The vocabulary extravaganza is almost over! Let's take our fourth dive into some past words of the day from the Dictionary.com website.
Check out these words from May 2000. Please pick 4 of them that you did not know (or didn't know that well). Post the words & their definitions.
May 2000 - Words of the Day
13 comments:
I didn't know these words:
kvetch: to complain habitually.
cognoscente: a person with special knowledge.
vivify: to endue with life; to enliven.
anathema: a curse; a person or thing cursed, or intensely disliked.
I was not familiar with the words that Tierra selected.
kvetch: to complain habitually
vivify: to endue with life: to enliven
Thank you for this activity!
Lourdes
I didn't know these words:
Pari Passu - At an equal pace or rate.
Subterfuge - A deceptive device or stratagem.
Portentous - forebonding ominous.
Mawkish - Sickly or excessively sentimental.
Allison.
anathema: a curse; a person or thing cursed, or intensely disliked
pari passu: at an equal pace or rate
ephemeral: lasting a very short time
inamorata: a woman whom one is in love with
-Judith B
Here are 4 words that I did not know:
Mawkish - sickly or excessively sentimental
Kvetch - to complain habitually
Pejorative - disparaging; belittling
Bravura - a showy display
Leonie Florestal
Penchant- a strong liking
Laudable- praiseworthy,commendable
Pari passu- at an equal pace or rate
Mianta
Vivify- to endue with life, to enliven
Mianta
2.kismet: destiny; fate.
3.turpitude: baseness; depravity.
4.ephemeral: lasting a very short time.
5.inveigle: to persuade or obtain by ingenuity or flattery
My brother says he has two inamoratas.
Inamorata: A woman whom one is in love with.
Mina Robles
Some people are laconic when they talk.
Laconic: Using a minimum of words.
Mina Robles
Some relationships are ephemeral.
Ephemeral: Lasting a very shot time
Mina Robles
bravura:a showy display
laudable:praiseworthy;commendable
senorous:yielding sound;impressive in sound
alacrity:a cheerful readiness,willingness,or promptness
Dorothea M
I did not know these words:
pari passu - at an equal pace or rate.
Cognoscente - a person with special knowledge.
Meretricious - tawdry
mawkish - sickly or excessively sentimental.
Karla Banton
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