Wordy Wednesday #16

This is a meme I'm doing where I literally open the dictionary to random pages and post words. I figure every reader has had a few times where we come across a word in a book that we have no idea what it means. So every week I'll be posting  new words, until I complete the whole dictionary. If you do your own Wordy Wednesday post, please link back to mine since I created this.



Trimaran - n - : a sailboat with three hulls

Wattle - n -: a framework of rods with flexible branches or reeds interlaced used esp. formerly in building

Eunuch - n -:  a castrated man

Wordy Wednesday #15

This is a meme I'm doing where I literally open the dictionary to random pages and post words. I figure every reader has had a few times where we come across a word in a book that we have no idea what it means. So every week I'll be posting  new words, until I complete the whole dictionary. If you do your own Wordy Wednesday post, please link back to mine since I created this.



Imbibe - vb - : to receive and retain in the mind

Loll - vb -: droop, dangle, lounge

Replete - adj -:  fully provided

Wordy Wednesday #14

This is a meme I'm doing where I literally open the dictionary to random pages and post words. I figure every reader has had a few times where we come across a word in a book that we have no idea what it means. So every week I'll be posting  new words, until I complete the whole dictionary. If you do your own Wordy Wednesday post, please link back to mine since I created this.



Osculate - vb - : kiss

Uncouth - adj -: 1) strange, awkward, and clumsy in shape or appearance 2) vulgar in conduct or speech: rude

Biped - n -:  a 2 footed animal

Wordy Wednesday #13

This is a meme I'm doing where I literally open the dictionary to random pages and post words. I figure every reader has had a few times where we come across a word in a book that we have no idea what it means. So every week I'll be posting  new words, until I complete the whole dictionary. If you do your own Wordy Wednesday post, please link back to mine since I created this.



Pequot - n- : a member of an American Indian people of eastern Connecticut

Geode - n -: a nodule of stone having a cavity lined with mineral matter

Periphery - n -:  the boundary of a rounded figure

Wordy Wednesday #12

This is a meme I'm doing where I literally open the dictionary to random pages and post words. I figure every reader has had a few times where we come across a word in a book that we have no idea what it means. So every week I'll be posting  new words, until I complete the whole dictionary. If you do your own Wordy Wednesday post, please link back to mine since I created this.




Prognathous - adj -: having the lower jaw projecting beyond the upper part of the face

Specie - n -: money in coin

Deadpan - n -:  a completely expressionless face

Wordy Wednesday #11

This is a meme I'm doing where I literally open the dictionary to random pages and post words. I figure every reader has had a few times where we come across a word in a book that we have no idea what it means. So every week I'll be posting  new words, until I complete the whole dictionary. If you do your own Wordy Wednesday post, please link back to mine since I created this.



Symposium - n - : a conference at which a particular topic is discussed by various speakers

Arbitrator - n -: one chosen to settle differences between two parties in a controversy

Genuflect - vb -:  to bend the knee esp. in worship

Wordy Wednesday #10

This is a meme I'm doing where I literally open the dictionary to random pages and post words. I figure every reader has had a few times where we come across a word in a book that we have no idea what it means. So every week I'll be posting  new words, until I complete the whole dictionary. If you do your own Wordy Wednesday post, please link back to mine since I created this.



Harpsichord - n - : a keyboard instrument producing tones by the plucking of its strings with quills or with leather or plastic points

Mawkish - adj -: sickly sentimental

Victualler - n -:  one that supplies provisions (as to an army or a ship)

Wordy Wednesday #9

This is a meme I'm doing where I literally open the dictionary to random pages and post words. I figure every reader has had a few times where we come across a word in a book that we have no idea what it means. So every week I'll be posting  new words, until I complete the whole dictionary. If you do your own Wordy Wednesday post, please link back to mine since I created this.



