When I started this blog, I made a list of words that I wanted to include. This postis the final ten words on that list. Maybe there will be more words in the future, but for right now, this is the end. Thank you all for letting me do this - I love words and I can't stand it when they are butchered by people who don't know what they mean.
~CatchingPieces
#. Word
a. Part of Speech
b. Definition 1
c. Definition 2 (if applicable)
The list is cumulative, so this post starts at 76.
76. Superfluous
a. adjective
b. being more than is sufficient or required; excessive
77. Supplant
a. verb
b. to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like
78. Surmount
a. verb
b. to prevail over
79. Tenuous
a. adjective
b. thin or slender in form, as a thread
c. lacking a sound basis, as reasoning; unsubstantiated; weak
80. Troglodyte
a. noun
b. a person living in seclusion
81. Vacillate
a. verb
b. to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute
c. to sway unsteadily; waver; totter; stagger
d. to oscillate or fluctuate
82. Vertigo
a. noun
b. a dizzying sensation of tilting within stable surroundings or of being in tilting or spinning surroundings
83. Verve
a. noun
b. enthusiasm or vigor, as in literary or artistic work; spirit; vivaciousness; liveliness; animation
84. Viscous
a. adjective
b. sticky; thick; adhesive
85. zenith
a. noun
b. a highest point or state; culmination
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Monday, September 13, 2010
Word Wizard! Part 15
Hello my lovelies!!
Remember...
#. Word
a. Part of Speech
b. Definition 1
c. Definition 2 (if applicable)
The list is cumulative, so this post starts at 71.
71. Sommelier
a. noun
b. a waiter, as in a club or restaurant, who is in charge of wines
72. Sophistry
a. noun
b. a subtle, tricky, superficially plausible, but generally fallacious method of reasoning
73. Subjugation
a. verb
b. to make submissive or subservient; enslave
74. Subrogation
a. verb
b. to put into the place of another; substitute for another
75. Supercilious
a. adjective
b. haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression
Remember...
#. Word
a. Part of Speech
b. Definition 1
c. Definition 2 (if applicable)
The list is cumulative, so this post starts at 71.
71. Sommelier
a. noun
b. a waiter, as in a club or restaurant, who is in charge of wines
72. Sophistry
a. noun
b. a subtle, tricky, superficially plausible, but generally fallacious method of reasoning
73. Subjugation
a. verb
b. to make submissive or subservient; enslave
74. Subrogation
a. verb
b. to put into the place of another; substitute for another
75. Supercilious
a. adjective
b. haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression
Monday, September 6, 2010
Word Wizard! Part 14
Woohoo! For once I'm actually on time!
Remember...
#. Word
a. part of speech
b. Definition
c. Definition 2 (if applicable)
The list is cumulative, so in this post it starts at 66.
66. Repletion
a. noun
b. the condition of being abundantly supplied or filled; fullness
67. Schematics
a. noun
b. a diagram, plan, or drawing
68. Seer
a. noun
b. a person who prophesies future events; prophet
69. Skulduggery
a. noun
b. dishonorable proceedings; mean dishonesty or trickery
70. Soffit
a. noun
b. the underside of an architectural feature, as a beam, arch, ceiling, vault, or cornice
Remember...
#. Word
a. part of speech
b. Definition
c. Definition 2 (if applicable)
The list is cumulative, so in this post it starts at 66.
66. Repletion
a. noun
b. the condition of being abundantly supplied or filled; fullness
67. Schematics
a. noun
b. a diagram, plan, or drawing
68. Seer
a. noun
b. a person who prophesies future events; prophet
69. Skulduggery
a. noun
b. dishonorable proceedings; mean dishonesty or trickery
70. Soffit
a. noun
b. the underside of an architectural feature, as a beam, arch, ceiling, vault, or cornice
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Word Wizard! Parts 8 - 13
Somehow, once again, I have been absent for 6 whole weeks! Maybe I should change my scedule to 6 week intervals... no, words are too important to wait. Words are the essence of life! We are our stories (as someone I cannot properly cite once said), and what would our stories (and ourselves) be without words! So come with me - learn words, learn stories, learn yourself.
Remember...
#. Word
a. part of speech
b. Definition
c. Definition 2 (if applicable)
The list is cumulative, so in this post it starts at 37.
