Friday, October 10, 2008

Vocabulary - Use It Or Lose It (Part 16)

It's vocabulary time! Review the word list (shown below) and pick one word that you're not already familiar with in your day-to-day vocabulary. You can use an online dictionary (such as this one: http://www.merriam-webster.com) to define it. Post the word, its part of speech (noun, verb, adjective, etc.), and the definition. Be sure to look through what others have posted! It'll help all of us improve our vocabularies! If you really want to stretch your brain & try something fun, use the word you select correctly in a sentence!

Abstemious
Blithe
Crepuscular
Enunciation
Headstrong
Lackluster
Objective
Pliable
Rescind
Temper

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Crepuscular: (adjective)
of, relating to, or resembling twlight.

Lisa Bristol

Anonymous said...

Headstrong-Adjective

David is so headstrong, he listen's to no one but himself.


Sheila W.

Anonymous said...

Mirlene - comment
Lackluster: ordinary, dull.

Anonymous said...

rescind: to take legal power away from.

Anonymous said...

My co-worker Mauricio is such a calm and quiet person,but sometimes he looses his temper too.Perhaps he is just human,after all.

Anonymous said...

PLIABLE- a: supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking b: yielding readily to others : complaisant
2: adjustable to varying conditions

Tais M

Anonymous said...

head·strong
Function: adjective
1 : not easily restrained : impatient of control, advice, or suggestions a headstrong businessman

enun·ci·ate
Function: verb
1 a: to make a definite or systematic statement of b: announce , proclaim enunciated the new policy

Crystal Smolter

Anonymous said...

Temper\tem-per
Function= transitive verb
1. To dilutre, qualify
2. To exercise contro
3. To bring to a suitable state
4. to soften
5. to make strong resilient through hardship
6. to put in tone with somthing

Mr. Smith is temper my piano.

Maria E. Wahlenberg

Anonymous said...

conglobate:to form into a round compact mass.

Delbon Johnson

Anonymous said...

Lacklustes: lacking in sheen, brilliance, or vitality : dull , mediocre
— lackluster noun

Your comments were lackluster.

Maria Rodriguez - Trelles