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Word For The Day, Tuesday, April 15, 2008 In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day". fes·cen·nine [fes-uh-nahyn, -nin] -adjscurrilous; licentious; obscene: fescennine mockery [Origin: 1595–1605; < L Fescennīnus of, belonging to Fescennia, a town in Etruria noted for jesting and scurrilous verse; see -ine1]

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on.... pernicious \pur-NISH-us\, adjective: perniciousness; noun perniciously; adverb 1. Highly injurious; deadly; destructive; exceedingly harmful. 2. Archaic. Evil; wicked. . 3. Quick; swift (to burn). Let this pernicious hour Stand aye accursed in the calendar. --Shak. Etymology: [Middle English, from Old French pernicios,...

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on.... adumbrate \AD-uhm-brayt\, verb: adumbrating, adumbrates, adumbrated; transitive verb adumbration noun adumbratively; adverb adumbrative; adjective 1. To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline. 2. To foreshadow; to intimate. 3. To overshadow; to shade. 4. To disclose partially or guardedly....

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on.... deride \de*ride\, verb: deriding, derides, derided; transitive verb derider; derision noun deridingly; adverb 1. To speak of or treat with contemptuous mirth. 2. To laugh at with contempt; to laugh to scorn; to turn to ridicule or make sport of; to mock;...

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on.... fatuous \FACH-oo-us\, adjective: fatuousness; noun fatuously; adverb 1. Feeble in mind; weak; silly; stupid; foolish. 2. Without reality; illusory 3. Vacuously, smugly, and unconsciously foolish 4. Delusive; unreal. "Publishers persist in the fatuous belief that a little hocus-pocus in the front flap...

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on.... opacity \O*pac"i*ty\, noun: opacities; noun, plural opacitly; adverb 1. The quality or state of being opaque. 2. Something opaque. 3. Obscurity; impenetrability. 4. Dullness of mind. The opacity of the logic of Runaway Dems has truly baffled me, don't they realize they...

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on.... tacit \ta*sit\, adjective: tacitness; noun tacitly; adverb Not spoken: indicated tacit approval by smiling and winking. Implied by or inferred from actions or statements: Management has given its tacit approval to the plan. Law. Arising by operation of the law rather than...

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on.... adroit \ah-droyt\, adjective: adroitness; noun adroitly; adverb 1. Dexterous; deft. 2. Skillful and adept under pressing conditions 3. Dexterous in the use of the hands or in the exercise of the mental faculties; exhibiting skill and readiness in avoiding danger or escaping...

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on.... gallant \Gal*lant"\, adjective, noun: gallanted, gallanting, gallants; transitive and intransitive verb gallantly; adverb Smartly or boldly stylish; dashing: a gallant feathered hat; cut a gallant figure at the coronation. Unflinching in battle or action; valiant: put up a gallant resistance to the...

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on.... inviolable \In*vi"o*la*ble\, adjective: inviolability, inviolableness; noun inviolably; adverb 1. Secure from violation or profanation: an inviolable reliquary deep beneath the altar. 2. Impregnable to assault or trespass; invincible: fortifications that made the frontier inviolable. 3. Not violable; not susceptible of hurt, wound,...

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on.... rapacious \ruh-PAY-shus\, adjective: rapaciousness, rapacity; noun rapaciously; adverb 1. Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force. 2. Accustomed to seize food; subsisting on prey, or animals seized by violence. 3. Avaricious; grasping; extortionate; also, greedy; ravenous;...

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on.... jocular; \Joc"u*lar\ adjective: jocularity; noun jocularity; adverb 1. Characterized by joking. 2. Given to joking. Blues lyrics are no less dark when ("Nobody loves me but my mother / And she could be jiving too" -- B. B. King). --Roy Blount Jr.,...

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on.... apathy; \Ap"a*thy\noun: apathies; noun, plural apathetic, apathetical; adjective apathetically; adverb 1. Lack of interest or concern, especially regarding matters of general importance or appeal; indifference. 2. Lack of emotion or feeling; impassiveness. 3. Feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern;...

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on.... stolid \STAH-luhd\, adjective: stolidity, stolidness; noun stolidly; adverb 1. Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility. 2. Not easily aroused or excited 3. Dull; impassive. He destroys the public for historical work by convincing it that history is synonymous with heavy, stolid...

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on.... nates \na*tez\, plural noun 1. The buttocks. 2. The two anterior of the four lobes on the dorsal side of the midbrain of most mammals; the anterior optic lobes. 3. The umbones of a bivalve shell. The democrats will find that their...

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on.... scintilla \sin-TIL-uh\, noun scintillant; adjective 1. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount; the slightest particle; a trace 2. A spark; a flash. 3. Miniscule In victory, they must hold on to at least a scintilla of humility, lest they get too cocky...

