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Post by dreamingofroses on Jun 29, 2011 18:26:20 GMT -6
I've decided that every Wednesday I'm going to post a Word of the Week on this thread. (I'm actually going to post three for the sake of options.)
10 points to your house (if Madame Dictator will consent to keep up with it-APPROVED) when you post a sentence using the word in creative way!!! Of course you may write more than a sentence if you want. Bold the word you're using.
Have fun with it!! Get your brain juices swirling!! ;D
By the way, I'm stealing the words from Dictionary.com's "Word of the Day"
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Post by dreamingofroses on Jun 29, 2011 18:29:52 GMT -6
June 29th, 2011
aphorism \AF-uh-riz-uhm\ noun --A terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation.
catawampus \kat-uh-WOM-puhs\ adjective --Off-center; askew; awry. --Positioned diagonally; cater-cornered.
attenuate \uh-TEN-yoo-eyt\ verb --To weaken or reduce in force, intensity, effect, quantity, or value --To make thin; make slender or fine. --In medicine, to render less virulent, as a strain of pathogenic virus or bacterium. --In electronics, to decrease the amplitude of an electronic signal.
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Post by dreamingofroses on Jul 2, 2011 18:47:54 GMT -6
The car ride was long and hot. We had only the radio to amuse us and we all fought over which station to listen to. Personally I hoped that mom would attenuate the signal so that I could listen to the lastest pop hits, but my brother prefers rock, my father likes jazz, and my mother leans between classical and punk depending on her mood. Oh yeah, it was going to be a LONG trip to Grandma's.
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Post by chailene on Jul 6, 2011 21:50:40 GMT -6
The catawampus diamond slowly toppled out of its stand and shattered on the tile floor. The dinner guests gasped at the broken shards. The true diamond still remained hidden somewhere in the castle.
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Post by shadowavian on Jul 7, 2011 9:05:46 GMT -6
He was eerie, odd and all together creepy. From his torn and tattered long overcoat, to his catawampus grin, which shined a gruesome yellow in the white moonlight. My first instinct was to run, run far away from the fog-coated dock on the edge of a black sea. But I couldn't. For what if he WAS the one, what if he had her. I couldn't leave, not now. So I took a step of complete and utter terror, onto a frail and dark dock. No turning back now.
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Post by dreamingofroses on Jul 7, 2011 10:20:46 GMT -6
July 6th, 2011
aporia \uh-PAWR-ee-uh\ noun --Difficulty determining the truth of an idea due to equally valid arguments for and against it. --In rhetoric, the expression of a simulated or real doubt, as about where to begin or what to do or say.
yarely \YAIR-lee\ adverb --With quickness or agility.
stonewall \STOHN-wawl\ verb --To block, stall, or resist intentionally. --In cricket, to play a defensive game, as by persistently blocking the ball instead of batting it for distance and runs --To filibuster.
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Post by shadowavian on Jul 7, 2011 10:43:21 GMT -6
Whoosh! The quaffle flew toward the goal, a perfect shot by the Slytherin's MVP of the month! But a split second before the quaffle flew through, BAM! And there goes the Hufflepuff Goalie!!! He yarely defended the goals from every shot this game, leaving Hufflepuff with their first win of the season!!!
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Post by moonpath on Jul 7, 2011 10:45:23 GMT -6
Mark ran ahead yarely, pausing in his sprint only when he heard Eliza fall. His eyes flicked to the closing gate in front of him, then back to Eliza who was standing back up. With a decisive turn he ran for the gate again, neither of them would be helped if he stopped for her, maybe he could hold the gate open for her, maybe they would wait for a moment. Mark's own body betrayed him as his head turned around to look, demons had overtaken her. No screams were audible from the pile, he knew from his sister that demons cut the tongue out first. As he reached the gate of heaven his brother scowled from inside. Mark shouted as he entered, "I couldn't save her!" Matthew walked over and shoved his younger brother back out of the gate, "You left her! The gates would have stayed open if you had helped!" Mark's eyes widened in shock then they hardened, "I couldn't have fought a legion of demons! They would have killed us both!"
