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Sep 15, 2012

Wholesome

conducive to moral or general well-being; salutary; beneficial: wholesome recreation.
 
conducive to bodily health; healthful; salubrious: wholesome food; wholesome air; wholesome exercise.
 
suggestive of physical or moral health, especially in appearance.  
healthy or sound.
 



 

Dowry

  1. the money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
  2. (esp formerly) a gift made by a man to his bride or her parents.






Substitute

a person or thing used or acting instead of another.
I was substitute headmaster for a team.






Sep 3, 2012

Rum

Atype of alcoholic drink, a spririt made from sugar cane: a bottle of rum.



Sep 2, 2012

Allegiance

  1. loyalty, as of a subject to his sovereign or of a citizen to his country




       

Vow

a solemn or earnest pledge or promise binding the person making it to perform a specified act or behave in a certain way.



Cynicism

 

  1. the attitude or beliefs of a cynic
  2. a cynical action, remark, idea, etc