Since I don't know what execrable means, I though I should look it up so I'll be better equipped to deal with whatever I'm about to see." Ignoring the ladies' tottering Millie continued perusing the pages until she found the word she was looking for. Lifting her head after she read the definition, she glanced around. "Begging your pardon Mrs. Cutling, but I don't see anything out here of a wretched or"- she returned her attention to the dictionary- "abominable nature. Although" -she flipped the pages to the A's -" I don't know what that means either. Jen Turano
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The idea that you can know what a word means just by looking it up is absurd. There are many words that have multiple meanings. In addition, there are words that have different meanings depending on how they are used. You cannot assume that a word has only one meaning unless you have defined that meaning yourself first.

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