Tuesday, April 20, 2010

[Word Powers] Today's Words

Pelf (pelf) (noun):

Money; riches; gain; -- generally conveying the idea of something ill-gotten.

He is a master manipulator who will twist and dodge around the clock to keep the privileges of power and pelf.

 

Quotidian (kwoh-tid-ee-uh n):

1. (Adj) daily; recurring every day
2. (noun) Anything, esp. a fever, that recurs

Quotidians like malaria are chronic diseases.

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