Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Clarifying Words

pabulum

noun
any substance that can be used as food


place

noun
a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.


alliteration

noun
The repetition of the beginning sounds of words, as in “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,” “long-lived,” “short shrift,” and “the fickle finger of fate.”

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