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11Jul/09Off

Word of Tomorrow: Voluptuous

Voluptuous is an adjective
1 relating to or characterized by luxury or sensual pleasure. (I did not know this)
2 (of a woman) curvaceous and sexually attractive.

It's derivatives are voluptuously (adverb) and voluptuousness (noun).
It's origin is the Latin voluptuosus, from voluptas ‘pleasure’.

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28Feb/09Off

Word of Tomorrow: Procrastinate

Procrastinate verb (procrastinated, procrastinating) intrans to put off doing something that should be done straight away, especially habitually or to an unspecified time. procrastination noun. procrastinator noun.
ETYMOLOGY: 16c: from Latin procrastinare, from pro- onward + cras tomorrow.

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20Sep/08Off

A Selection of Words

Hypocrisy

  1. [n] - an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction
  2. [n] - insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have

Eviscerated

  1. [adj] - having been disembowelled

Congenital

  1. [adj] - present at birth but not necessarily hereditary

Partisan

  1. [adj] - affiliated with one party or faction
  2. [adj] - devoted to a cause or party
  3. [n] - a fervent and even militant proponent of something
  4. [n] - a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections

I'm reading The Savage Garden by Mark Mills and am just making a note of words used to confirm my understanding.

I see words
I hear words
All about me
Every Day

I give words meaning
I make assumptions
I need clification
to learn

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12Sep/08Off

Acerbic

acerbic (adj) 1. bitter and sour in taste. 2. bitter and harsh in manner, speech, etc.

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11Dec/06Off

Attitude

... is a little thing that makes a BIG difference

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