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May 31, 2011
This week's themeWords made with combining forms This week's words logorrhea necrology phycology hagiocracy paleography Find that word with Crossword Helper 
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with Anu Gargnecrology
PRONUNCIATION:
(nuh-KROL-uh-jee, neh-)
MEANING:
noun:1. A list of those who have died during a specific period. 2. An obituary. ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek necro- (dead) + -logy (account). Earliest documented use: 1728.
USAGE:
"The fare structure is one reason Independence Air has joined a necrology
of low-cost carriers that stretches over four decades."Marc Fisher; We Loved That Airline To Death; Washington Post; Jan 5, 2006. See more usage examples of necrology in Vocabulary.com's dictionary. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us. -Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882)
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