Lexeme* to Bamboozle** your friends.

Today, Dearest readers, I feel the need to amplify your english lexeme. Of course, please use these wisely. Definitions, pronunciation and the like come from Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, which is one of my favorite lexicons.
So, without farther babble on my part, so words for you:


1) ruritanian [roor-i-tey-nee-uhn] adj. noun
 a mythical, romantic kingdom conceived as the setting for a fairy tale,drama, comic opera, etc.; any  small, little-known country or region considered remote, backward, or exotic.
It was a ruritanian novel, and reminded Ariel of childhood tales.

2) Estival [es-tuh-vuhl] adj.

pertaining to summer; of or occurring in summer

Ms. Young’s dress is quite estival today.

3) Frivolous [friv-uh-luhs] adj.

characterized by lack of seriousness or sense; lacking any serious purpose.

The decor in her house was frivolous.

5)inane: [in-an] adj.

lacking substance, meaning or point

Twilight fan’s antics are inane.

6)abhorrent: [ab-hor-en(t)] adj.

causing disgust, hatred, etc.; detestable

The way the budget is being handled is quite abhorrent.

7)dissemination: [dis-em-e-na-tion] noun

to spread abroad as though sowing seed (~ ideas); To disperse through out; to spread     widely

The dissemination of the black plague was quite fast.

8)ambiguous: [am-big-yu-wes] adj

doubtful o uncertain; capable of being understood in two or  more possible senses.

The projects for SciTech are always ambiguous at the beginning.

9) bestial: [ bes(h)-chel] adj;

of or relating to beasts; resembling a beast; lacking intelligence or  reason; marked by base or inhuman instincts or desires.

We must quell our more bestial impulses and find the common ground.

10 ) begets: [bi-get] verb transitive

to produce as an effect

Violence does not beget peace, no matter which way you look at it.


Today's Words were provided by the letters A and B, and by the number 12.


*[lek-seem] a word or base; a vocabulary item
**[bam-boo-zuhl]  to perplex; mystify