Thursday, March 15, 2012

Mellifluous

adj. sweet as honey (referring to voice or words)

The symphony ended with a mellifluous blend of flute, cello, and drum.

Herbivorous

adj. plant-eating

One of the most well known herbivorous dinosaurs is the stegosaur.

Saline

adj. having to do with salt

In chemistry, we deal with many saline solutions, and they are used mostly to demonstrate how to separate salt and water by using evaporation.

Potable

adj. fit to drink

After searching for many days, the shipwrecked crew found a small stream in which the water was potable.

Elude

tr. v. 1. to avoid or escape from by cunning; to evade
        2. to escape detection; to baffle

The way the man moved so fast eluded the crowd's mind, baffling them and leaving them in awe.

Delusion

n. 1. a false belief or opinion, especially one held in spite of contradictory evidence
    2. a deception

His delusion about aliens being the creators of man instead of evolution, made him become seen as and insane man and put into an insane asylum.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Concoct

1. tr. v. to mix ingredients, as in cooking
2. to invent or devise

When I was very little my Aunt B. concocted a drink by mixing orange juice, 7-Up, and cranberry juice together, calling it a Martian drink.