This is an archive, of all of my previous, Words To Know, vocabulary words.
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hirsute \HUR-soot; HIR-soot; hur-SOOT; hir-SOOT\, adjective:
Covered with hair; set with bristles; shaggy; hairy.
sesquipedalian \ses-kwuh-puh-DAYL-yuhn\, adjective:
1. Given to or characterized by the [...]
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Hello everyone, the good news, is that, Words To Know is actually, a little easier than New Word Monday.
Instead of having 5 new words, in which all have to be used in a comment. You get your choice of 10 new words (these words can be found on my Words To Know page). But you [...]
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Some of you may be familiar with my New Word Monday Page. In order to have a more flexible blog schedule, my New Word Monday is now Words To Know. It will still be full of notable words that aren’t commonly used, and I will still have the comment contests. I will just have more [...]
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Pièce de résistance - The most noteworthy or prized feature. A special item or attaction.
au contraire - French for on the contrary. On the opposite or adverse side.
bouleversement - \bool-vair-suh-MAWN\, noun:
Complete overthrow; a reversal; a turning upside down.
obstreperous \uhb-STREP-uhr-uhs; ob-\, adjective:
1. Noisily and stubbornly defiant; unruly.
2. Noisy, clamorous, or boisterous.
Cosmopolitan - Being open to [...]
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My last New Word Monday Word. We have all heard the word Cosmopolitan. But do we know what it actually means? Simply put it is being open to other cultures.
cos·mo·pol·i·tan /ˌkɒzməˈpɒlɪtn/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[koz-muh-pol-i-tn] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective
1.
free from local, provincial, or national ideas, prejudices, or [...]
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Portmanteau - A word that fuses two or more words or word parts together, to give a combined meaning, formed by both sounds and meaning. Spoon and Fork = Spork, Technological and Literati= Technorati.
Capricious - Subject to whim, impulsive and unpredictable. Determined by chance, impulse, or whim, rather than by necessity.
Obfuscate - To [...]
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