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    Default Word of the day

    well it turns out the spelling bee forum i started does quite match up with the competition im practicing for. Its actually a vocabualry contest, so if you want to play, post a word of the day, (or four words a day i dont care) with its definition. and check out the competition, in case you want in.. www.winwithwords.com

    first word,

    hobbledehoy \HOB-uhl-dee-hoy\, noun:
    An awkward, gawky young fellow.

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    oblation;
    an offering.

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    Lightbulb hello

    Ogygian....ancient, primeval

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    Craven

    -adjective

    -lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted

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    explorer - a searcher of the unknown

    from L. explorare "investigate, search out," said to be originally a hunters' term meaning "set up a loud cry," from ex- "out" + plorare "to cry."

    Aiieeeee!! Blue screen again!!!!

    Hmmmm... now we know...

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    contumaciousness ....act of being stubborn or obstinant

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    Wink

    oik....lower class person. Together make a pretty good insult..as in 'dont be such a contumacious oik!'

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    Acrimonious. :bitterness or spitefulness in speech.

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    bilirubin
    noun

    a reddish yellow pigment that occurs in the bile and blood that causes jaundice if accumulated in excess.

    how was that

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    Default gee, thanks



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