tocsin \TOCK-sin\, noun:
1. An alarm bell, or the ringing of a bell for the purpose of alarm.
2. A warning.

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am drawn to the fanfic100 projects (and its subsequent offspring), but generally uninspired at the idea of such strict rules and generally uninspiring prompt-words (who gets to choose them, anyway? snot fair.), so i've decided to prompt myself with dictionary.com's words of the day, which are a bit more fun to play with. maybe i'll do 100 of them. maybe i'll do one every day. who knows? here's the first one:

tocsin \TOCK-sin\, noun:
1. An alarm bell, or the ringing of a bell for the purpose of alarm.
2. A warning.

nefarious \nuh-FERR-ee-us\, adjective:
Wicked in the extreme; abominable; iniquitous; atrociously villainous; execrable; detestably vile.

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Mal = Xena
River = Callisto
Jayne = Gabrielle
Simon = Joxer
Zoe = Ares
Kaylee = Aphrodite

scintilla \sin-TIL-uh\, noun:
A tiny or scarcely detectable amount; the slightest particle; a trace; a spark.

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