I am constantly dazzled by the knowledgeable responses to the post at BleepingComputer!

ingratiating

A person who is ingratiating is also considered a brown-noser.

Prink

I don't think you could get much more prink than Elton John

anathema

Ageism was anathema to him as he was always proactive in Grey Power.

Perspicuous

I always admired and respected my profs who explained the topic in a perspicuous manner thereby removing some of the stress from a topic that was often boring.

Winsome

I shall never forget how wonderfully winsome she always was

angst

Angst is a feeling of anxiety often followed by depression.

Ruckus

Last Fourth of July,the noise of the party and fireworks made quite a ruckus.


Snafu

Having been in one Snafu after another ,
the phrase "hurry up and wait" was used alot also.

rectify

Being the eldest in the family I got very tired of being told to rectify the battles between the siblings.

rant

It can be annoying to listen to someone rant and rave about little issues.

Fuddle

I feel sorry for people that go on a pub-crawl for one long evening and the next day continue to be in a fuddle!!!

gravitate

In my youth ,when somewhere new , we always checked out the Local Sites of Interest (London ,Rome, Alborg, Mombasa ect.) but always seem to gravitate to the nearest bar afterwards

inadvertent

Sometimes I make an inadvertent error and forget to add a word in this game and have to go back and do an edit!!


Trait

Forgetfulness is a trait common in alot of middle-aged people

endeavorer

Captain James Cook on his ship The Endeavour sailed and charted the Eastern coastline of Australia in 1770s


torpid

I'm sure the thing that the sailors of Captian Cook's ship
hated as much as a storm was for the winds and water
to become torpid thus depriving them of any
movement at all.

Fathom

It is very difficult for me to fathom the meanings and themes hidden the writings of Faulkner.

abscissa

On a graph the abscissa is the number of columns from the vertical axis (axis of ordinates).

trivia

most of my family doesn't like to play
trivial pursuit because of my knowledge
of "stupid" trivia

fascinating

Its just fascintating how far some people will go over the most trivial disagreements.

Exstacy

The Agony and The Ecstacy by Irving Stone is a biographical novel about Michaelangelo and his failures and
achievements.

saccade

My eyes did nothing but saccade from one exquisite female form to the next while at the beach

precipitous

His precipitous departure in the middle of his favorite play left many wondering what emergency had called him away.

xanthophyll

There is considerable reference material for the science connisseur on the role of the xanthopyll cycle carotenoids in the protection of photosynthesis.

hereafter

My Grandfather passed into the great hereafter when I was but a small child

enigma

The Enigma machine was not a commercial success 1933 - 1945 but it was taken over and improved upon to become the cryptographic workhorse of Nazi Germany.

Morose

It's hard not to sound morose when describing the state of the world.

benevolent

Santa Claus must seem to be a benevolent elderly gent to the children who ask for presents at Christmas.


Chinook (nature)

When a chinook warm wind arrives out here in western Canada directly after extreme cold the temperature can rise suddenly and if the chinook weakens, the cold air that was formerly there moves back from the east.

stereotype

Those who would judge another from a stereotype only, are truly ignorant

Compassion

What the whole of humanity needs in today's strife is more compassion for one another and the world would be a better place.

mentor

A Mentor should be some one who can give you good advice and help you develop usefull skills , not some one who will teach you how to burp the alphabet . (well, not just that only)

i think we needs a word! lol

Genius (what I'm not ,I blame my old computer, r.i.p. , black holes... )

According to Immanuel Kant, genius is the ability to independently arrive at and understand concepts that would normally have to be taught by another person.


Bivalve

Some of my favorite foods are bivalve molluscs, like scallops and clams.

parasitical

It is an unfortunate state in life when some people practice parasitical habits on others; this trait should remain with the animal known as the bloodsucker!!

grammar

my Grammer aint as good as it should be.

reclusive

The reclusive Howard Hughes was a controversial man and when he resided in Vancouver B.C. here in Western Canada he was always an interesting read in the local competing newspapers.

Quibble

I hate listening to my neice and nephew quibble over who did what to who first.

loony

With all the tragedies of school shootings it makes me wonder what manifests itself in the mind of the loony that contrives such travesty.

grotesque

Senseless violence is alway grotesque

apparition

I don't live in an ancient palace and so I have heard no sound from any apparition from the past!

punctual

It's always good to be punctual if you can keep from being late.

placid

There is nothing I love better than a hike into the Pacific North West mountains and sitting back and enjoying a placid view of one of all of nature's wonders!!

quiz

The class was set a quiz on the oceans of the world.

Philately

My grandfather is an avid philatelist, starting at age 9 collecting European stamps; thus practising philately .

antagonist

I believe some people just like being a antagonist for no other reason than they get some perverse sense of satisfaction out of it.

Aurora