Competitive Vocabulary Game.

[L99SS]

The ante is strong with this one.

The best I can mentally establish is that "concatenate" is an adjective.

Woe: immense grief.

Concatenate: Strictly thought out or composed?

[Ivas]

Originally Posted by L99SS

The ante is strong with this one.

The best I can mentally establish is that "concatenate" is an adjective.

Woe: immense grief.

Concatenate: Strictly thought out or composed?

Although I am not the poster of "concatenate", it looks to be an acceptable response, eh?

So, okay, do your damnedest, L99SS. We can take it as well as dish it out.

[CamaroFemme]

Originally Posted by Ivas

Ooh, I like your understatement of Laconic.

Now, your word. Since I speak French and Spanish as well as English, I recognize your word from French. It is a very obscure word in that language. It means to be flecked with something sparkly, like in the cornea of some people's eyes.
Wow, that was a word I thought I'd never use. Is it really used in English?

New word: "Woe"

Thank you, thank you. It is a word used in English (rarely.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aventurine

I had a necklace with one once - must've been why it popped into mind.

[Berean]

Originally Posted by Ivas

Although I am not the poster of "concatenate", it looks to be an acceptable response, eh?

So, okay, do your damnedest, L99SS. We can take it as well as dish it out.

No. Concatenate means to join together in a contiguous series. It's a term used in telecom quite a bit regarding bandwidth across a network.

[Berean]

Next word: exsanguinate

[L99SS]

Originally Posted by Berean

Next word: exsanguinate

Exsanguinate means to bleed out.

Deflagrate

[L99SS]

Are not the vocabulary aces present today?

[Ivas]

Originally Posted by L99SS

Are not the vocabulary aces present today?

Since I ain't one of 'em, I couldn't tell ya'. If you're willing to tolerate my clumsy efforts to play with the "big boys", I'll give it my humble best.

Word at hand: deflagrate. The "de" prefix indicates a negation, right?
"flagration" makes me consider "fire" in some form. Could it be to put out a fire?

"Flagration" also tells me something along the lines of farting. Could it be the expulsion all of intestinal fumes?

"Flagellate" means scourging or whipping in some way; it also means to move about by the waving of pendulous tissues. Paramecia travel that way. Of course, flagellate involves a serious change in spelling. Could it be to 'de-wing', so to speak, the creature?

I think the proposed solutions are presented in order of their likelihood of accuracy.

[L99SS]

Your contributions to this thread certainly display themselves as coming from one who has an element of mastery over words. With the presence of a medical student, a possible English major (?), and some with poetic exposure, I've had to draw from a different area of experience in an attempt to have you folks stumped.

Here's a hint: Your first guess is partially well directed - deflagration is associated with volatility, and the prefix is indication that the fueling compound is broken down in the process. However, it has nothing to do with extinguishing a fire.

[The Stig]

Is it the breaking down of wood as it's matter is being converted into fire (and/or energy depending how you look at it).

[L99SS]

Not quite, Stieger. It has more bearing on the manner in which something combusts, as determined by its readiness or propensity to burn.

[Ivas]

Originally Posted by L99SS

Not quite, Stieger. It has more bearing on the manner in which something combusts, as determined by its readiness or propensity to burn.

So we're talkin' 'bout HOW something burns, possibly related to the CONDITIONS under which this chemical reaction takes place.

Some things are readier to burn than others, some things won't burn at all, hmm. But does this have any bearing on the issue at hand?

It's the "flag" bit, isn't it? It has a connection with the highly reactive element: Fluorine? Nah, that's just a coîncidence of spelling...

C'mon fellahs, we're fading as I speak...

[Berean]

I'm out. Waiting for the reboot.

[L99SS]

Alright, you guys gave it a good effort and were getting the general idea in mind, so let's reboot.

Deflagrate: To burn suddenly or violently. Burning gunpowder demonstrates this very well.

I will defer the new word to the next poster.