Monday, September 1, 2008

Notes on 2007-08-09

dirge, a funeral hymn or lament

more:
aviary
avuncular
awl
awning
azure
bacchanal
badger
bail vs bale vs bane
ballad
ballot
bandy
bard
baron vs barren
barrister
bathetic
bauble
bawl
beacon
din
dnghy vs dingy
dipsomania
dire
disburse, imburse, reimburse
discourse
discreet (discretion) vs discrete
discretionary

1 comment:

Unknown said...

The prosecution and defense were bandying accusations back and forth.

She badgered her doctor time and again, pleading with him to do something. (My mum likes badgering me about trivialities all the time.)

The high court set bail at $8,000.

bard, minstrel...

General Rudnicki was a moral beacon for many exiled Poles.

Gates responds with a lengthy discourse on deployment strategy.