Question:
Can someone help me out with these words?
Kathryn S
2008-09-14 07:08:52 UTC
If you can just give me a brife discription of what the words mean.

Beacon
Citadel
Comrade
Entitled
Iconic
Improvised
Kin
Loom
Pact
Patroness
Prophecy
Repast
Serenity
Strewn
Suitors
Talons
Tedious
Treious
Trestles
Trifling
Yoke
Four answers:
2008-09-14 07:32:10 UTC
this will take a while so i better get 10 points lol....



well lets start from the top:



Beacons

are aids to navigation devices. Intentionally conspicuous, beacons help guide navigators to their destinations. Beacon types include radar reflectors, radio beacons, and sonic or visual signals. Visual beacons range from small, single-pile structures to large lighthouses or light stations and are located on land or in water. Lighted beacons are called lights; unlighted beacons are called daybeacons.

citadel is a fortress for protecting a town, sometimes incorporating a castle. The term derives from the same Latin root as the word "city", civis, meaning citizen.



Citadels

are most often used to protect a garrison or political power from the inhabitants of the town it is defending. They were designed to ensure loyalty from the town which they defended.



Comrade

means "friend", "colleague", or "ally", often with a military or left-wing political connotation.



Entitled

Your a allowed to do something basicaly



Iconic

ie iconic mind (short term memory) or iconic character



improvised

Say where you do something slightly different because you were unable to use or do somehting else so you improised



Kin

Next in kin. Say you leave no will so all your valuables go to your next in Kin (Partner or brother or sister)



Loom

loom is a machine or device for weaving thread or yarn into textiles. Or somehting could loom in the darkness



Pact

pact is a formal agreement, usually between two or more nations.



Patroness

is the support, encouragement, privilege and often financial aid given by a person or an organization



Prophecy

generally, describes the disclosing of information that is not known to the prophet by any ordinary means



Repast

computer software toolkit or a meal



Serenity

is an absence of agitation. In certain contexts, it may refer to:



Serenity (software), an open source web server project

Serenity (porn star), an adult video actress

In music, Serenity may refer to:



Serenity (Blood for Blood album), the seventh studio album by Blood for Blood

Serenity (Culture Beat album), the second album by Culture Beat

Serenity (band), an Austrian Progressive metal band

Serenity (song), a hard rock song by Godsmack

Serenity (soundtrack), the soundtrack to the 2005 film

In popular culture, Serenity may refer to any of various topics related to Firefly, a U.S. television series, or its various spin-offs, particularly:



"Serenity" (Firefly episode), the TV series pilot

Serenity (film), the 2005 film

Serenity (Firefly vessel), the spaceship



Strewn

Strewn Winery is a small winery in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada. It was established in 1997 by winemaker Joe Will and his wife, food writer Jane Langdon. Or it can be the area where meteorites from a single fall are dispersed. It is also used with tektites produced by large meteorite impact



Suitors

Someone or somehting that go well with somehting



Talons

Claws



Tedious

Someone can be tedious when reffering to somehting



Treious

not sure



Trestles

saw horses etc



Trifling

Of slight worth or importance



Yoke

is a wooden beam which is used between a pair of oxen to allow them to pull a load





Well hope i helped. I think i'm the only person to be botherd to help you. Please may i have 10 points? My head is going to explode lol!
2008-09-14 09:41:18 UTC
With the possible exception ot "treious", these are all words you should be able to find in any standard dictionary. If you don't have access to a hardcopy, there are plenty online.
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2008-09-14 07:43:33 UTC
give head girl 10 !
Blue
2008-09-14 07:16:13 UTC
Go to www.dictionary.com


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