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Post by chailene on Sept 14, 2011 19:19:46 GMT -6
The last member rushed into the room, out of breath. She was sent on a last-minute errand and was late coming back from her trip. With a nod to the leader, she took her seat by his side at the round table. The others noticed her presence and whispered their last remarks to each other. She know that they were colloguing about removing her from the society, but they feared taking action because of her strong connections to the leader.
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Post by dreamingofroses on Sept 16, 2011 7:54:52 GMT -6
September 14th, 2011
fey \FAY\ adjective --Possessing or displaying a strange and otherworldly aspect or quality; magical or fairylike; elfin. --Having power to see into the future; visionary; clairvoyant. --Appearing slightly crazy, as if under a spell; touched. --(Scots.) Fated to die; doomed. --(Scots.) Marked by a sense of approaching death.
Origin: Fey comes from Middle English feye, feie, from Old English fæge, "fated to die."
Example: "Leo, suddenly fey, sports a rhinestone ascot and black velvet waistcoat, homburg and walking stick." -- Edward Karam, "Fast and louche", Times, March 29, 2001
inculcate \in-KUHL-kayt; IN-kuhl-kayt\ verb --To teach and impress by frequent repetition or instruction
Origin: Inculcate is from Latin inculcare, "to tread upon, to force upon," from in-, "in, on" + calcare, "to trample," from calx, calc-, "heel."
Example: "A tragic indication that even the most noble attempts to inculcate children with the basic principles of universal humanism -- that, whatever our differences, we are more alike than unalike -- will founder against the rocks of deeply held prejudices of their parents." -- Gary Younge, "Sesame sans frontieres", The Guardian, October 14, 2002
bellwether \BEL-weth-uhr\ noun --A leader of a movement or activity; also, a leading indicator of future trends.
Origin: Bellwether is a compound of bell and wether, "a male sheep, usually castrated"; from the practice of hanging a bell from the neck of the leader of the flock
Example: Before that election, Maine's proud citizens had fancied their state to be a sort of bellwether, a notion embodied in the saying "As Maine goes, so goes the nation."-- Robert Shogan, The Fate of the Union
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Post by dreamingofroses on Sept 20, 2011 19:43:51 GMT -6
She has high cheekbones and dazzling eyes. She's tall, thin, and tan. Socialably charming and charmingly elegant, the model is a bellwether all girls admire, a person all people love to see. Including one such child who is frail and weak, pale and sickly, unable to stand or speak. If only that child had the chance to be her, displayed on the front of a glossy magazine! Never such chance would arrive however and the child wept silently.
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Post by dreamingofroses on Sept 21, 2011 7:09:41 GMT -6
buss \BUS\ noun --A kiss; a playful kiss; a smack.transitive verb --To kiss; especially to kiss with a smack.
Origin: Buss is probably from Old English basse, from Latin basium, "kiss."
Example: "Lucky guesser gets a buss upon his plucky kisser." -- William H. Gass, Cartesian Sonata and Other Novellas
risible \RIZ-uh-buhl\ adjective --Capable of laughing; disposed to laugh. --Exciting or provoking laughter; worthy of laughter; laughable; amusing. --Relating to, connected with, or used in laughter; as, "risible muscles."
Origin: Risible comes from Late Latin risibilis, from the past participle of Latin ridere, "to laugh, to laugh at." The noun form is risibility.
Example: "But Lionel . . . is not a risible character, even though he is often called 'freakshow' and 'crazyman.'" -- Adam Mazmanian, "Postmodern PI", Washington Post, November 7, 1999
fain \FEYN\ adverb --Gladly; willingly adjective --Content; willing. --(Archaic) Constrained; obliged. --(Archaic) Desirous; eager
Origin: Fain has ancient roots in the Old English fæg, "happy."
Example: "I saw Mark Antony offer him a crown; - yet 'twas not a crown neither, 'twas one of these coronets; - and, as I told you, he put it by once: but, for all that, to my thinking, he would fain have had it." -- William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
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