Definitions by Larstait

adulation 

Extreme admiration.

Few young actors had received greater adulation than did Marlon Brando after his performance in wordA Streetcar Named Desire/word.

adulation by LarstaiT November 10, 2003

arbitrary 

Based on random or merely personal preference

Both computers cost the same and had the same features, so in the end I made an arbitrary decision about which to buy.

arbitrary by LarstaiT November 10, 2003

ascetic 

Practicing strict self-discipline for moral or spiritual reasons.

The so-called Desert Fathers were hermits who lived an ascetic life of fasting, studying, and prayer.

ascetic by LarstaiT November 10, 2003

arable

Able to be cultivated for growing crops.

Rocky New England has relativelt little arable farmland.

arable by LarstaiT November 10, 2003

anachronism

out of the proper time.

Wrong time

anachronism by LarstaiT November 10, 2003

Caustic 

Burning, Corosive.

No one was safe when the satirist H.L. Mencken unleashed his caustic wit.

Caustic by LarstaiT November 10, 2003

auspicious 

Promising good fortune; propitious.

The news that a team of British climbers had reached the summit of Everest seemed an auspicious sign for the reign of newly crowned Queen Elizabeth II.

auspicious by LarstaiT November 10, 2003