At a local coffee bar, a young woman was expounding on her idea of the perfect mate to some of her friends.
"The man I marry must be a shining light amongst company. He must be musical. Tell jokes. Sing. And stay home at night!"
An old granny overheard and spoke up, "Honey, if that"s all you want, get a TV!"
n. - natural or (esp.) Induced expulsion of a foetus from the womb before it is able to survive independently.
- stunted or deformed creature or thing.
- failed project or action. abortionist n.
- n. - natural or (esp.) Induced expulsion of a foetus from the womb before it is able to survive independently.
- stunted or deformed creature or thing.
- failed project or action. abortionist n.
ABORTIVE
adj. Fruitless, unsuccessful.
ABRASION
n. - scraping or wearing away (of skin, rock, etc.).
- resulting damaged area.
ABRASIVE
—adj. - a tending to rub or graze. B capable of polishing by rubbing or grinding.
- harsh or hurtful in manner. —n. Abrasive substance.
ABROGATE
v. (-ting) repeal, abolish (a law etc.). abrogation n. [latin rogo propose a law]
ABSENTEE
landlord n. One who lets a property while living elsewhere.
- n. Person not present.
ABSOLUTE
majority n. Majority over all rivals combined.
- pitch n. Ability to recognize or sound any given note.
- temperature n. One measured from absolute zero.
- zero n. Theoretical lowest possible temperature calculated as –273.15° c (or 0° k).
- —adj. - complete, utter (absolute bliss).
- unconditional (absolute authority).
- despotic (absolute monarch).
- not relative or comparative (absolute standard).
- gram. A (of a construction) syntactically independent of the rest of the sentence, as in dinner being over, we left the table. B (of an adjective or transitive verb) without an expressed noun or object (e.g. The deaf, guns kill).
- (of a legal decree etc.) Final. —n. Philos. (prec. By the) that which can exist independently of anything else. [latin: related to *absolve]
ABSTRACT
—adj. - a of or existing in thought or theory rather than matter or practice; not concrete. B (of a word, esp. A noun) denoting a quality, condition, etc., not a concrete object.
- (of art) achieving its effect by form and colour rather than by realism. —v. - (often foll. By from) extract, remove.
- summarize. —n. - summary.
- abstract work of art.
- abstraction or abstract term. [latin: related to *tract1]
ABSTRUSE
adj. Hard to understand, profound. [latin abstrudo -trus- conceal]
ABUNDANT
adj. - plentiful.
- (foll. By in) rich (abundant in fruit). abundantly adv.
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