My Christmas Library: Definitions
- depreciate
- di-'prE-shE-"At; verb
1) to lower in estimation or esteem
2) to lower the price or estimated value of
more - fob
- fob; noun
1) a short strap, ribbon, or chain attached especially to a pocket watch
more - imputation
- \im-py&-'tA-sh&n\; noun
the act of imputing; attribution, ascription, accussation, insunuation
more - magi
- \'mA-"jI\; noun
1) member of a hereditary priestly class among the ancient Medes and Persians; often capitalized : one of the traditionally three wise men from the East paying homage to the infant Jesus
2) MAGICIAN, SORCERER
more - mendicancy
- \'men-di-k&n(t)-sE\; noun
the condition of being a beggar, or the practice of begging
more - meretricious
- \"mer-&-'tri-sh&s\; adjective
tawdrily and falsely attractive
more - parsimony
- \'pär-s&-"mO-nE\; noun
1) the quality of being careful with money or resources, thrift
2) the quality or state of being stingy, stinginess
more - pellucid
- \p&-'lü-s&d\; adjective
clear, crystal, lucent, lucid, luminous, translucent, transparent, transpicuous, unblurred
more - sempiternal
- Sem`pi*ter"nal\; adjective
everlasting; endless; eternal; never-ending; having beginning, but no end.
more - swale
- \'swA(&)l\; noun
a low-lying or depressed and often wet stretch of land
more - truant
- adjective
shirking responsibility, ie skipping school
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