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100 Exquisite Adjectives. By Mark Nichol Adjectives — descriptive words that modify nouns — often come under fire for their cluttering quality, but often it’s quality, not quantity, that is the issue. Plenty of tired adjectives are available to spoil a good sentence, but when you find just the right word for the job, enrichment ensues. Practice precision when you select words. Here’s a list of adjectives: Subscribe to Receive our Articles and Exercises via Email You will improve your English in only 5 minutes per day, guaranteed! 21 Responses to “100 Exquisite Adjectives” Rebecca Fantastic list! Learn Chemistry - Chemistry Glossary Dictionary : A. Online Etymology Dictionary. Save The Words. Synonym Finder » Find synonyms, antonyms & definition for (almost) any word.

A Dictionary of Scientific Quotations. (ca. 235 bc) b. Syracuse Give me a place to stand, and I will move the Earth. (1920-1992) b. Petrovichi, Russia. The young specialist in English Lit, ...lectured me severely on the fact that in century people have thought they understood the Universe at last, and in century they were proved to be wrong. It follows that the one thing we can say about our modern "knowledge" is that it is ... Isaac Asimov, Kensington Books, New York, 1996, p 226. (1) At two-tenths the speed of light, dust and atoms might not do significant damage even in a voyage of 40 years, but the faster you go, the worse it is--space begins to become abrasive. Isaac Asimov, In Kensington Books, New York, 1996, p 220. (1) (1561-1626) b. For it is esteemed a kind of dishonour unto learning to descend to inquiry or meditation upon matters mechanical, except they be such as may be thought secrets, rarities, and special subtilities, which humour of vain supercilious arrogancy is justly derided in Plato.

. . . (1842-? D. 25 Everyday Things You Never Knew Had Names: Pics, Videos, Links, News. Argot .com : dictionary of street drug ( cannabis, marijuana, heroin, cocaine, et al. ) slang.