37. Insure
a. verb
b. to guarantee against loss or harm
38. Klaxon
a. noun
b. a loud electric horn, formerly used on automobiles, trucks, etc., and now often used as a warning signal
39. Labyrinth
a. noun
b. an intricate combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find one's way or to reach the exit
40. Labyrinthine
a. adjective
b. complicated; tortuous
41. Lampoon
a. noun
b. a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution; a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society, etc.
42. Lithe
a. adjective
b. bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible
43. Modicum
a. noun
b. a moderate or small amount
44. Moxie
a. noun (slang)
b. vigor; verve; pep
c. courage and aggressiveness; nerve
d. skill; know-how
45. Nadir
a. noun
b. the lowest point; point of greatest adversity or despair
46. Obelisk
a. noun
b. a tapering, four-sided shaft of stone, usually monolithic and having a pyramidal apex
47. Oblong
a. adjective
b. elongated, usually from the square or circular form
c. in the form of a rectangle one of whose dimensions is greater than the other
d. noun
e. an oblong figure
48. Onus
a. noun
b. a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
49. Opus
a. noun
b. a musical composition
50. Ostensible
a. adjective
b. outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended
51. Phalanx
a. noun
b. any body of troops in close array
c. a number of individuals, esp. persons united for a common purpose
d. a compact or closely massed body of persons, animals, or things
52. Phlebotomy
a. noun
b. the act or practice of opening a vein for letting blood as a therapeutic measure; venesection; bleeding
53. Pilfer
a. verb
b. to steal, esp. in small quantities
54. Plethora
a. noun
b. overabundance; excess
55. Polyglot
a. adjective
b. able to speak or write several languages; multilingual
c. containing, composed of, or written in several languages
d. noun
e. a mixture or confusion of languages
f. a person who speaks, writes, or reads a number of languages
g. a book, esp. a Bible, containing the same text in several languages
56. Popinjay
a. noun
b. a person given to vain, pretentious displays and empty chatter; coxcomb; fop
57. Preclude
a. verb
b. to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible
58. Predilection
a. noun
b. a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference
59. Privy
a. adjective
b. participating in the knowledge of something private or secret
c. noun
d. outhouse
60. Prodigal
a. adjective
b. wastefully or recklessly extravagant
c. noun
d. a person who spends, or has spent, his or her money or substance with wasteful extravagance; spendthrift
61. Propensity
a. noun
b. a natural inclination or tendency
62. Proxy
a. noun
b. the agency, function, or power of a person authorized to act as the deputy or substitute for another
63. Raze
a. verb
b. to tear down; demolish; level to the ground
64. Relegate
a. verb
b. to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition
65. Relent
a. verb
b. to soften in feeling, temper, or determination; become more mild, compassionate, or forgiving
c. to become less severe; slacken
Remember...
#. Word
a. part of speech
b. Definition
c. Definition 2 (if applicable)
The list is cumulative, so in this post it starts at 37.
37. Insure
a. verb
b. to guarantee against loss or harm
38. Klaxon
a. noun
b. a loud electric horn, formerly used on automobiles, trucks, etc., and now often used as a warning signal
39. Labyrinth
a. noun
b. an intricate combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find one's way or to reach the exit
40. Labyrinthine
a. adjective
b. complicated; tortuous
41. Lampoon
a. noun
b. a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution; a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society, etc.
