A Selection of Words

Posted on by Julie

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