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Obscure word ACG!
Obscure word ACG!
A lot of us have big vocabularies, so this is a good chance to practice that! Feel free to use the dictionary.
I'll start: Assail.
submitted by Mei-xue (May-shreh) , Fairyland
(July 28, 2016 - 7:17 am)
(July 28, 2016 - 7:17 am)
Vicarious
Indirect; secondary; secondhand
(August 2, 2016 - 6:04 pm)
Widdershins.
It means counterclockwise.
(August 2, 2016 - 12:31 pm)
Xanthophyll: a pigment in plants that causes the colors of autumn leaves.
(August 3, 2016 - 6:06 pm)
Yapness: Hunger.
(August 4, 2016 - 2:53 pm)
Zorilla: a skunk-like polecat
(August 4, 2016 - 9:32 pm)
Anarchy: a state of complete lawlessness.
Aka, what happens when you invite a Rackdos to a wedding.
Or a Dimir.
You two, stop.
(August 4, 2016 - 10:06 pm)
Do you know about the Æ rule? No Æs unless the thread maker says so. I didn't say that Æs are allowed, therefore they aren't on this thread.
(August 5, 2016 - 4:52 pm)
Oh, that sounds like such an unhappy rule. :( I'd never heard of it.
(August 5, 2016 - 8:40 pm)
Why? I see no reason why I can't post under a different name, I mean, what if I just posted:
Well, it's not like we are in Gulgari Territory?
(August 5, 2016 - 9:27 pm)
I didn't make the rule, I just follow it.
Actually, the Admins set the rule because AEs were popping into too many threads with random crazy text that had nothing to do with the content of the threads, interrupting very good stories and discussions.
Admin
(August 6, 2016 - 5:45 am)
Buttress: 1: A projecting support of stone or brick built against a wall.
2: A source of defense or support.
This really isn't such an obscure word, but it's supremely useful. It may be employed as a noun or a verb, and might refer to either a support in a fortress or a supportive and strengthening person.
(August 6, 2016 - 7:51 pm)
Chicanery: The use of tricks to deceive someone.
(August 7, 2016 - 6:44 am)
(August 10, 2016 - 3:38 pm)
(August 10, 2016 - 3:39 pm)