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
Monday, September 13, 2010
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
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