27 September 2009

Word of the week #4

word: quietus
definition: A discharge or acquittance given on payment of sums due, or clearing of accounts; a receipt
where I found it: iphone application
The setence I found it in: After the news report, a sense of quietus settled over the dinner table, stilling the idle chatter.
New sentence: The student quietus when she found out when her bike was stolen.

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