A woman entered a fruit store and said to the clerk, "I want to purchase some fruit for my sick husband."
"We have some very nice sweet cherries on sale for a dollar a box," said the clerk.
She looked them over and decided to take a box. Handing them to the clerk she added, "Have they been sprayed with poison?"
Replied the clerk, "No ma’am. You will have to purchase that at the drug store."
—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.
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