Friday, November 7, 2014
Vocabulary: Fall List 8
Ruinous-Disastrous or Destructive
Quavered-Shake or tremble in speaking, typically through nervousness or emotion
Certitude-Absolute certainty or conviction that something is the case
Notch-An indentation or incision of an edge or surface
Perspired-Give out sweat through your pores of the skin as the result of heat, physical exertion, or stress
Manifested-Display or show by one's acts or appearance
Latrine-A toilet or outhouse, especially a communal one in a camp or barracks
Uttered-Make (a sound) with one's voice
Parried-Ward off (a weapon or attack), especially with a countermove
Oracle-A priest or priestess acing as a medium through whom advice or prophecy was sought from the gods in classical antiquity
Conscious-Aware of and responding to one's surroundings; awake
Feigning-Pretend to be affected by (a feeling, state, injury)
Leisurely-Acting or done at leisure; Unhurried or relaxed
Conjure-Make (something) appear out of no where as if by magic
Anesthetized-Administer an anesthetic to (a person or animal), especially so as to include a loss of consciousness
Tyranny-Cruel or oppressive government or rule
Folly-Lack of good sense or foolishness
Dreary-Dull, bleak, or lifeless; Depressing
Grotesque-Comically or repulsively ugly or distorted
Reckoning-The action or process of calculating or estimating something
Sunday, October 12, 2014
Vocabulary: Fall List 6
1) Tatters-Irregularly torn pieces of cloth, paper, or other materials
2) Merely-Just; Only
3) Vast-Of very great extent or quantity; Immense
4) Parlor: 1) A sitting room in a private house 2) A shop or business
5) Abrupt: 1) Sudden or unexpected 2) Brief to the point of rudeness; Curt
6) Refracted-Physics, the change of direction of a ray or light, sound, heat, or the like
7) Immense-Extremely larger or great, especially in scale or degree
8) Imperceptibly-Very slight, subtle, or gradual
9) Ventilator-An appliance or aperture for ventilating a room or other space
10) Olfactory-Of or relating to the sense of smell
Friday, October 3, 2014
My First Post!
Today I'm just learning the basic's and starting to understand how blogger works. My goal for the day is to change the appearance of my blog
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