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jackshoegazer) wrote2005-06-09 08:33 am
jackshoegazer) wrote2005-06-09 08:33 am
Vocabulary Lesson
In my ongoing quest to increase my vocabulary, I hereby present some of my latest additions, brought to you by Dictionary.com's Word of the Day. Some of them are very different than what I imagined them to mean.
saturnine \SAT-uhr-nyn\, adjective:
1. Born under or being under the astrological influence of the
planet Saturn.
2. Gloomy or sullen in disposition.
3. Having a sardonic or bitter aspect.
lionize \LY-uh-nyz\, transitive verb:
To treat or regard as an object great interest or importance.
finical \FIN-ih-kuhl\, adjective:
Extremely or unduly particular in standards or taste;
fastidious; finicky.
recreant \REK-ree-uhnt\, adjective:
1. Cowardly; craven.
2. Unfaithful; disloyal.
tumid\TOO-mid; TYOO-\, adjective:
1. Swollen, enlarged, or distended; as, "a tumid leg."
2. Bulging; protuberant.
3. Swelling in sound or sense; pompous; inflated; bombastic.
unfledged \uhn-FLEJD\, adjective:
1. Lacking the feathers necessary for flight.
2. Not fully developed; immature.
betimes \bih-TYMZ\, adverb:
1. Early; in good time; before it is late.
2. At times; on occasion.
3. [Archaic] Soon; in a short time.
glutinous \GLOOT-nuhs\, adjective:
Of the nature of glue; resembling glue; sticky.
durance \DUR-uhn(t)s; DYUR-\, noun:
1. Imprisonment; confinement or restraint by or as if by force
(usually used in the phrase "durance vile").
2. [Archaic] Endurance.
saturnine \SAT-uhr-nyn\, adjective:
1. Born under or being under the astrological influence of the
planet Saturn.
2. Gloomy or sullen in disposition.
3. Having a sardonic or bitter aspect.
lionize \LY-uh-nyz\, transitive verb:
To treat or regard as an object great interest or importance.
finical \FIN-ih-kuhl\, adjective:
Extremely or unduly particular in standards or taste;
fastidious; finicky.
recreant \REK-ree-uhnt\, adjective:
1. Cowardly; craven.
2. Unfaithful; disloyal.
tumid\TOO-mid; TYOO-\, adjective:
1. Swollen, enlarged, or distended; as, "a tumid leg."
2. Bulging; protuberant.
3. Swelling in sound or sense; pompous; inflated; bombastic.
unfledged \uhn-FLEJD\, adjective:
1. Lacking the feathers necessary for flight.
2. Not fully developed; immature.
betimes \bih-TYMZ\, adverb:
1. Early; in good time; before it is late.
2. At times; on occasion.
3. [Archaic] Soon; in a short time.
glutinous \GLOOT-nuhs\, adjective:
Of the nature of glue; resembling glue; sticky.
durance \DUR-uhn(t)s; DYUR-\, noun:
1. Imprisonment; confinement or restraint by or as if by force
(usually used in the phrase "durance vile").
2. [Archaic] Endurance.
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