Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Word of the Day


  • 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.

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.