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January 19, 2015
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What does greenhouse mean?

greenhouse, nursery, glasshouse(adj)
a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions

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January 18, 2015
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What does vocalise mean?

vocalize, vocalise(verb)
sing (each note a scale or in a melody) with the same vowel

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January 17, 2015
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What does eloquence mean?

eloquence, fluency, smoothness(noun)
powerful and effective language

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January 16, 2015
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What does clone mean?

ringer, dead ringer, clone(noun)
a person who is almost identical to another

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January 15, 2015
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What does loan mean?

loan(noun)
the temporary provision of money (usually at interest)

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January 14, 2015
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What does splendid mean?

glorious, resplendent, splendid, splendiferous(adj)
having great beauty and splendor

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January 13, 2015
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What does predicative mean?

predicative(adj)
of adjectives; relating to or occurring within the predicate of a sentence

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