Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Vocabulary - Use It Or Lose It (Part 18)

Check out these vocabulary words. Which one or ones do you know? Which one or ones don't you know? Please post 1-2 words (with the meanings) that you know and 1-2 words (with the meanings) that you didn't know (prior to this blog entry).

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berate"to criticize or scold harshly."
estrange"to drive away or alienate."
euphoric"very happy, overjoyed."
impetuous"impulsive, done in a hurry."
infallible"perfect,unable to make a mistake."
maudlin"overly emotional,tearfully sentimental."
regress"to go backward,to return to a worse condition."
relinquish"to yield or surrender."
ubiquitous"found or existing everywhere"
zenith"the highest point, the peak."

(Words from http://www.quia.com/jg/527603list.html.)

11 comments:

Tierra Madison said...

Words I knew:
Infallible- Perfect, unable to make a mistake.
Regress- To go backward, to return to a worse condition.

Words I learned:
Maudlin- Overly emotional, tearfully sentimental.
Berate- To criticize or scold harshly.

Sandra B said...

Words I know

berate "to criticize or scold harshly."
estrange "to drive away or alienate."

Words I did not know

impetuous "implusive, done in a hurry.
ubiquitous "found or existing everywhere."

Anonymous said...

The two words I was familiar with are: relinquish which means to yield or surrender and also estrange meaning to drive away or alienate.

The two words that I learned were: regress which means to go backward, to return to a worse condition and impetuous meaning impulsive, done in a hurry.


Abbey P.

Anonymous said...

Words that I knew:

berate-to criticize or scold harshly.

estrange-to drive away or alienate.

Words that I don't know:

impetuous-impulsive, done in a hurry.

ubiquitous-found or existing everywhere.

Gitty M.

Anonymous said...

1-2 words I already know:

Relinquish - to yield or surrender
Estrange - to drive away or alienate

1-2 words I learned from the blog:
Zenith - the highest point, the peak
Ubiquitous - found or existing everywhere

Leonie Florestal

Mianta said...

Words I learned:

berate-to criticize or scold harshly.
maudlin-overly emotional, tearfully sentimental.

Words I knew:

estrange- to drive away or alienate
infallible-perfect, unable to make a mistake

Anonymous said...

Mirlene

that lesson was posted in March 31, 2009. I like to vocabulary. Any time I searching words, I memorize one Like zenith the highest point you can reach in doing something.

Anonymous said...

The words I was familiar with are:

Euphoric- very happy, overjoyed.
Regress- to go backward,to return to a worse condition.

The words I was unfamiliar with are:
Impetuous- impulsive, done in a hurry.
Ubiquitous- found or existing everywhere.

Lia Muth

Anonymous said...

The words I was familiar with are:

Euphoric- very happy, overjoyed.
Regress- to go backward,to return to a worse condition.

The words I was unfamiliar with are:
Impetuous- impulsive, done in a hurry.
Ubiquitous- found or existing everywhere.

Lia Muth

Anonymous said...

Two words that I learned:
Ubiquitous- "found or existing everywhere".
Maudlin- "overly emotional, tearfully sentimental".

Two words that I knew:
Estrange- "to drive away or alineate".
Euphoric- "very happy, overjoyed".

Rosa M. Fernandez

Anonymous said...

I knew:
estrange - to drive away of alienate.
impetuous - impulsive, done in a hurry.

I didn't know:
maudlin - overly emotional, tearfully sentimental.
ubiquitous - found of existing everywhere.

Melissa Lobsinger