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Nice one Narf!

Today's Word:
Insouciant

unconcerned: cheerfully unconcerned or unworried about something

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ostentatious

adjective.
unduly conspicuous; pretentious; boastful; intended to attract notice and impress others.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Well, I'm just opening the dictionary and looking at the first and Last words. So: So-nor-i-ty: 1. Sonorous quality or state; resonance; also so-no'rous-ness. 2. A sound.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Pronounced, "in SO shunt"? </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Pronounced: In sou see ent

While I'm posting...


Today's Word:

Vakil

n
South Asia lawyer: a lawyer or legal representative in a court of law in the Indian subcontinent

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subterfuge
noun.
Any plan or action used to evade something difficult or unpleasant

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Let me give this a try...

Lackadaisical

Lacking life, spirit, zest; Languid.

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So...

"The lackadaisical and insouciant vakil carefully planned the appropriate subterfuge to avoid his case in court."

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Im-post,1: A: A tax or customs duty. B: To classify (imported-goods) for the purpose of determining custums duties. Latin: In - on + ponere - to lay, place.

Im-post,2: The top section of a pillar or wall, serving as support for an arch.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Thanks Narf. I will use that (hopefully.If I get the tiles I need) on mom tonight in srabble. I did find another meaning to your word.

horseracing handicap weight: the weight a horse must carry, including that of the jockey, in a handicap race

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All these words!*drools* My favorite would have to be lackadaisical. What a fun word just to pronounce http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/confused.gif . And to Slynky-lol http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif .
On to today's word!

Today's Word:
Trompe l' oeil (trump loy. Don't ask me. Thats how it's pronounced )

1. 3-D painting technique: a technique used in realistic paintings to trick the eye, especially through the use of perspective to create an illusion of three-dimensionality
2. artistic work that tricks the eye: a painting or other artistic object that uses trompe l’oeil