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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Worthy Words for the Week

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neophyte
astute
enigma
garrulous
trenchant
panacea
ephemeral
onerus
prosaic
perfunctory
morass
soporific
mundane
laudable
inimitable

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  1. SPE
    enigma:
    someone or something that is difficult to understand or explain
    *To his friends, he was always something of an enigma.

    Synonym: mystery, puzzle

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    glarrulous:
    talking
    Synonym:chattering,wordy

    Kids go from goo-goo to garrulousone step at a time.

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  3. Kelly

    ephemeral:
    lasting for a very short time

    synonym: fleeting, transient

    Fashions are ephemeral.

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  4. Cynthia

    soporific: making you want to go to sleep

    Synonyms: drowsy

    English Literature is soporific.

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  5. Nicky
    wor.: inimitable
    def.:not capable of being imitated
    syn.:incomparable, matchless
    sen.: she is an inimitable performer of violin solos.

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  8. Philip

    "morass" (≒swamp, bog)

    → 1. An area of low-lying, soggy ground.
    → 2. Something that hinders, engulfs, or overwhelms

    To minimise the riskthat theyfall intoaJapanese-style morass of high public debtandslow growth,therich world 's economies must spur productivity,encourage investment and foster competition.

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  9. Amanda

    laudable:deserving praise, even if not completely successful

    synonym: praiseworthy

    you showed laudable restraint in dealing with that ridiculously demanding customer

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  10. Trysha
    trenchant

    Meaning: vigorously effective and articulate: sharply perceptive

    synonym: cutting, edged, edgy, ground, honed, keen, sharpened, stropped, sharp, whetted

    Sentence: The man at the bakery trenchantly cut the loaf of bread.

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  11. Jenny

    astute : of keen penetration or discernment

    Synonym:smart quick perceptive

    They are astute readers and good writers.

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  12. Timmy
    onerus
    definition: Troublesome or oppressive; burdensome,or troublesome; causing hardship
    Synonym: burdensome
    Sentence: He finally willing to take the onerus duty of serving in the army.

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  13. Albert's word choice: neophyte

    Definition:A beginner or novice

    Synnonym: beginner

    Example: He is a neophyte in the game of love.

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  14. laudable

    def-worthy of high praise

    synonym-applaudable,praiseworthy

    sentence-
    It is laudable, what they think hard; what is indispensable and hard they call good; and what relieveth in the direst distress, the unique and hardest of all,--they extol as holy.

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  15. Richard

    panacea:a remedy for all disease or ills; an answer or solution for all problems or difficulties

    Synonym: elixir

    Looking to online education as a panacea isn't going to work.

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  16. mundane

    def-of or pertaining to this world or earth as contrasted with heaven; worldly; earthly

    synonym-secular, temporal

    sentence-What I fear is that my conclusions appear trivial and mundane.

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  17. Joan

    perfunctory
    def:performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial
    syn:thoughtless, uninterested
    sentence:Many institutions provide only perfunctory advising and/or counseling.

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  18. Louis

    prosaic
    1.having or using the style or diction of prose as opposed to poetry
    2.lacking imaginativeness or originality

    sentence
    1. He writes poems with a prosaic way to express his own tranquil style.
    2. She is a prosaic woman that she always does anything alone even like playing tennis or doing the group papers.

    synonym
    1.literal
    2.boring

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