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on.... inimitable \In*im"i*ta*ble\, adjective inimitability, inimitableness; noun inimitably; adverb 1. Defying imitation; matchless. 2. Not capable of being imitated, copied, or counterfeited 3. Beyond imitation; surpassingly excellent; matchless; unrivaled; exceptional; unique Performing such inimitable feats. --Cowper Etymology: [Middle English, from Latin inimit bilis...

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on.... attenuate \at*ten*u*ate\, verb; adjective attenuating, attenuates, attenuated; intransitive verb attenuation; noun 1. To make slender, fine, or small: The drought attenuated the river to a narrow channel. 2. To reduce in force, value, amount, or degree; weaken: Medicine attentuated the fever's effect....

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on.... surmise \sur*myze\, verb, transitive/intransitive; noun surmising, surmised, surmises 1. To infer (something) without sufficiently conclusive evidence 2. To make a guess or conjecture 3. Reflection; thought. [Obs.] 4. An idea or opinion based on insufficiently conclusive evidence; a conjecture. It wafted nearer...

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on.... pandemian \pan*dem*ee*an\, adjective pandemianly; adverb pandemiousness; noun 1. Vulgar 2. Sensual The characteristics of Aphrodite have bewildered philosophers who, like Plato, made a distinction between the two aspects of the goddess, one Uranian "celestial," as the goddess of pure love, and Pandemian,...

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on.... tenacious \ten*a*shus\, adjective tenaciously; adverb tenaciousness; noun 1. Holding or tending to hold persistently to something, such as a point of view. 2. Holding together firmly; cohesive: 3. Clinging to another object or surface; adhesive 4. Tending to retain; retentive: 5. Niggardly;...

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on.... stave \stayve\, noun staved or stove; staving, stavesverb, intransitive verb staving, staves intransitive verb Noun 1. A narrow strip of wood forming part of the sides of a barrel, tub, or similar structure. 2. A rung of a ladder or chair. 3....

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on.... blithe \blyth\, adjective blither, blithest; adjective blithely; adverb blitheness; noun 1. Carefree and lighthearted. 2. Lacking or showing a lack of due concern; casual. The blithe sounds of festal music. --Prescott. A daughter fair, So buxom, blithe, and debonair. --Milton. Etymology: [Middle...

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on.... elucidate \ih-LOO-si-dayt\, verb elucidates; elucidating; elucidated: intransitive verb elucidation; elucidator: noun elucidative: adjective 1. To make clear or plain, especially by explanation; clarify. 2. To give an explanation that serves to clarify 3. Shed light on. 4. Make free from confusion or...

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on.... carouse \ca*rouse\, verb carouses, carousing, caroused; intransitive verb carousal, carouser; noun: 1. To engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking. 2. To drink excessively 3. To drink up; to drain; to drink freely or jovially. Guests carouse the sparkling tears of the rich grape....

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on.... impudent \Im"pu*dent\, adjective impudently; adverb impudence, impudency; noun 1. Characterized by offensive boldness; insolent or impertinent. 2. Obsolete: Immodest. 3. Bold, with contempt or disregard; unblushingly forward; impertinent; wanting modesty; shameless; saucy. 4. Marked by casual disrespect. More than impudent sauciness. --Shak....

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on.... want \want\, verb wanted, wanting, wants; intransitive verb wantage; wanter \Want"age; want-er\, noun: 1. The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of power or...

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on.... potation \Po*ta"tion\, noun: potator; noun 1. The act of drinking. 2. A drink, especially an alcoholic beverage 3. A drinker 4 A draught. "Potations pottle deep.'' --Shak. 5. Drink; beverage. "Thin potations.'' --Shak. Etymology: [Middle English potacion, from Old French, from Latin...

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on.... pixilate \pix-i-late; pix-il-ate\, verb: pixilated, pixilating, pixilates; intransitive verb pixilated; adjective pixilation; noun 1. Behaving as if mentally unbalanced; very eccentric. 2. Whimsical; prankish. 3. Slang. Intoxicated; drunk. 4. Naughtily or annoyingly playful; "teasing and worrying with impish laughter Etymology: [From pixie.]

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on.... divagate \di-vu-gate\, verb: divagated, divagating, divagates; intransitive verb divagation; noun 1. To wander or drift about 2. To ramble; digress. 3. Turn aside esp. from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing or speaking Etymology: [Late Latin d...

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on.... nimiety \nih-MY-uh-tee\, noun: 1. Superfluity; excess. 2. The state of being too much; excess. What a nimiety of . . . riches have we here! I am quite undone. --James J. Kilpatrick, "Buckley: The Right Word," National Review, December 23, 1996 Etymology:...

