Vocabulary Builder

Subject: Vocabulary Builder February 24th 2007, 11:17 am

This thread is specifically for Ali, to help us reach the highest level of Palaver (i just looked that up in the thesaurus)

Subject: Re: Vocabulary Builder February 24th 2007, 3:36 pm

You used the word incorrectly...!

Subject: Re: Vocabulary Builder February 24th 2007, 5:34 pm

enlighten me!!!

Number of posts : 17 Age : 41 Registration date : 2007-02-01

enlighten: To elaborate upon a situation or comment :-)

Subject: Re: Vocabulary Builder February 25th 2007, 1:14 pm

Parsimonious- cowardly

Subject: Re: Vocabulary Builder February 25th 2007, 2:12 pm

parsimonious means stingy...i think you're getting parsimonious and pusillanimous mixed up

...my favorite word is muse.

Subject: Re: Vocabulary Builder February 25th 2007, 8:54 pm

Potatoe : potatoe :: parsimonious : pusillanimous...
We could go on describing your character flaws, but let's just settle with another word, shall we?

Bequeth - to pass on from one generation to the next.

Subject: Re: Vocabulary Builder February 25th 2007, 9:27 pm

wow ali, you love your sadlier- oxford vocabulary level E book more than anyone i know...and yes, i own it too

Subject: Re: Vocabulary Builder February 25th 2007, 11:47 pm

It wasn't anything so fancy. Or British.
I got it out of a word list for lit. pirat

...The more I actually look at these smileys, the more I understand why they aren't used.

Venial - so unimportant that it may be overlooked.
[Comes from the Bible: in Christianity there are two kinds of sins; venial (forgivable) and deadly (7 of them, I'm sure you've heard of 'em)]

Subject: Re: Vocabulary Builder March 25th 2007, 7:51 pm

tintinnabulation* (n) the ringing of bells. the sound of the ringing of the bells.

Subject: Re: Vocabulary Builder March 26th 2007, 12:18 am

what does antinomianism mean??

Subject: Re: Vocabulary Builder March 26th 2007, 4:26 pm

an·ti·no·mi·an·ism (ān'tĭ-nō'mē-ə-nĭz'əm) Pronunciation Key
n.
Theology The doctrine or belief that the Gospel frees Christians from required obedience to any law, whether scriptural, civil, or moral, and that salvation is attained solely through faith and the gift of divine grace.
The belief that moral laws are relative in meaning and application as opposed to fixed or universal. Shower

Subject: Re: Vocabulary Builder March 29th 2007, 4:15 pm

garrulous- excessively chatty. (someone who doesn't know when to shut up)

e.g. my siblings.

Subject: Re: Vocabulary Builder March 30th 2007, 6:24 pm

gratuitous (adj) unneccesary.

Most celebrities buy gratuitous items to show opulence.

Subject: Re: Vocabulary Builder March 30th 2007, 8:46 pm

Prestidigitation - sleight of hand. e.g. a magician's tricks

Subject: Re: Vocabulary Builder March 31st 2007, 11:13 am

obstinate (adj) stubborn. obstinately, obstinance geek

The child obstinately refused to take out his/her chores.

Subject: Re: Vocabulary Builder March 31st 2007, 11:18 am

sounds like Hamid to me

Subject: Re: Vocabulary Builder April 3rd 2007, 4:15 pm

extirpate - to tear up, as if by the roots.

Subject: Re: Vocabulary Builder April 10th 2007, 6:39 pm

unfettered (adj) relieved from bonds.

Subject: Re: Vocabulary Builder April 22nd 2007, 11:20 am

Mundane: (adj) dull, unimaginative.

A mundane person is boring.

Subject: Re: Vocabulary Builder April 24th 2007, 10:49 pm

sibylline- of resembling, or characteristic of a sibyl; prophetic; oracular. mysterious; cryptic.

Subject: Re: Vocabulary Builder April 29th 2007, 9:25 am

^^that's why that teacher's name from harry potter is sybill, because she can see stuff in the future

Subject: Re: Vocabulary Builder April 29th 2007, 6:10 pm

vernacular - talking or writing in a way that is native to a certain area or culture.

like dis.

Subject: Re: Vocabulary Builder May 11th 2007, 8:33 pm

Clandestine (adj) secret or covert.

Subject: Re: Vocabulary Builder May 14th 2007, 7:04 pm

so wut does palaver mean?