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 Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 9:15 am
cataract: a large waterfall; also, a downpour, a flood.
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Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 11:54 am
solace: comfort in grief.
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 1:20 pm
opprobrium: reproach mingled with contempt.
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Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 10:40 am
stanch: to stop the flowing of; to check.
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Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 10:03 am
ostensible: appearing to be true, but not necessarily so.
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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 1:49 am
DarkElf27 Bah, I get my words from reading. No better way to expand your vocabulary than to simply extrapolate (Theres a word for ya) definitions from the context. Not always true! Sometimes the word is being used metaphorically and you do not realise. I have tried to use words which I only knew through one context (ie. One usage in one novel) and my family quickly picked up on the misuse. This is a dangerous way to learn words, although if it is used in a variety of contexts you are usually safe enough.
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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 6:41 pm
Shrieks dramatically, "Word of the day?! Where's the word of the day?!?!!"
gonk gonk gonk
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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 7:34 pm
fulsome: offensive from excess of praise.
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Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 6:44 pm
aesthete: one who cultivates great sensitivity to beauty.
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Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 9:28 am
prescient: knowing or anticipating the outcome of events before they happen.
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Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 12:56 pm
swan song: a final or farewell appearance, action, or pronouncement.
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Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:44 am
recalcitrant: stubbornly resistant to and defiant of authority or restraint.
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Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 2:09 pm
swan song: a final or farewell appearance, action, or pronouncement.
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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 3:27 pm
bloviate: to speak or write in a pompous manner.
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Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 6:30 pm
privation: the state of being deprived of something.
tutelary: guardian; protecting.
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