Sunday, November 05, 2006
Vocabulary - November 6, 2006
1. Polemic - The art or practice of disputation
2. Temerity - Audacity
3. Peripatetic - Itinerant or a follower of Aristotle
4. Diatribe - A long harangue of a speech
5. Spurious - Being different than what it claims to be.
6. Annealing - A process of heating and cooling to strengthen an alloy.
2. Temerity - Audacity
3. Peripatetic - Itinerant or a follower of Aristotle
4. Diatribe - A long harangue of a speech
5. Spurious - Being different than what it claims to be.
6. Annealing - A process of heating and cooling to strengthen an alloy.
Thursday, November 02, 2006
Vocabulary November 2nd, 2006
1. Talisman – Amulet
2. Didactic – Excessly informative
3. Ashram – A retreat to practice Hinduism
4. Efficacy – Effectiveness
5. Luminous – Glowing
6. Iterative – Repeated routine
7. Sanguine – Confident, optimistic
8, Veracity – Truthfulness
9. Vortex – Whirlpool
10. Verisimilitude – Appearance of truth