Boorish

(wild boar)

1- Ill mannered

2-unmannered, crude, insensitive

3- boo r-ish

4- His boorish behavior caused everyone to dislike him.

Cynical

(politics)

1- distrusting or disparaging the motives of others

2- pessemistic

3- sin-i-kuhl

4- Being involved in politics will make anyone cynical.

Epistle

(New Testament)

1- a letter, especially a formal or didactic one

2-written communication

3- ih-pis-uhl

4- The New Testament is made of mostly epistles.

Heresy

(Martin Luther)

1- opinion or doctrine at variance with the orthodox or accepted doctrine, especially of a church or religious system

2- dissent, iconoclasm, dissension

3- haer-uh-see

4- Martin Luther's 95 Theses were considered heresy when he nailed them to church door.

Lance

(Midieval Times)

1- Spear, Spike, javelin

2- see above

3- lans

4- Dinner at Midieval Times will acquaint one with the art of using a lance as a weapon

Obscure

(politician's intentions)

1- difficult to understand; partially hidden

2- Doubtful, dubious

3- ob-scyoor

4- Politicians often obscure their true intentions by hedging and double talk

Poignant

(9/11)

1) Deeply moving, strongly affecting the emotions

2) meaningful, sincere, heart-felt

3) poyn-yunt

4) 9/11 is a poignant memory for most Americans.

Respite

(Casey Anthony jury)

1) a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief

2) rest, recess, hiatus

3)res-pite

4) The Casy Anthony jury must be greatful for the respite when they are on recess.

Terse

1) neatly or effectively concise

2) pithy, curt, brusque

3) turs

4) His turse observations gained him respect from his coworkers.

Acrophobia

(acrobats)

1) Fear of heights

2) none

3) ak-roh-foh-bee-uh

4) Acrobats cannot have acrophobia because their jobs often require meneuvering difficult tasks at incredible heights.

Bourgeois

(American economy)

1) Middle class

2) see above

3) boor-zwah

4) The American bourgeois is the driving force of it's economy.

Debility

(guy at the climbing gym)

1) noun: a weakened or enfeebled state; weakness

2) disability, ailment

3) deb-hil-i-tee

4) There is a guy at the climbing gym who only has one leg, despite this debility, he is still able to climb.

Epistolary

(online dating)

1) contained in or carried on by letters

2) none

3) ih-pis-tl-er-ee

4) The old-time version of online dating would be epistolary dating.

Hiatus

(t.v. shows)

1) a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action

2) respite, break, space, interval

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3)hahy-ate-us

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4) The hiatus from Burn Notice and White Collar are finally over! I can't wait to watch the shows again.

Languid

(Katrina)

1) adj: lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow 

2) listless, slow, tired

3) lan-gwid

4) The languid response to hurricane Katrina caused outrage among many.

Poised

(good leader)

1) adj: (of a person) composed, dignified, self-assured

2) see above

3) poizd

4) Good leaders are usually poised and show thier self-confidence.

Resplendent

(sunrise)

1) adj: Shining brilliantly, gleaming, splendid

2) rediant, dazzling, georgious

3) res-plen-dunt

4) The sunrise over the lake was respendent.

Therapeutic

(Japanese hot springs)

1) treating or curing of disease

2) curative, healing

3)ther-uh-pyoo-tik

4) They say that Japanese hot springs are therapeutic, and time spent in one can even heal wounds.