Upon waking, a woman said to her husband, "I just dreamt that you gave me a necklace of pearls. What do you think it means?"
The man smiled and kissed his wife. "Youll know tonight," he softly whispered.
That evening, the man came home with a small package which he gave to his wife. She jumped up and embraced him, and then settled on the couch to slowly and delicately unwrap the package.
It contained a book entitled, "The Meaning of Dreams".
adj. - of or indicated by a mathematical exponent.
- (of an increase etc.) More and more rapid.
EXPOSTULATE
v. (-ting) (often foll. By with a person) make a protest; remonstrate. expostulation n. Expostulatory adj. [latin: related to *postulate]
EXPROPRIATE
v. (-ting) 1 take away (property) from its owner.
- (foll. By from) dispossess. expropriation n. Expropriator n. [latin proprium property]
EXTEMPORARY
adj. = *extemporaneous. extemporarily adv.
EXTEMPORIZE
v. (also -ise) (-zing or -sing) improvise. extemporization n.
EXTERMINATE
v. (-ting) destroy utterly (esp. A living thing). extermination n. Exterminator n. [latin: related to *terminal]
EXTERNALIZE
v. (also -ise) (-zing or -sing) give or attribute external existence to. externalization n.
EXTRAPOLATE
v. (-ting) (also absol.) Calculate approximately from known data etc. (others which lie outside the range of those known). extrapolation n. [from *extra-, *interpolate]
EXTRAVAGANT
adj. - spending money excessively.
- excessive; absurd.
- costing much. extravagance n. Extravagantly adv. [latin vagor wander]
Every night, wasps bite into the stem of a plant, lock their mandibles (jaws) into position, stretch out at right angles to the stem, and, with legs dangling, fall asleep.
