10/06/07

stupendous

1.	causing amazement; astounding; marvelous: stupendous news.

2.	amazingly large or great; immense: a stupendous mass of information.

countenance

1.	appearance, esp. the look or expression of the face: a sad countenance.

2.	the face; visage.

3.	calm facial expression; composure.

4.	approval or favor; encouragement; moral support.

5.	Obsolete. bearing; behavior.

–verb (used with object)

6.	to permit or tolerate: You should not have countenanced his rudeness.

7.	to approve, support, or encourage.

contemptuous
showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful.


Impervious –adjective

1.	not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable: The coat is impervious to rain.

2.	incapable of being injured or impaired: impervious to wear and tear.

3.	incapable of being influenced, persuaded, or affected: impervious to reason; impervious to another's suffering.

Baffle

1.	to confuse, bewilder, or perplex: He was baffled by the technical language of the instructions.

2.	to frustrate or confound; thwart by creating confusion or bewilderment.

3.	to check or deflect the movement of (sound, light, fluids, etc.).

4.	to equip with a baffle or baffles.

5.	Obsolete. to cheat; trick.

–verb (used without object)

6.	to struggle ineffectually, as a ship in a gale.

–noun

7.	something that balks, checks, or deflects.

8.	an artificial obstruction for checking or deflecting the flow of gases (as in a boiler), sounds (as in the loudspeaker system of a radio or hi-fi set), light (as in a darkroom), etc.

9.	any boxlike enclosure or flat panel for mounting a loudspeaker.

Compulsion

1.	the act of compelling; constraint; coercion.

2.	the state or condition of being compelled.

3.	Psychology. a strong, usually irresistible impulse to perform an act, esp. one that is irrational or contrary to one's will.

Meticulous

1.	taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough: a meticulous craftsman; meticulous personal appearance.

2.	finicky; fussy: meticulous adherence to technicalities.

Scrutiny

1.	a searching examination or investigation; minute inquiry.

2.	surveillance; close and continuous watching or guarding.

3.	a close and searching look.

Errand
n.

1. 1. A short trip taken to perform a specified task, usually for another.
   2. The purpose or object of such a trip: Your errand was to mail the letter.
   3. A mission; an embassy.
   4. An oral message that has been entrusted to one.
2. Archaic
   1. A mission; an embassy.
   2. An oral message that has been entrusted to one.