Thursday, January 17, 2008

Vocab Word #1

Please post one word from your personal vocab, along with a definition in your own words (that is, you should understand every word in the definition). To get credit, you must provide a word that one might actually use in writing or conversation, give a correct definition, and be the first one to post the word. If someone else has already posted the word you were planning to contribute, you need to find another word. Please post your word by midnight, Thursday, January 17, 2008.

17 comments:

kevin y said...

vehemently- passionate; violent; strongly emotional

zoe said...

Retinue- group of people attending a person of importance

Anonymous said...

Conversant- To be familiar or acquainted to someone or something.

KenneyLynn Mauve said...

materia acerbus (a latin term)- dark matter

Chelsea R. said...

hereabouts-in the general vacinity: around here

Collin said...

Lewd- obscene;indecent

kevin r said...

If somthing is said ignominiously it is said in an embaracing shameful or degrading way.

Tyler W said...

lustily- (adverb) in healthy manner

Mallory said...

inundate-to flood or overwhelm with abundance.

Max L said...

Paramour- a lover of sex especially in an adulterous relationship.

Alex said...

cebiche - a raw fish that is marinated, usually with lemon juice

KeenanH said...

devastate- to lay waste; render desolate

JRHanson said...

Omniscient- Characterized by unlimited or infinite knowledge.

JohnS said...

Lewd: obscence, or indecent

greggy said...

nonagenarian- someone who is aged in the nineties

austin said...

lacerate- to tear roughly; mangle

Alexander Olsen said...

Behead- to take someones head from there shoulders