December 2010
7 posts
Olivia Malone: stretch
stretch [stretch]
–verb (used without object)
1. to recline at full length (usually followed by out ): to stretch out on a couch.
2. to extend the hand or to reach, as for something.
3. to stretch oneself by extending the limbs and lengthening the muscles to the utmost: to stretch and yawn.
Nina Ahn: wrap
wrap [rap]
–verb (used with object)
1. to enclose in something wound or folded about (often followed by up ): She wrapped her head in a scarf.
2. to enclose and make fast (an article, bundle, etc.) within a covering of paper or the like (often followed by up ): He wrapped the package up in brown paper.
3. to wind, fold, or bind (something) about as a covering.
Olivia Malone: pool
pool [pool]
–noun
1. a small body of standing water; pond.
2. a still, deep place in a stream.
3. any small collection of liquid on a surface: a pool of blood.
Lara Alegre: nostalgia
nostalgia nos·tal·gia [no-stal-juh]
–noun
1. a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one’s life, to one’s home or homeland, or to one’s family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time: a nostalgia for his college days.
2. something that elicits or displays nostalgia.
Nina Ahn: touch
touch [tuhch]
–verb (used with object)
1. to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
2. to come into contact with and perceive (something), as the hand or the like does.
3. to bring (the hand, finger, etc., or something held) into contact with something: She touched a match to the papers.
Kim Koster: anonymous
anonymous a·non·y·mous [uh-non-uh-muhs]
–adjective
1. without any name acknowledged, as that of author, contributor, or the like: an anonymous letter to the editor; an anonymous donation.
2. of unknown name; whose name is withheld: an anonymous author.
3. lacking individuality, unique character, or distinction: an endless row of drab, anonymous houses.
Lara Alegre: mystery
mystery mys·ter·y [mis-tuh-ree]
–noun
1. anything that is kept secret or remains unexplained or unknown: the mysteries of nature.
2. any affair, thing, or person that presents features or qualities so obscure as to arouse curiosity or speculation: The masked guest is an absolute mystery to everyone.
3. any truth that is unknowable except by divine revelation.