Today's Term:
Termagant or Shrew: an ill-tempered scolding woman, a nag.
Usage:
My husband's surviving grandmother is a termagant, and that's being generous.
(Sources: www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/termagant; www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shrew)
Submitted by Otto Ladensack for Patricia Ladensack
Monday, May 23, 2011
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
New Vocaulary Term
More Tough Vocabulary:
Avuncular: Of or relating to an uncle or having ideally "uncle-like" mannerisms such as kindliness or geniality.
Usage:
His avuncular charm was very endearing.
(Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/)
Presented by Patricia Ladensack
Avuncular: Of or relating to an uncle or having ideally "uncle-like" mannerisms such as kindliness or geniality.
Usage:
His avuncular charm was very endearing.
(Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/)
Presented by Patricia Ladensack
Sunday, May 15, 2011
New Vocabulary Entry
Vocabulary:
gyneococracy
Gyneocracy is societal or political, female supremecy.
Usage:
Some sources cite Great Britain as a gyneocracy. Others say the Queen is more of a figurehead and that Parliament is actually the dominant power.
(Sources: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/gynecocracy; http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/figurehead; http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/parliament)
Patricia Ladensack
gyneococracy
Gyneocracy is societal or political, female supremecy.
Usage:
Some sources cite Great Britain as a gyneocracy. Others say the Queen is more of a figurehead and that Parliament is actually the dominant power.
(Sources: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/gynecocracy; http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/figurehead; http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/parliament)
Patricia Ladensack
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
New Word
New Vocabulary Challenge:
Desultory: having no set plan, haphazard. Desultory also refers to jumping from one thing to another, disconnected.
Pronounciation:
Des-Sul-Tory
Desultory can also be used as an adverb: desultorily
Sentence:
Unmedicated, my manic friend desultorily was insistant about his intent to finish his doctorate, build a home with his bare hands and learn to paint portraits before the month was through.
(sources: http://www.mygretutor.com/vocabularyGREDifficult.aspx; http://www.thefreedictionary.com/desultory; http://merriam-webstercollegiate.com/thesaurus/desultorily; http://bipolar.about.com/od/maniahypomani1/a/mania.htm)
Compiled for Patricia Ladensack by Otto Ladensack
Desultory: having no set plan, haphazard. Desultory also refers to jumping from one thing to another, disconnected.
Pronounciation:
Des-Sul-Tory
Desultory can also be used as an adverb: desultorily
Sentence:
Unmedicated, my manic friend desultorily was insistant about his intent to finish his doctorate, build a home with his bare hands and learn to paint portraits before the month was through.
(sources: http://www.mygretutor.com/vocabularyGREDifficult.aspx; http://www.thefreedictionary.com/desultory; http://merriam-webstercollegiate.com/thesaurus/desultorily; http://bipolar.about.com/od/maniahypomani1/a/mania.htm)
Compiled for Patricia Ladensack by Otto Ladensack
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