- alacrity
- (n.) eagerness, speed(For some reason, Simon loved to help his girlfriend whenever he could, so when his girlfriend asked him to set the table he did so with alacrity.)
- QUIZ TIME! CONTINUED!We've had no winners yet so here's a visual clue...In what film is the following quote (featuring Word 3) from?Character 1: 'You'll be dining with the captain. And he requests you wear this.'Character 2: 'Well you may tell the captain that I am disinclined to acquiesce to his request.'Submit answers as a comment! A mention to the winner goes in the next Improve your Vocab blog!
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Saturday, 12 February 2011
Word 4: Alacrity
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Hook?
ReplyDeleteGood words, but these are still too mainstream in good books, pick some weirder or lesser known words!
hmm Kerykeion is right? Hook ?
ReplyDeleteKerykeion is nearly right! The theme of Pirates is definetely the right direction. The second picture is a huge clue...it is somewhere very tropical...
ReplyDeletePirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.?
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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End?
Pirates of the caribbean: the curse of the black pearl
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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl!!!
ReplyDeleteWow, way too late...but...following!
ReplyDeleteaah damn too late! but following!!! awesome idea!
ReplyDeleteAhh POTC I knew it sounded familiar, good word of the day didn't get to use this one though xD
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