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."
—n. Upper front part of a boot or shoe. —v. - (often foll. By up) repair or furbish.
- (foll. By up) make by patching or from odds and ends.
- improvise a musical accompaniment. [french avantpie front of the foot]
- colloq. —n. Woman who uses sexual attraction to exploit men. —v. Allure and exploit (a man). [abbreviation of *vampire]
VANE
n. - weather-vane.
- blade of a screw propeller or windmill etc. [dial. Var. Of obsolete fane banner]
VARY
v. (-ies, -ied) 1 be or become different; be of different kinds; change.
- make different; modify. [latin vario: related to *various]
VASE
n. Vessel used as an ornament or container for flowers. [latin: related to *vas]
VAST
adj. Immense, huge. vastly adv. Vastness n. [latin]
VEAL
n. Calf's flesh as food. [french from latin vitulus calf]
VEDA
n. (in sing. Or pl.) Oldest hindu scriptures. vedic adj. [sanskrit, = knowledge]
VEER
—v. - change direction, esp. (of the wind) clockwise.
- change in course or opinion etc. —n. Change of direction. [french virer]
VEIL
—n. - piece of usu. Transparent fabric attached to a woman's hat etc., esp. To conceal or protect the face.
- piece of linen etc. As part of a nun's headdress.
- thing that hides or disguises (a veil of silence). —v. - cover with a veil.
- (esp. As veiled adj.) Partly conceal (veiled threats). beyond the veil in the unknown state of life after death. Draw a veil over avoid discussing; hush up. Take the veil become a nun. [latin velum]
VEIN
n. - a any of the tubes conveying blood to the heart. B (in general use) any blood-vessel.
- rib of an insect's wing or leaf.
- streak of a different colour in wood, marble, cheese, etc.
- fissure in rock filled with ore.
- specified character or tendency; mood (spoke in a sarcastic vein). veined adj. Veiny adj. (-ier, -iest). [latin vena]
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