The local sheriff was looking for a deputy, so Homer – who was not exactly the sharpest nail in the bucket – went in to try out for the job.
"Okay," the sheriff drawled, "Homer, what is 1 and 1?"
"11," he replied.
The sheriff thought to himself, "That"s not what I meant, but he"s right."
"What two days of the week start with the letter "T"?"
"Today and tomorrow."
He was again surprised that Homer supplied a correct answer that he had never thought of himself.
"Now Homer, listen carefully: Who killed Abraham Lincoln?"
Homer looked a little surprised himself, then thought really hard for a minute and finally admitted, "I don"t know."
"Well, why don"t you go home and work on that one for a while?"
So, Homer wandered over to the pool hall where his pals were waiting to hear the results of the interview. Homer was exultant.
"It went great! First day on the job and I"m already working on a murder case!"
n. Act of seceding. secessionist n. & adj. [latin: related to *secede]
SECLUSION
n. Secluded state or place.
SECONDARY
colour n. Result of mixing two primary colours.
- picketing n. Picketing of premises of a firm not directly involved in an industrial dispute.
- —adj. - coming after or next below what is primary.
- derived from or supplementing what is primary.
- (of education, a school, etc.) Following primary, esp. From the age of 11. —n. (pl. -ies) secondary thing. secondarily adv. [latin: related to *second1]
SECRETARY
bird n. Long-legged crested african bird.
- n. (pl. -ies) 1 employee who assists with correspondence, records, making appointments, etc.
- official of a society or company who writes letters, organizes business, etc.
- principal assistant of a government minister, ambassador, etc. secretarial adj. Secretaryship n. [latin secretarius: related to *secret]
- of state n. - head of a major government department.
- us = *foreign minister.
SECRETION
n. - a process of secreting. B secreted substance.
- act of concealing. [latin: related to *secret]
SECRETIVE
adj. Inclined to make or keep secrets; uncommunicative. secretively adv. Secretiveness n.
SECTARIAN
—adj. - of a sect.
- devoted, esp. Narrow-mindedly, to one's sect. —n. Member of a sect. sectarianism n. [medieval latin sectarius adherent]
SECTIONAL
adj. - a of a social group (sectional interests). B partisan.
- made in sections.
- local rather than general. sectionally adv.
SEDENTARY
adj. - sitting.
- (of work etc.) Done while sitting.
- (of a person) disinclined to exercise. [latin sedeo sit]
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