10 new words

1.co⋅pi⋅ous

  [koh-pee-uhs]

–adjective

1.	large in quantity or number; abundant; plentiful: copious amounts of food.

2.	having or yielding an abundant supply: a copious larder; a copious harvest.

3.

exhibiting abundance or fullness, as of thoughts or words. 2 .conundrum - Definition [kə-nŭńdrəm] (n.) A riddle in which a fanciful question is answered by a pun. (n.) A paradoxical, insoluble, or difficult problem; a dilemma:“the… Dictionary.com · The American Heritage® Dictionary 3. im⋅prov⋅i⋅dent   [im-prov-i-duhnt] –adjective 1. not provident; lacking foresight; incautious; unwary. 2. neglecting to provide for future needs. 4. shim   [shim] Show IPA noun, verb, shimmed, shim⋅ming. –noun 1. a thin slip or wedge of metal, wood, etc., for driving into crevices, as between machine parts to compensate for wear, or beneath bedplates, large stones, etc., to level them. 5. crake   [kreyk] Show IPA –noun any of several short-billed rails, esp. the corn crake.

6.

sen⋅na⋅chie

  [sen-uh-kee] Show IPA

–noun Chiefly Scot., Irish.

7.lurid

  [loor-id]

a professional storyteller of family genealogy, history, and legend.

Use lurid in a Sentence

–adjective

1.	gruesome; horrible; revolting: the lurid details of an accident.

2.	glaringly vivid or sensational; shocking: the lurid tales of pulp magazines.

3.	terrible in intensity, fierce passion, or unrestraint: lurid crimes.

4.	lighted or shining with an unnatural, fiery glow; wildly or garishly red: a lurid sunset.

5.	wan, pallid, or ghastly in hue; livid. 8.cham⋅ae⋅do⋅re⋅a   [kam-i-dawr-ee-uh, -dohr-] –noun any of various small, slender palms of the genus Chamaedorea,several species of which are cultivated as houseplants.

9.

dec⋅i⋅are

  [des-ee-air, ‑ahr] Show IPA

–noun

a unit of surface measure equal to one-tenth of an are, or 10 square meters: equivalent to 11.96 square yards. 10. o⋅vine   [oh-vahyn, oh-vin] Show IPA –adjective pertaining to, of the nature of, or like sheep.

nuns...i mean puns

1.

I couldn't quite remember how to throw a boomerang, but eventually it came back to me. duncan - Victoria, BC

2.

He drove his expensive car into a tree and found out how the Mercedes bends.

3.

What did the grape say when it got stepped on? Nothing - but it let out a little whine.

4.

When William joined the army he disliked the phrase 'fire at will'.

5.

To write with a broken pencil is pointless.

6.

Show me a piano falling down a mineshaft and I'll show you A-flat minor.

7.

Police were called to a daycare where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.

8.

Pencils could be made with erasers at both ends, but what would be the point?

9.

A small boy swallowed some coins and was taken to a hospital. When his grandmother telephoned to ask how he was a nurse said 'No change yet'.

10.

Some people's noses and feet are built backwards: their feet smell and their noses run.