42. Lithe
a. adjective
b. bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible
43. Modicum
a. noun
b. a moderate or small amount
44. Moxie
a. noun (slang)
b. vigor; verve; pep
c. courage and aggressiveness; nerve
d. skill; know-how
45. Nadir
a. noun
b. the lowest point; point of greatest adversity or despair
46. Obelisk
a. noun
b. a tapering, four-sided shaft of stone, usually monolithic and having a pyramidal apex
47. Oblong
a. adjective
b. elongated, usually from the square or circular form
c. in the form of a rectangle one of whose dimensions is greater than the other
d. noun
e. an oblong figure
48. Onus
a. noun
b. a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
49. Opus
a. noun
b. a musical composition
50. Ostensible
a. adjective
b. outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended
51. Phalanx
a. noun
b. any body of troops in close array
c. a number of individuals, esp. persons united for a common purpose
d. a compact or closely massed body of persons, animals, or things
52. Phlebotomy
a. noun
b. the act or practice of opening a vein for letting blood as a therapeutic measure; venesection; bleeding
53. Pilfer
a. verb
b. to steal, esp. in small quantities
54. Plethora
a. noun
b. overabundance; excess
55. Polyglot
a. adjective
b. able to speak or write several languages; multilingual
c. containing, composed of, or written in several languages
d. noun
e. a mixture or confusion of languages
f. a person who speaks, writes, or reads a number of languages
g. a book, esp. a Bible, containing the same text in several languages
56. Popinjay
a. noun
b. a person given to vain, pretentious displays and empty chatter; coxcomb; fop
57. Preclude
a. verb
b. to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible
58. Predilection
a. noun
b. a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference
59. Privy
a. adjective
b. participating in the knowledge of something private or secret
c. noun
d. outhouse
60. Prodigal
a. adjective
b. wastefully or recklessly extravagant
c. noun
d. a person who spends, or has spent, his or her money or substance with wasteful extravagance; spendthrift
61. Propensity
a. noun
b. a natural inclination or tendency
62. Proxy
a. noun
b. the agency, function, or power of a person authorized to act as the deputy or substitute for another
63. Raze
a. verb
b. to tear down; demolish; level to the ground
64. Relegate
a. verb
b. to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition
65. Relent
a. verb
b. to soften in feeling, temper, or determination; become more mild, compassionate, or forgiving
c. to become less severe; slacken
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Word Wizard! Parts 2 - 7
OK, so here's the big secret...I'm not good at being on time. I'm so sorry that I have missed, let's see, SIX WEEKS of words! What an endless tragedy! I was out of town and all sorts of stuff, and I got distracted.
Well, never fear my gentle reader(s). I am here to make it up to you with six weeks worth of words - that's right, 30 brand new words!
The list starts at 6, not 1, because this is the 6th culumative word that I've blogged.
Hope you enjoy them....
#. Word
a. part of speech
b. definition
c. definition 2 if applicable
6. Anomaly
a. noun
b. a deviation from the common rule, type, arrangement, or form
7. Apportions
a. verb
b. to distribute or allocate proportionally; divide and assign according to some rule of proportional distribution
8. Astringent
a. adjective
b. harshly biting; caustic
9. Biometrics
a. noun
b. The statistical study of biological phenomena
10. Biplicity
a. noun
b. The state of being twice folded; reduplication
11. Bipod
a. noun
b. a two-legged support, as for an automatic rifle
12. Bolster
a. noun
b. a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc
13. Cacophony
a. noun
b. harsh discordance of sound; dissonance
14. Capitulate
a. verb
b. to surrender
15. Caustic
a. adjective
b. capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue
c. severely critical or sarcastic
16. Chiasmus
a. noun
b. a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases, as in “He went to the country, to the town went she.”
17. Coalesce
a. verb
b. to grow together or into one body
18. Cognizance
a. noun
b. awareness, realization, or knowledge; notice; perception
19. Cursory
a. adjective
b. going rapidly over something, without noticing details; hasty; superficial
20. Daedal
a. adjective
b. skillful; ingenious; cleverly intricate
21. Dither
a. noun
b. a trembling; vibration
22. Domicile
a. noun
b. a place of residence; abode; house or home
23. Double Entendre
a. noun
b. a double meaning that is sexual in nature
24. Dubious
a. adjective
b. doubtful; marked by or occasioning doubt
25. Ebb
a. noun
b. a flowing backward or away; decline or decay
26. Effervescent
a. adjective
b. bubbling; vivacious; gay; lively; sparkling
27. Ensure
a. verb
b. to secure or guarantee
28. Espial
a. noun
b. the act of spying or keeping watch; observation
29. Etymology
a. noun
b. the derivation of a word
30. Evanescent
a. adjective
b. vanishing; fading away; fleeting
31. Fiery
a. adjective
b. like or suggestive of fire
32. Flippant
a. adjective
b. frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity
33. Fyke
a. noun
b. a bag-shaped fish trap
34. Incendiary
a. adjective
b. used or adapted for setting property on fire
35. Indemnity
a. noun
b. protection or security against damage or loss
c. compensation for damage or loss sustained
36. Infuse
a. verb
b. to introduce, as if by pouring; cause to penetrate; instill
Well, never fear my gentle reader(s). I am here to make it up to you with six weeks worth of words - that's right, 30 brand new words!
