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• malleable

  
  Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day — Authority: 127
  Merriam-Websters Word of the Day for December 24, 2009 is: malleable • \MAL-ee-uh-bul\  • adjective *1 : capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers 2 a : capable of being altered or controlled by outside forces or influences b : having a capacity for ...
  20 hours ago

• baptism of fire

  
  Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day — Authority: 127
  Merriam-Websters Word of the Day for December 23, 2009 is: baptism of fire • \BAP-tiz-um-uv-FYRE\  • noun *1 : an introductory or initial experience that is a severe ordeal; especially : a soldiers first exposure to enemy fire 2 : a spiritual baptism by a gift of the Holy Spirit Example ...
  1 day ago

• Bob Casey Versus Pre-Born Life

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 462
  People often get so wrapped up in themselves, so immersed in their personal lives and interests that they can’t see the forest because those stupid trees keep getting in the way. Most politicians by nature are self-absorbed–think Obama–and that absorption seems to extend to their spouses, at least in the ...
  2 days ago

• veracity

  
  Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day — Authority: 127
  Merriam-Websters Word of the Day for December 22, 2009 is: veracity • \vuh-RASS-uh-tee\  • noun 1 : devotion to the truth : truthfulness *2 : conformity with truth or fact : accuracy 3 : something true Example sentence: English poet Thomas Gray wrote, "Any fool may write a most ...
  2 days ago

• arbitrary

  
  Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day — Authority: 127
  Merriam-Websters Word of the Day for December 21, 2009 is: arbitrary • \AHR-buh-trair-ee\  • adjective 1 : autocratic, despotic *2 : determined by whim or caprice : existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance Example sentence: The 10 p.m. deadline is arbitrary -- we could ...
  3 days ago

• groundling

  
  Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day — Authority: 127
  Merriam-Websters Word of the Day for December 20, 2009 is: groundling • \GROUND-ling\  • noun 1 a : a spectator who stood in the pit of an Elizabethan theater* b : a person of unsophisticated taste 2 : one that lives or works on or near the ground Example sentence: The movie was panned as ...
  4 days ago

• quadrennial

  
  Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day — Authority: 127
  Merriam-Websters Word of the Day for December 19, 2009 is: quadrennial • \kwah-DREN-ee-ul\  • adjective 1 : consisting of or lasting for four years *2 : occurring or being done every four years Example sentence: The 1990 U.S. soccer team was the first U.S team in 40 years to qualify for the ...
  5 days ago

• Eugene, Oregon High School Freshmen Boys 1911

  
  Family Old Photos - Free Photo Archive Database — Authority: 157
  The Class of 1914 when they were freshmen in 1911The Class of 1914: Noble Bond, Cecil Ball, Kenneth C. Barclay, Frank Bounds, Truman Chase, Donald Calvert, Errett Callison, Robert Crenshaw, Jesse... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  5 days ago

• The Frisbee: Spinning the Truth

  
  Play Stuff Blog — Authority: 112
  Some tall tales are so pleasing that you wish they were true. Not the kind that are just mistakes, like believing that John F. Kennedy was a gifted ventriloquist or that Shania Twain is Mark Twain’s great grand-daughter. I’m talking about plausible old yarns like the one about the young George Washington ...
  6 days ago

• finesse

  
  Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day — Authority: 127
  Merriam-Websters Word of the Day for December 18, 2009 is: finesse • \fuh-NESS\  • verb 1 : to make a finesse in playing cards : to play (a card) in a finesse 2 *a : to bring about, direct, or manage by adroit maneuvering b : evade, skirt Example sentence: "A surer hand behind the camera ...
  6 days ago

• intransigent

  
  Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day — Authority: 127
  Merriam-Websters Word of the Day for December 17, 2009 is: intransigent • \in-TRAN-suh-junt\  • adjective : characterized by refusal to compromise or to abandon an extreme position or attitude : uncompromising Example sentence: Ms. Baxter was intransigent about her most famous rule: no gum or ...
  1 week ago

• Hasbro Classic Game Collection

  
  Kill Deal — Authority: 175
  Hasbro Classic Games Collection 2009 combines four great games in one box: Monopoly 2008 Scrabble Champion Edition Risk Monopoly Here & Now Product Description Money, Intelligence, Strategy and the present are all represented. No need to choose which game to purchase, they are all included in one box! ...
  1 week ago

• sastruga

  
  Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day — Authority: 127
  Merriam-Websters Word of the Day for December 16, 2009 is: sastruga • \SAS-truh-guh\  • noun : a wavelike ridge of hard snow formed by the wind -- usually used in plural Example sentence: "Over the sastrugi it is all up and down hill, and the covering of ice crystals prevents the sledge from ...
  1 week ago

• Lane 4 Developers Take Over Management Of Empty Merriam KS Strip Mall

  
  Capt. Spaulding's World — Authority: 142
  I should have said that strip mall was VIRTUALLY empty- as the K.C. BUSINESS JOURNAL story said there had been "a temporary lease by a Halloween store" at the deserted strip mall that was issued a TIF (corporate welfare) by Merriam elected officials. Lane 4- the outfit that bailed on the old Bannister ...
  1 week ago

• whimsical

  
  Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day — Authority: 127
  Merriam-Websters Word of the Day for December 15, 2009 is: whimsical • \WIM-zih-kul\  • adjective 1 : full of, actuated by, or exhibiting whims 2 *a : resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice; especially : lightly fanciful b : subject to erratic behavior or unpredictable change ...
  1 week ago

• depredate

  
  Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day — Authority: 127
  Merriam-Websters Word of the Day for December 14, 2009 is: depredate • \DEP-ruh-dayt\  • verb *1 : to lay waste : plunder, ravage 2 : to engage in plunder Example sentence: “[O]ne of our party, after being asked by the owner to help depredate a few of the green, squawky birds at a ...
  1 week ago

• December Nights One-Sentence Meditation

  
  The Laughorist — Authority: 128
  Call it a day on the verge [as Merriam-Webster puts it online: Etymology: Middle English, rod, measuring rod, margin, from Anglo-French, rod, area of jurisdiction, from Latin virga twig, rod, line Date: 15th century 1 a (1) : a rod or staff carried as an emblem of authority or symbol of office (2) ...
  1 week ago

• indefeasible

  
  Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day — Authority: 127
  Merriam-Websters Word of the Day for December 13, 2009 is: indefeasible • \in-dih-FEE-zuh-bul\  • adjective : not capable of being annulled or voided or undone Example sentence: After his fathers untimely demise, which reeked of foul play, Prince Nikolai took to the throne as was his indefeasible ...
  1 week ago

• receipt

  
  Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day — Authority: 127
  Merriam-Websters Word of the Day for December 12, 2009 is: receipt • \rih-SEET\  • noun 1 : recipe *2 : the act or process of receiving 3 : something received -- usually used in plural 4 : a writing acknowledging the receiving of goods or money Example sentence: If you find that the ...
  1 week ago

• namby-pamby

  
  Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day — Authority: 127
  Merriam-Websters Word of the Day for December 11, 2009 is: namby-pamby • \nam-bee-PAM-bee\  • adjective 1 : lacking in character or substance : insipid *2 : weak, indecisive Example sentence: The candidate criticized her opponent during the debate, calling him a namby-pamby flip-flopper ...
  1 week ago

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