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Monday, October 29, 2007
terminus \TUR-muh-nuhs\, noun:

1. The finishing point; the end.
2. A boundary; a border; a limit.
3. A post or stone marking a boundary.
4. Either end of a railroad or other transportation line; also, the station house, town, or city at that place.

Sunday, October 28, 2007
valetudinarian \val-uh-too-din-AIR-ee-un; -tyoo-\, noun:

1. A weak or sickly person, especially one morbidly concerned with his or her health.
2. Sickly; weak; infirm.
3. Morbidly concerned with one's health.

Saturday, October 27, 2007
impecunious \im-pih-KYOO-nee-uhs\, adjective:

• Not having money; habitually without money; poor.