Monday, January 9, 2012

[Word Powers] Today's Words

Tome (noun) (tohm)

1. A volume forming part of a larger work

2. Book; especially: a large or scholarly book

It took me more than a month to finish reading that 800-page tome on European history.            

Spendthrift (noun) (spend-thrift)

A person who spends improvidently or wastefully

David complained that his eldest son was quite the spendthrift, and was always writing home from college requesting more money.




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