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Post by dreamingofroses on Jul 10, 2011 16:25:10 GMT -6
It has been several weeks since the trial had begun. She wants the children. He wants the children. She has money. He has money. She had been a drunk. He had been a drug abuser. "Why do you want the children," the judge had asked of each of them. "I love them," they'd each replied. It does not seem the truth. We all wait patiently for the judge to determine a verdict in response to the aporia. We all wait in suspense, to see where these children will reside. The judge enters the room once more. The court stands nervously. He reads his conclusion. The court sighs in relief and in regret. It is, at last, over.
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Post by chailene on Jul 11, 2011 15:49:08 GMT -6
The light patter of drops splashed her head, one by one. She sighed in frustration as she struggled against her bonds. How did she get caught so easily? It must have been that woman with the toothy smile. She never trusted those kinds of smiles. They usually hid something sinister underneath.
An elderly man stepped into the light in front of her. He quietly untied her gag and reached back before she could bite him. He was trying to get her to talk, but she wouldn’t. She used every technique she could to stonewall the truth. If he found out who she really was, she would die.
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Post by dreamingofroses on Jul 15, 2011 15:16:37 GMT -6
July 13th, 2011
gumption \GUHMP-shuhn\ noun --Initiative; aggressiveness; resourcefulness. --Courage; spunk; guts.
assay \a-SEY\ verb --To examine or analyze. --In metallurgy, to analyze (an ore, alloy, etc.) in order to determine the quantity of gold, silver, or other metal in it. --To attempt; try.
trig \TRIG\ adjective: --Neat, trim, smart. --In good physical condition; sound; well. verb: --To make neat or trim. noun: --A wedge or block used to prevent a wheel, cask, or the like, from rolling.
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Post by dreamingofroses on Jul 20, 2011 21:57:16 GMT -6
July 20th, 2011
dearth \DURTH\ noun --An inadequate supply; scarcity; lack.
canonical \kuh-NON-i-kuhl\ adjective --Authorized; recognized; accepted. --Included in the canon of the Bible. --In mathematics, (of an equation, coordinate, etc.) in simplest or standard form.
skylark \SKAHY-lahrk\ verb --To frolic; sport. noun: --A brown-speckled European lark, Alauda arvensis, famed for its melodious song.
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Post by xandria on Jul 22, 2011 13:53:48 GMT -6
Gazing out my window at the star-studded space that rests above us all, I witnessed the passing of a skylark, singing in the night. As it screeched out it's pleasent tune, I thought of days of yonder. Those days were much more pleasant than they are now. With the Third Reich canonical, the world was becoming different, and people would never be the same again. Everyday items were becoming scarce and soon the entirety of my people would decline into a dearth that will insure our extintion. Breathing in a heavy sigh, I turned back to my bed and hoped I would not dream of death once more.
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Post by dreamingofroses on Jul 27, 2011 10:52:05 GMT -6
July 27th, 2011
mantic \MAN-tik\ adjective --Of or pertaining to divination. --Having the power of divination.
handsel \HAN-suhl\ noun --First encounter with or use of something taken as a token of what will follow. --A gift or token for good luck or as an expression of good wishes. --A first installment of payment.
feign \FEYN\ verb --To represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of. --To invent fictitiously or deceptively, as a story or an excuse. --To make believe; pretend.
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Post by xandria on Jul 30, 2011 21:36:07 GMT -6
"Professor Trelawney was a mantic."
"The damsel in distress handed the knight in shining armor a handsel, which was a simple embroided cloth."
"After having arranged the marriage, the father of the bride-to-be gave the handsel to the father of the groom-to-be. The entire dowry, to paid over time, summed up to three pigs, one sheep, a cow, and 3 copper pieces."
"In 'The Proposal', Sandra Bullock feigned a marriage with her assistant so that way she could stay in the country rather than be deported back to Canada."
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