The list starts at 6, not 1, because this is the 6th culumative word that I've blogged.
Hope you enjoy them....
#. Word
a. part of speech
b. definition
c. definition 2 if applicable
6. Anomaly
a. noun
b. a deviation from the common rule, type, arrangement, or form
7. Apportions
a. verb
b. to distribute or allocate proportionally; divide and assign according to some rule of proportional distribution
8. Astringent
a. adjective
b. harshly biting; caustic
9. Biometrics
a. noun
b. The statistical study of biological phenomena
10. Biplicity
a. noun
b. The state of being twice folded; reduplication
11. Bipod
a. noun
b. a two-legged support, as for an automatic rifle
12. Bolster
a. noun
b. a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc
13. Cacophony
a. noun
b. harsh discordance of sound; dissonance
14. Capitulate
a. verb
b. to surrender
15. Caustic
a. adjective
b. capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue
c. severely critical or sarcastic
16. Chiasmus
a. noun
b. a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases, as in “He went to the country, to the town went she.”
17. Coalesce
a. verb
b. to grow together or into one body
18. Cognizance
a. noun
b. awareness, realization, or knowledge; notice; perception
19. Cursory
a. adjective
b. going rapidly over something, without noticing details; hasty; superficial
20. Daedal
a. adjective
b. skillful; ingenious; cleverly intricate
21. Dither
a. noun
b. a trembling; vibration
22. Domicile
a. noun
b. a place of residence; abode; house or home
23. Double Entendre
a. noun
b. a double meaning that is sexual in nature
24. Dubious
a. adjective
b. doubtful; marked by or occasioning doubt
25. Ebb
a. noun
b. a flowing backward or away; decline or decay
26. Effervescent
a. adjective
b. bubbling; vivacious; gay; lively; sparkling
27. Ensure
a. verb
b. to secure or guarantee
28. Espial
a. noun
b. the act of spying or keeping watch; observation
29. Etymology
a. noun
b. the derivation of a word
30. Evanescent
a. adjective
b. vanishing; fading away; fleeting
31. Fiery
a. adjective
b. like or suggestive of fire
32. Flippant
a. adjective
b. frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity
33. Fyke
a. noun
b. a bag-shaped fish trap
34. Incendiary
a. adjective
b. used or adapted for setting property on fire
35. Indemnity
a. noun
b. protection or security against damage or loss
c. compensation for damage or loss sustained
36. Infuse
a. verb
b. to introduce, as if by pouring; cause to penetrate; instill
Monday, June 14, 2010
Word Wizard!
#. Word
a. part of speech
b. definition
1. Aboriginal
a. adjective
b. of, pertaining to, or typical of aborigines
2. Acerbic
a. adjective
b. sour or astringent in taste
3. Alp
a. noun
b. a high mountain
4. Amalgam
a. noun
b. a mixture or combination
5. Ambivalent
a. noun
b. uncertainty or fluctuation, esp. when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things
a. part of speech
b. definition
1. Aboriginal
a. adjective
b. of, pertaining to, or typical of aborigines
2. Acerbic
a. adjective
b. sour or astringent in taste
3. Alp
a. noun
b. a high mountain
4. Amalgam
a. noun
b. a mixture or combination
5. Ambivalent
a. noun
b. uncertainty or fluctuation, esp. when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things
The Way This is Gonna Work...
Word Wizard:
Every Monday at 6 o'clock PM I will post 5 vocabulary words. I encourage any English teachers or any students soon to take the SAT to study these words.
Grammar InAction:
Every Saturday I will post a few examples of poor grammar. I will then explain what's wrong with them.
Greater Grammar:
Every now and then I will post an in-depth analysis of a grammatical issue.
Pronounciation Provocation:
Every now and then I will post a few commonly mispronouced words and explain the correct pronounciation.
Every Monday at 6 o'clock PM I will post 5 vocabulary words. I encourage any English teachers or any students soon to take the SAT to study these words.
Grammar InAction:
Every Saturday I will post a few examples of poor grammar. I will then explain what's wrong with them.
Greater Grammar:
Every now and then I will post an in-depth analysis of a grammatical issue.
Pronounciation Provocation:
Every now and then I will post a few commonly mispronouced words and explain the correct pronounciation.
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