difficult word

[tcha]

hello guys! i noticed that some thread are easy for us, why don't we try to post some difficult or unuusual words ( to enrich our vocabulary) but the meaning should also be posted...

like- CLYSTER which means an enema...

keep it coming guys, goodluck!:COOL0013:

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Abdicate (AB duh KATE) v: to step down from a position of power or responsibility

• When King Edward VIII of England decided he would rather be married to Wallis Warfield Simpson, an American divorcee, than be king of England, he turned in his crown and abdicated.

• Even people who aren't monarchs can abdicate duties and responsibilities.

• Mary abdicated her responsibility as a baby-sitter by locking the five-year-old in a closet and flying to the Bahamas.

[tcha]

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According to the Guinness Book of World Records (http://www.yeeeeee.com/tag/guinness-book-of-world-records/), 18th edition, this 1,909-letter-long word is regarded as the world’s longest word in the English (http://www.yeeeeee.com/tag/english/) language. This word has also included in the American Chemical Society’s Chemical Abstracts. It is the longest real word of a Tryptophan Synthetase (its scientific name is Methionylglutaminy…serine) A protein, an enzyme that has 267 amino acids which describes a protein in the amino acid of a strand of DNA. The shortened version of this protein is known as titin, or sometimes conectin, which is involved in striated muscle formation. Its empirical formula is C132983H211861N36149O40883S693.
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[ronzam2002]

polytechnic- is a college especially in Britain, where you can go after leaving school on order to study academics subjects at various levels up to degree level or to train for particular jobs...:emoticon-5:

[ronzam2002]

hallucinogenic-is one that causes you to hallucinate..

[chaney]

@ TS,I agree we should also try more difficult word games...hehe!

plethora- excess,overabundance

[tcha]

DORYPHORE- /ˈdɒrɪfɔː/ A pedantic critic of minor errors; a nit-picker.
e.g.

“What I wish,” declared Denis fervently, “is to drive the Nazi doryphores out of France, and indeed off the earth.”

^^^worldwidewords.org

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BOSCAGE - /ˈbɒskɪdʒ/- A mass of trees or shrubs.

^^^worldwidewords.org

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GROK -/ɡrɒk/- -To understand something intuitively or by empathy.
Grok is a word borrowed from Martian (and you won’t see that written very often) in which it literally meant to drink. To grok is to gain an instant deep spiritual understanding of something or to establish a rapport with somebody.
^^^worldwidewords.org