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Ruby


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 adumbrate
  verb		• to clarify
• to cast a shadow over
 aught
  noun		• anything
• nothing
 bill
  noun		• invoice (e.g. in a restaurant)
• money; banknote
 bolt
  verb		• to secure in place
• to dash away suddenly
 bound
  adj./verb		• restrained (e.g. by rope)
• to spring; leap
 buckle
  verb		• to fasten
• to come undone; give way; collapse
 cleave
  verb		• to adhere; stick together
• to cut apart; divide
 clip
  verb		• to fasten together; hold tightly
• to cut apart; cut off (e.g. with shears)
 comprise
  verb		• to contain; include
• to be composed of; consist of
 custom
  adjective		• usual; normal
• special; unique
 dust
  verb		• to remove fine particles from (e.g. when cleaning)
• to sprinkle fine particles onto
 fast
  adverb		• fixed firmly in place
• moving quickly; speedy
 fine
  adjective		• just meets minimum standards; satisfactory
• considerably better than average; excellent
 give out
  verb		• to produce; distribute
• to stop producing; cease functioning
 handicap
  noun/verb		• advantage (e.g. in sport)
• disadvantage; disability
 hold up
  verb		• to support; cope
• to hinder; delay
 impregnable
  adjective		• impossible to enter (e.g. of a fortress)
• able to be impregnated
 lease
  verb		• to lend; rent out
• to borrow; hire
 left
  verb		• departed from
• remaining
 let
  verb		• to allow; grant permission
• to prevent (e.g. "without let or hindrance")
 literally
  adverb		• actually; really
• figuratively; virtually
 model
  noun		• archetype; example
• copy; replica
 moot
  adjective		• debatable; arguable
• academic; irrelevant
 overlook
  verb		• to examine; watch over
• to fail to notice; miss
 oversight
  noun		• watchful care; supervision
• overlooking; omission
 peer
  noun		• an equal; fellow (e.g. classmate)
• a nobleman; person of higher rank
 put
  adj./verb		• to begin to move hurriedly
• stationary (e.g. "stay put")
 put out
  verb		• to generate; produce
• to extinguish; put an end to
 puzzle
  verb		• to pose a problem
• to solve a problem
 quantum
  adjective		• very small (e.g. in Physics)
• very large (e.g. "quantum leap")
 ravel
  verb		• to tangle; complicate
• to disentangle; separate
 rent
  verb		• to lend; lease out
• to borrow; hire
 resign
  verb		• to quit; give up
• to sign up again
 root
  verb		• to remove completely
• to become firmly established
 sanction
  verb/noun		• to endorse; authorise
• a punitive action
 sanguine
  adjective		• murderous
• cheerfully optimistic
 scan
  verb		• to examine closely
• to glance at hastily
 screen
  verb		• to view; show
• to conceal; shield
 seed
  verb		• to remove seeds from
• to add seeds to
 set
  verb		• to fix in place
• to flow; move on
 shank
  noun		• latter part of a period of time
• early part of a period of time
 skin
  verb		• to cover with a skin
• to remove the skin
 splice
  verb		• to join together
• to cut in two
 strike
  verb		• to miss (e.g. in baseball)
• to hit; collide with
 table
  verb		• to propose; suggest
• to postpone; shelve
 temper
  verb		• to soften; mollify
• to strengthen (e.g. a metal)
 trim
  verb		• to cut pieces off (e.g. fingernails)
• to add to; ornament
 weather
  verb		• to withstand; stand up to
• to wear away
 wind up
  verb		• to start; prepare
• to end; conclude


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Jeremy Riggs


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JD The Jazz Doctor:  Beautiful music on Jazz 101
                                 Horrible Noise on College Daze Revisited

heh heh heh, sorry.  Couldn't resist.  (Truth is, I didn't try all that hard to resist)

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pipsar6


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that's interesting Ruby, I had never noticed these before...

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Jeremy Riggs


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Jeremy Riggs wrote:

JD The Jazz Doctor:  Beautiful music on Jazz 101
                                 Horrible Noise on College Daze Revisited

heh heh heh, sorry.  Couldn't resist.  (Truth is, I didn't try all that hard to resist)

Jay Dee,

If you're not going to acknowledge my little barbs there's not much point in me making them



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