http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/wodcalendar.pl
Once there, scroll through what you see listed as words of the day for November and December (up through today). Pick any 1 word that you don't recognize and click on it. You'll see the word and its definition. (If you want to hear the word pronounced, click the red speaker icon (which looks like this:
). Once you've done that, come back to this blog, post the date that your word was the "word of the day," the word you selected, and its meaning. Here's an example.Date: November 3, 2009
Word: Regimen
Meaning: a systematic course of treatment or training
12 comments:
I enjoyed the "Word of the Day". I found a few that caught my eye.
Date: 11/2/09
Word: Voluble
Meaning: Easily rolling,turning, or rotating
Date: 11/2/09
Word: Invective
Meaning: An abusive expression or speech
Date: 12/11/09
Word: Namby-Pamby
Meaning: Lacking in character or substance; insipid, weak, indecisive
CWillis
That is a interesting website to help you learn and expand your vocabulary.
Date: December 3, 2009
Word: Winnow
Meaning: To remove, separate, or select as if by winnowing.
Date: November 30, 2009
Word: Tristful
Meaning: Sad, melancholy.
Date: December 6, 2009
Word: Lief
Meaning: Soon, gladly.
Lia Muth
For me the words are very interesting to learn and know.
The one that I choose was:
11/23/2009
Word: Pedantic
Meaning:narrowly, stodily,and often ostentatiously learned.
For me the sentence that was used for the word made it more easy to understand how to apply the word.
For example: Many students at the lecture were confused about what the pedantic professor was saying, because he insisted on using highly elevated dictation.
It is amazing when you use big words you also know the meaning of the word you are using.
April S.
Date: 11/5/09
Word: maugre
Meaning: in spite of
Melissa Lobsinger
Date: November 22, 2009
Word: mollycoddle
Meaning: To treat with an excessive or absurd degree of attention.
Date: November 28. 2009
Word: congruous
Meaning: being in agreement, harmony, or correspondence
Date: 11/5/09
Word: maugre
Meaning: Inspite of
Date: 11/30/09
Word: tristful
Meaning: sad, melancholy
Mianta
Date: 11/28/09
Word: congruous
Meaning: beeing in ageement,harmony or correspondence
Mianta
Date: December 16, 2009.
Word: Sastruga
Meaning: A wavelike ridge of hard snow formed by the wind.
December 17,2009
Roxana Alvarez
December 3, 2009
Word: Winnow
Meaning:
1 : to remove : to free from waste in this manner
2 : to remove, separate, or select as if by winnowing
*3 : to narrow or reduce
4 : to blow on or fan
Angela
Date: November 6, 2009
Word: nudnik
Meaning: A person who is a bore or nuisance.
SHENEA WALKER
Date: 11/15/09
Word: Ennui
Meaning: A feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction: boredom.
Deidra W.
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