Here's part 2 of our week-long look at vocabulary from the Dictionary.com site. This time, you'll be visiting the archive of the September 1999 words of the day. Just like yesterday's blog topic, please select 3 words that you were not familiar with before visiting the site, come back here, and post those words with definitions. Be sure to visit this blog topic often so you can see what words get added after you post!
September 1999 - Words of the Day
5 comments:
These are my three words.
Chargrin - acute, vexation or embarrassment
Tortuous - marked by repeated turns
Metier - an occupational, especially in which on excels.
Allison.
juju: an object superstitiously believed to embody magical powers.
maudlin: excessively sentimental.
recondite: difficult to understand.
Suetto C.
juju: an object superstitiously believed to embody magical powers
maudlin: excessively sentimental
taciturn: not inclined to talk.
-Judith B
Banal:commonplace;trivial
Paroxysm: an outburst; a fit
Enervate: to weaken
Dorothea M.
Sandra H.
taciturn: not inclined to talk
banal: commonplace; trivial
munificent: very generous
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