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Vampire Vocab and Other Strange Things Episode 3

June 26th, 2009
Topic: Interviews, Vampires, Vocab Tags: , ,

Vampire Vocab # 7

Today’s word is…
Nosferatu!
The definition is…
Nosferatu (noun) a hideously ugly vampire
Etymology: Slavonic nosfur-atu
I was surprised that this word existed. Is there really a such thing as an ugly vampire? It’s like an imaginary number: it might be out there, but we haven’t found it. Anyway, my reference.
From One foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost on [...]

June 25th, 2009
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Vampire vocab#6

Today’s word is…
Convulsing!
The definition is:

con⋅vulse
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June 22nd, 2009
Topic: Books, Vampires, Vocab Tags: , ,

Vocab#5

Today’s vocab word is…
Ambivalent!
The definition is…

am⋅biv⋅a⋅lence
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June 20th, 2009
Topic: Vocab Tags: None

Vampire vocab #3

Sorry this is late. I saved it accidentally as a draft, so I just actually published it.
Today’s word of the day is…
Taboo!
The dictionary.com definition is…

ta⋅boo
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June 20th, 2009
Topic: Ramblings, Vampires, Vocab Tags: ,

Vampire vocab #4

Today’s Vampire vocab word was suggested by my brother, so here it is…
Oblivious!
The definition is…
ob⋅liv⋅i⋅ous
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June 19th, 2009
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Vampire Vocab word #2

I really like this word, so I’m going to use it instead of a Vampire quote. Todays Word of the Week (day is more like it) is…
Pulchritude!
The dictionary.com definition is

pul⋅chri⋅tude
// // // Great physical beauty and appeal.

[Middle English pulcritude, from Latin pulchritūdō, from pulcher, pulchr-, beautiful.]

Pulchritude
Pul”chri*tude\, n. [L. pulchritudo, fr. pulcher beautiful.]1. That quality of [...]

June 17th, 2009
Topic: Vampires, Vocab Tags: ,

Vampire vocab Word of the week

This is vampire vocab, so whenever I post, I’ll have a word from a vampire book I’ve read, and the context in which I read it. Or It will be a word I like, put into a vampire-y sentence. This week’s word is:
Repugnant!
the definition on Dictionary.com is:
re⋅pug⋅nant
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June 16th, 2009
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