- Ferret
- To bring notice of something forward
- Verb
- The vaccine for polio was ferreted out by Jonas Salk.
- The rats in the kitchen were ferreted out by the exterminator.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Word of the Day
Monday, October 21, 2013
Word of The Day
- Consecrated
- Something that its made holy
- Adjective
- The consecrated Indian Burial Grounds cursed whoever settled on them.
- The church is a place for consecrated worship.
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Word of the Day
- Rampant
- Uncontrolled
- Adjective
- The dragon ran rampant throughout the town.
- The rampant honey badger destroyed the home of the ants.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Word of the Day
- Dislocate
- To lose something
- verb
- I dislocated my phone, then found it after i bought a new one.
- After Christine dislocated her wallet, her identity was stolen.
Monday, October 14, 2013
Word of the Day
- Mandatory
- Required
- Adjective
- The mandatory health inspection threatened to close the restaurant.
- The assignment was mandatory and whoever didn't do it failed.
Friday, October 11, 2013
Word of the Day October 10 & 11
- Labile
- Adaptable
- Adjective
- The honey badger is a very labile creature.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Word of the Day
- Chromatic
- Related to Colors
- Adjective
- The signs held up at the sports event were very chromatic.
- His jersey collection was organized in a chromatic way.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Word of the Day
- Gruesome
- Ugly or Frightful
- Adjective
- The injury was so gruesome I could hardly look at it.
- My friend's Halloween costume was gruesome.
Monday, October 7, 2013
Word of the Day
- Desultory
- Going from one thing to another without a logical order
- Adjective
- The recipe seemed to be desultory, but the cookies turned out to be exceptional
- The student's essay was desultory.
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Word of the Day October 1st & 2nd
- Camouflage
- A disguise to used to blend in
- Noun
- The soldier's camouflage allowed him to blend into the grass.
- My camouflage helped me blend in with the red wall.
- Corpulent
- Obese
- Adjective
- The corpulent man waddled his way into McDonald's for the 3rd time that day.
- The slaughter house chose only the most healthy and corpulent cows for the meat.
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