Daily Vocabulary(2009/03/01)

7146.frivolous(つまらない、取るに足りない）
Some of the articles in the magazine are a little light-weight, but it's not just frivolous things.
7147.runaround(その場しのぎの言い逃れ、はぐらかし）
All you gave me was the runaround.
7148.inane(意味のない、ばかげた)
I spent hours listening to the same inane recorded music over and over again.
7149.retentive(保持［維持］力のある、記憶力の良い）
A retentive memory may be a good things,but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.
7150.gripe(不平、不満、不平を言う、愚痴をこぼす）
We have been griping about out taxes.
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