Test your vocabulary!

[Starman]

Tell me the meanings of these words:
NOTE: Do NOT cheat by using dictionaries or online dictionaries

1.xenial

2.schism

 

[elarwhis]

don't know what the first one is, but the second means a division

 

[Amateur_Expert]

do you mean xenyl? xenial isn't a word (if it is, you spelled it wrong)

i agree with elarwhis

 

[scottychaos]

Quote[/b] (Amateur_Expert @ Dec. 23 2004,11:29)]do you mean xenyl? xenial isn't a word (if it is, you spelled it wrong)

i agree with elarwhis

all you have to do to see if its a word or not is pop it into google..
its a word.

 

[Amateur_Expert]

well thats the thing you aren't supposed to.

 

[SunPitcher]

I think you ment venial which means easily forgiven

 

[nepenthes gracilis]

I believe checking if a word exists is OK, checking and seeing the definition is NOT ok.

As for xenial, I'd guess relating to the heavens.

EDIT: after guessing I checked the real meaning...close but no cigar!

 

[Grim]

how bout flibbertegibbet?

 

[FlytrapGurl]

 

[Nflytrap]

For anyone who knows latin

fusiforme

Ocellatus

Punctatus

flammicomantis

Paleo

Psuedo

 

[Starman]

No one can guess it?
Oh well, I might as well tell you.

xenial refers to giving gifts to strangers.
for example, you are being xenial if you give a present to a homeless person you dont know.

schism is when a group, organazation, gang or country split in two.
Some people side with the original leader, while the ones that oppose the original leader elect their own leader and oppose the original leader.

Ahem, NO latin words permitted.

Only English words.
This should be an easy one, tell me what 'Stockholm Syndrome' means.

 

[Starman]

O.K, heres another one:

Onomatopoeia

 

[nepenthes gracilis]

Quote[/b] (Nflytrap @ Dec. 24 2004,1:30)]For anyone who knows latin

fusiforme

Ocellatus

Punctatus

flammicomantis

Paleo

Psuedo

fusiform: perhaps united as one (fused together)

Paleo: is rock or pertaining to the earth.

Psuedo: means lesser or reduced.

And Onomatopoeia are words that say their name like Pow, Bang or Wham.

 

[Starman]

Quote[/b] (nepenthes gracilis @ Dec. 24 2004,8:11)]And Onomatopoeia are words that say their name like Pow, Bang or Wham.

Half way there.

 

[FlytrapGurl]

I believe Paleo refers to fossils.

 

[Nflytrap]

Paleo means ancient, or medieval

Fusiforme would be slender.

 

[sarracenia]

Quote[/b] (Nflytrap @ Dec. 24 2004,12:30)]For anyone who knows latin

Latin's a dead language. no one knows it.
which is good in a way, 'cause that means you can't mispronounce a Latin word. so if anyone gives you grief over your pronounciation of a latin word, you can tell 'em where to go.

 

[Amateur_Expert]

latin based languages are thriving surprisingly

onomatopoei's simple dino