The word of the day is: stark adjective: 1. extremely simple or severe: a stark interior. 2. sheer, utter, downright, or complete: stark madness. 3. harsh, grim, or desolate, as a view, place, etc.: a stark landscape. 4. bluntly or sternly plain; not softened or glamorized: the stark reality of the schedules deadline. 5. stiff or rigid in substance, muscles, etc. 6. rigid in death. 7. Archaic. strong; powerful; massive or robust. adverb: 1. utterly, absolutely, or quite: stark mad. 2. Chiefly Scot. and North England. in a stark manner; stoutly or vigorously. His office was stark in comparison to Valeks and lacked personal decorations. The only object in the room that did not have a specific purpose was a hand-size statue of a black snow cat. -- Maria V. Snyder, Poison Study, 2005
Posted on: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 15:54:42 +0000
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