Here are some more words from Carson. My index card is now full, and the process of writing them down is becoming more of a distraction than an opportunity to satisfy my curiousity. Well, here are the new words. Perhaps you can add this list to your array of words, or maybe it is a refresher for you. Once again, the definitions are from dictionary.com.
Tautologous: needless repetition of an idea
Apogee: the highest or most distant point
Unguents: A salve for soothing or healing; an ointment.
Self-abnegation: self-denial or self-sacrifice
Equanimity: mental or emotional stability or composure, esp. under tension or strain; calmness; equilibrium.
Obduracy: The state or quality of being intractable or hardened
Paschal: of or pertaining to Passover
Paucity: smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness
Preponderance: superiority in weight, power, numbers
Adumbration: to foreshadow; prefigure
Aphorism: a terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation
Aporias: the expression of a simulated or real doubt, as about where to begin or what to do or say.
Frescoes: the art or technique of painting on a moist, plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture
Progeny: a descendant or offspring, as a child, plant, or animal
Nascent: beginning to exist or develop
And thus concludes your grammar lesson for today. I suppose I good lesson always ends in application, so your task is to use four words you did not previously know in a sentence today.
Example: Your equanimity will not be affected by the paucity of your present vocabulary; however, I fear that my emphasis on the importance of increasing your nascent, linguistic range is becoming tautologous.
1 comment:
Your equanimity will not be affected by the paucity of your present vocabulary
Very Nice.
The question now is, can one reach an apogee of self-abnegation?
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