Words of the Week (2-09):
Deference (noun) yielding in opinion; submission of judgment to the opinion or judgment of another. Hence, regard; respect.
Ignominy (noun) public disgrace; shame; reproach; dishonor; infame
Infamy (noun) total loss of reputation: public disgrace.
Opulent (adj) wealthy; rich; affluent; having a large estate or property.
Optimity (noun) the state of being best.
Opuscule (noun) a small work.
Words of the Week (1-16-09):
Verbose (adj) abounding in words; using or containing more words than are necessary.
Venerate (verb) to regard with respect and reverence; to reverence: to revere.
Judicious (adj) according to sound judgement, wise: prudent: adapted to obtain a good end by the best means.
Propensity (noun) bent of mind, natural or acquired; inclination; in a moral sense; disposition to anything good or evil, particularly to evil; as a propensity to sin.
Words of the Week (12-24-08):
Sanctimonious (adj.) Saintly: having the appearance of sanctity.
Sanctity (n.) Holiness; state of being sacred or holy.
Supernumerary (n.) a person or thing beyond the number stated, or beyond what is necessary or usual.
Supernumerary (adj.) exceeding the number stated or prescribed.
Nefarious (adj.) Wicked in the extreme; abominable atrociously sinful or villainous; detestably vile.
Ostentatious (adj.) Making a display from vanity; boastful; fond of presenting one’s endowments or works to others in advantageous light.
Past Words of the Week (12-16-08)
Braggadocio (n.) A puffing, boasting fellow.
Quintessence (n.) An extract from any thing, containing its virtues or most essential part in a small quantity.
Essence (n.) That which constitutes the particular nature of a being or substance, or of a genus and which distinguishes it from all others.
Past Words of the Week (12-8-08)
Demagogue (n.)A leader of the people; an orator who pleases the populace and influences them to adhere to him. Any leader of the populace; any factious man who has great influence with the great body of people in a city or community.
Factious (adj.) Given to faction; addicted to form parties and raise dissentions in opposition to government; turbulent; prone to clamor against public measures of men.
Faction (n.) A party, in political society, combined or acting in union, in opposition to the prince, government or state; usually applied to a minority, but it may be applied to a majority.
Tawdry (n.) Very fine and showy in colors without taste or elegance; having an excess of showy ornaments without grace.
