Newly wed wife to her husband:
"That is why I can"t stand you – you are so unpredictable. On Monday you liked the potatoes, Tuesday you liked the potatoes, Wednesday you liked the potatoes, Thursday you said you loved the potatoes preparation, Friday you liked the potatoes, Saturday you liked the potatoes and now all of a sudden on Sunday you say that you don"t like potatoes."
—v. Portend, serve as an omen (augur well or ill). —n. Hist. Roman religious official interpreting natural phenomena in order to pronounce on proposed actions. [latin]
AURAL
adj. Of the ear or hearing. aurally adv. [latin auris ear]
AUXIN
n. Plant hormone that regulates growth.
AVAIL
—v. - help; be of use.
- refl. (foll. By of) make use of, profit by. —n. Use, profit (of no avail). [latin valeo be strong]
AVERT
v. (often foll. By from) 1 turn away (one's eyes or thoughts).
- prevent or ward off (esp. Danger).
AVOID
v. - keep away or refrain from.
- escape; evade.
- law quash, annul. avoidable adj. Avoidance n. [french]
AWAIT
v. - wait for.
- be in store for. [french: related to *wait]
AWAKE
—v. (-king; past awoke; past part. Awoken) 1 cease to sleep or arouse from sleep.
- (often foll. By to) become or make alert, aware, or active. —predic. Adj. - not asleep.
- (often foll. By to) alert, aware. [old english: related to *a2]
AWARD
—v. Give or order to be given as a payment or prize. —n. - thing or amount awarded.
- judicial decision. [french]
AWARE
predic. Adj. - (often foll. By of or that) conscious; having knowledge.
