A college student was delivering pizza to a regular customer"s house in New York.
The guy who answered the door asked him, "What is the usual tip?"
"Well," replied the youth,"this is my first trip here, but the other guys say if I get a quarter out of you, I"ll be doing great."
"Is that so?" snorted the man. "Well, just to show them how wrong they are, here"s five dollars."
"Thanks!" replied the youth, "I"ll put this in my school fund."
"What are you studying?" asked the man.
The lad smiled and said: "Applied psychology."
- team of eleven players at cricket, football, etc.
- eleven o'clock. [old english]
- adj. & n. - one more than ten.
- symbol for this (11, xi, xi).
- size etc. Denoted by eleven.
- team of eleven players at cricket, football, etc.
- eleven o'clock. [old english]
ELICIT
v. (-t-) draw out (facts, a response, etc.), esp. With difficulty. [latin elicio]
- v. (-t-) draw out (facts, a response, etc.), esp. With difficulty. [latin elicio]
ELIXIR
n. - a alchemist's preparation supposedly able to change metals into gold or (in full elixir of life) to prolong life indefinitely. B remedy for all ills.
- aromatic medicinal drug. [latin from arabic]
ELVISH
see *elf.
EMBALM
v. - preserve (a corpse) from decay.
- preserve from oblivion.
- make fragrant. embalmment n. [french: related to *balm]
EMBARK
v. - (often foll. By for) put or go on board a ship or aircraft (to a destination).
- (foll. By on, in) begin an enterprise. embarkation n. (in sense 1). [french: related to *barque]
EMBLEM
n. - symbol.
- (foll. By of) type, embodiment (the very emblem of courage).
- heraldic or representative device. emblematic adj. [greek, = insertion]
