Sunday, September 5, 2010

[Word Powers] Today's Words

  Gambol (gam-buhl) :

  1.     (verb) To skip about, as in dancing or playing; frolic.

  2.     (noun) A skipping or frisking about; frolic.

  The little boy's mother told him not to gambol in the house.

               

Riparian (ri-pair-ee-uhn):

1.       (adj) Situated or dwelling on the bank of a river or other body of water: riparian villas.

2.       (noun) A person who owns land on the bank of a natural watercourse or body of water.

Occasional windows at the southern end permit small patches of riparian vegetation, mostly Common Reed.



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