Ligate - vb - : to tie with a ligature

Spar - n -: a rounded wood or metal piece for supporting sail rigging

Semolina - n -:  the purified hard grains produced from the milling of wheat and used esp. for pasta

Wordy Wednesday #8

This is a meme I'm doing where I literally open the dictionary to random pages and post words. I figure every reader has had a few times where we come across a word in a book that we have no idea what it means. So every week I'll be posting  new words, until I complete the whole dictionary. If you do your own Wordy Wednesday post, please link back to mine since I created this.



Diatribe - n - : biting or abusive speech or writing

Plantar - adj -: of or relating to the sole of the foot

Xeriscape - n -:  a landscaping method utilizing water conserving techniques

Wordy Wednesday #7

This is a meme I'm doing where I literally open the dictionary to random pages and post words. I figure every reader has had a few times where we come across a word in a book that we have no idea what it means. So every week I'll be posting  new words, until I complete the whole dictionary. If you do your own Wordy Wednesday post, please link back to mine since I created this.



Magnanimous - adj - : showing or suggesting a lofty and courageous spirit

Petiole - n -: a slender stem that supports a leaf

Barbarous - adj -:  lacking culture or refinement

Wordy Wednesday #6

This is a meme I'm doing where I literally open the dictionary to random pages and post words. I figure every reader has had a few times where we come across a word in a book that we have no idea what it means. So every week I'll be posting  new words, until I complete the whole dictionary. If you do your own Wordy Wednesday post, please link back to mine since I created this.



Rubidium - n - : a soft silvery metallic chemical element

Lief - adv -: gladly; willingly

Dysprosium - n -:  a metallic chemical element that forms highly magnetic compounds

Wordy Wednesday #5

This is a meme I'm doing where I literally open the dictionary to random pages and post words. I figure every reader has had a few times where we come across a word in a book that we have no idea what it means. So every week I'll be posting  new words, until I complete the whole dictionary. If you do your own Wordy Wednesday post, please link back to mine since I created this.



Goad - n - : a pointed rod used to urge on an animal

Mellifluous - adj -: sweetly flowing

Sphagnum - n -: any of a genus of atypical mosses that grow in wet acid areas where their remains become compacted with other plant debris to form peat

Wordy Wednesday #4

This is a meme I'm doing where I literally open the dictionary to random pages and post words. I figure every reader has had a few times where we come across a word in a book that we have no idea what it means. So every week I'll be posting  new words, until I complete the whole dictionary. If you do your own Wordy Wednesday post, please link back to mine since I created this.



Devoir - n - : duty; a formal act of civility or respect

Circuitous - adj -: 1) having a circular or winding course :2)not being forthright or direct in language or action

Querulous  - adj -: constantly complaining; fretful; whining

Wordy Wednesday #3

This is a meme I'm doing where I literally open the dictionary to random pages and post words. I figure every reader has had a few times where we come across a word in a book that we have no idea what it means. So every week I'll be posting  new words, until I complete the whole dictionary. If you do your own Wordy Wednesday post, please link back to mine since I created this.



Specious - adj - : seeming to be genuine, correct, or beautiful but not really so

Idyll - n -: a tropical African tree with a short swollen trunk and sour edible fruits resembling gourds

Dawdle - vb -: to spend time wastefully or idly

Wordy Wednesday #2

This is a meme I'm doing where I literally open the dictionary to random pages and post words. I figure every reader has had a few times where we come across a word in a book that we have no idea what it means. So every week I'll be posting  new words, until I complete the whole dictionary. If you do your own Wordy Wednesday post, please link back to mine since I created this.



Notional - adj - : existing in the mind only: imaginary, unreal

Recidivism - n -: a tendency to relapse into a previous condition

Welter - n -: turmoil: a chaotic mass or jumble

Wordy Wednesdays #1

This is a new meme I'm doing where I literally open the dictionary to random pages and post words. I figure every reader has had a few times where we come across a word in a book that we have no idea what it means. So every week I'll be posting  new words, until I complete the whole dictionary.



Passel - n - : a large number

Baobab - n -: a tropical African tree with a short swollen trunk and sour edible fruits resembling gourds

Tabor (also Tabour) - n -: a small drum used to accompany a pipe or fife played by the same person