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10 WORDS

1) Hypogeum - (n) a subterranean chamber of an ancient building
2) Macabre - (adj) suggesting the horror of death and decay, gruesome
3) Solipsism - (n) the theory that the self is the only thing that can be known and verified
4) Entrecote - (n) a cut of steak taken from between the ribs
5) Antediluvian - (adj) extremly old and antiquated
6) Guilloche - (n) an ornamental border formed of two or more curved bands that interlace to repeat a circular design
7) Saccade - (n) a rapid intermittent eye movement, as that which occurs when the eyes fix on one point after another in the visual fiel
8) Benighted - (adj) lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture
9) Choleric - (adj) easily angered, bad tempered
10) Aitch - (n) the letter h



TODAY IN HISTORY

1)In 1794 Antoine Lavoisier (a French nobleman) , also known as "Father of Modern Chemistry", was tried, convicted, and killed at the guillotine. He stated the first Law of conservation of Matter, descovered and named Oxygen, and developed the first periodic table of elements. He was also the chairman of the board of Discount Bank.

2) In 1884 Harry S. Truman was born



QUOTE OF THE DAY

Wisdom outweighs any wealth. - sophocles