Wednesday, January 02, 2008

Vocabulary List of Words I (Previously) Did Not Know

lime·stone –noun
a sedimentary rock consisting predominantly of calcium carbonate, varieties of which are formed from the skeletons of marine microorganisms and coral: used as a building stone and in the manufacture of lime.

pre·fec·ture
–noun
the office, jurisdiction, territory, or official residence of a prefect.

boast1 - to speak with exaggeration and excessive pride, esp. about oneself.

lin·guist - A person who speaks several languages fluently.

syn·the·sis - the combining of the constituent elements of separate material or abstract entities into a single or unified entity

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