautiful schorl pendant.
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scumble, tr. v.
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to soften colors by rubbing
to tumble playfully
to reject a proposal
to get close to
to wad up and discard
Pastels are frequently scumbled.
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sleave, tr. v.
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to untangle
garment covering the arm
cut into long pieces
sterilize
skin a cat
She had to sleave her yarn after the cat played with it.
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sprag, n.
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a piece of wood used as a wheel-stop
a skanky woman
a small fish
a spiral hose
a pulley
Use a sprag when changing your tires!
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stabile, n.
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abstract sheet metal sculpture
barn for horses
aircraft flap
southern wading bird
frothy
The musuem displayed three stabiles last week.
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stupe, n.
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a hot, medicated compress
a front porch
a holy water font
to bend forward
to debase
The girl on the stoop applied a stupe to her forehead.
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sumpter, n.
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a pack animal
an infectious disease
suggesting great lavishness
one who never gives up
a cesspool
The Knight had his provisions on a sumpter while sojourning.
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syrinx, n.
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a bird's vocal organ
a temple
a medical instrument
a short brushfire
a long sword
No human larynx can completely mimic a syrinx.
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talion, n.
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punishment identical to the offense
a raptor's claw
a small onion
feelings of inadequacy
a male burro
An eye for a eye is an example of talion.
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turbid, adj.
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muddy or cloudy
wrapped in linen
steam-powered
salty
swollen or bloated
Though turbid, the oasis meant life to the parched Arab.
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turgid, adj.
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swollen or bloated
muddy or cloudy
hovering
furry
salty
The dead camel's turgid belly made the Arab think the oasis was poisoned.
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verruca, n.
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a wart
a singing duo
the truth
a type of cactus
bonhomie or joie de vivre
A verruca does not a witch make.
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vocable, n.
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a word sound without meaning
loudly
the soft part of the palette
ill-fitting clothes
silver-tongued
Vocables are used in many scat, chants and Bush songs.
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warren, n.
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overcrowded habitation
writ or authorization
actively fighting
tattered or bedraggled
a person who can do many different kinds of work
The poor, orphaned boy lived in the warrens with others of his ilk.
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wright, n.
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one who makes something
a conspirator
correct
an undead spirit
a formal ceremony
The two bikewrights made a plane.
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entrails, n.
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the internal organs
something as a consequence
tracks through the wild
hoof-prints
leaves behind
The Indian came upon buffalo entrails and knew his prey was near.
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latten, n.
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any thin sheet of metal, especially tin
a dead Romance language
a triangular sail hung at an angle on a short mast
to smash flat
a revolving cylinder
A latten symbol was embedded in the book cover.
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monitory, adj.
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conveying a warning
concerning money
a large lizard
singular
pompous
Alan Greenspan's monitory speech about "irrational exuberance" roiled the markets.
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deprecate, tr. v.
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to belittle; make fun of
to decrase in value
to excrete
to cast suspicion on
to leap about wildly
The jester deprecated the Court attendees.
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disparate, adj.
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entirely dissimilar
completely at wit's end
of a tropical bird
unintelligent
drunk
The disparate villagers work together to form a cohesive whole.
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frisket, n.
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a protective photoengraving mask
a wheat biscuit
a quick and unthorough search
a mid-price cut of beef
a flirty, flighty woman
Lay the frisket down wrong, and in the end you'll get bad prints.
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cope, n.
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a cloak or mantle
a chicken residence
a satanic symbol
a shallow bowl
a two-door car
The Archbisop wore a cope over his alb.
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arris, n.
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edge formed by surfaces meeting at a angle
a large wall-hanging
the leading character in a Greek play
taste or flavor
confidence
The Queen liked the sharpness of the arrises of Doric columns.
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ptisan, n.
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a mildly medicinal infusion
a contorted position
a misspelled word
a master carver or artist
a friend or countryman
The herbalist regularly enjoyed ptisans of his own decoctions.
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sedition, n.
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conduct inciting rebellion or riot
the reduction of stress by a tranquilizing agent
frying meat till blackened
a prerequite for something to happen
good etiquette
Yelling "You the man!" at a golf match is silly - yelling "Kill the man!" is sedition.
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invalid, adj.
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null or ineffective
chronically disabled
uncouth or rude
not able to be seen
rustic and charming
The invalid lottery ticket was destroyed.
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