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on.... wearish \Wear"ish\, adjective wearishly; adverb wearishness; noun 1. Weak; withered; shrunk. [Obs.] "A wearish hand.'' --Ford. A little, wearish old man, very melancholy by nature. --Burton. 3. 2. Insipid; tasteless; unsavory. [Obs.] Wearish as meat is that is not well tasted. –Palsgrave...

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on.... gracile /grac"ile/; adjective gracility; noun gracillent; adjective gracillently; adverb 1. Gracefully slender. 2. Graceful. 3. Slender; thin. [Obs.] Etymology: [Latin gracilis.]

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on.... prosaic /Pro*sa"ic/; adjective prosaical adjective prosaically; adverb prosaicness; noun 1a. Consisting or characteristic of prose. 1b. Matter-of-fact; straightforward. 2. Lacking in imagination and spirit; dull. 3. Of or pertaining to prose; resembling prose; in the form of prose; unpoetical; writing or using...

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on.... blither /bli*ther/; verb blithered, blithering, blithers; intransitive verb blather; verb, noun blathered, blathering, blathers; intransitive verb blatherer; blitherer; noun 1. To talk foolishly. 2. Voluble, foolish, or nonsensical talk; -- often in the pl. 3. Nonsensical talk. Etymology: [Old Norse bladhra. See...

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on.... prodigious \Pro*di"gious\, adjective prodigiously; adverb prodigiousness; noun 1. Impressively great in size, force, or extent; enormous: a prodigious storm. 2. Extraordinary; marvelous: a prodigious talent. 3. Obsolete. Portentous; ominous. 4. Of the nature of a prodigy; marvelous; wonderful; portentous. 5. So great...

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on.... sagacity \Sa*gac"i*ty\, noun sagacious; adjective sagaciously; adverb sagaciousness; noun 1. The quality of being discerning, sound in judgment, and farsighted; wisdom. 2. The quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment or penetration with soundness of judgment;...

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on.... venery \Ven"er*y\, noun veneries; plural venereous: adjective: venereously: adverb 1. Indulgence in or pursuit of sexual activity. 2. The act of sexual intercourse. 3. The act or sport of hunting; the chase. 4. Venereal; exciting lust; aphrodisiac 5. Lustful; lascivious; libidinous. Etymology:...

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on.... vafrous \Va"frous\,adjective: vafrously: adverb Crafty; cunning; sly; as, vafrous tricks. [Obs.] Etymology: [L. vafer.] Obscure

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. ;-) Practice makes perfect.....post on.... wale \wale\, noun: waled, waling, wales: transitive verb 1. A mark raised on the skin, as by a whip; a weal or welt. 2a. One of the parallel ribs or ridges in the surface of a fabric such as corduroy. 2b....

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-) Practice makes perfect.....post on.... ignominy \Ig"no*min*y\ noun ignominies; noun, plural ignominious; adjective ignominiously; adverb ignominiousness; noun Great personal dishonor or humiliation Shameful or disgraceful action, conduct, or character Public disgrace or dishonor; reproach; infamy. Marked by shame...

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-) Practice makes perfect.....post on.... slue \slew\, also slew verb: slueing, slued, slues, slewing, slewed, slewes slue or slew; noun To turn (something) on an axis; rotate: slued the swivel chair around; sluing the boom of a crane....

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-) Practice makes perfect.....post on.... moribund \MOR-ih-bund\, adjective: moribundity; noun moribundly; adverb In a dying state; dying; at the point of death. Becoming obsolete or inactive. not growing or changing; without force or vitality If talking about books...

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-) Practice makes perfect.....post on.... substantive \sub-stan-tive\, adjective: substantively; adverb substantiveness; noun substantivize; transitive verb Substantial; considerable. Independent in existence or function; not subordinate. Not imaginary; actual; real Of or relating to the essence or substance; essential: substantive...

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-) Practice makes perfect.....post on.... vulgar \vul-ger\, adjective: vulgarly; adverb vulgarness; noun vulgarity; vulgate; noun (Bonus Information!) Crudely indecent. Deficient in taste, delicacy, or refinement. Marked by a lack of good breeding; boorish. See Synonyms at common. Offensively...

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-) Practice makes perfect.....post on.... qua \KWAY; KWAH\, preposition: 1. In the capacity or character of; as. 2. In so far as This might be thought a decisive objection to a federal judge's writing about this subject even...

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-) Practice makes perfect.....post on.... stentorian \sten-TOR-ee-un\, adjective: 1. Extremely loud; powerful; as, a stentorian voice. 2. Of or pertaining to a stentor; extremely loud; powerful; as, a stentorian voice; stentorian lungs. 3. Use of the voice. Around...

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-) Practice makes perfect.....post on.... ambit \AM-bit\, noun: 1. Circuit or compass. 2. The boundaries or limits of a district or place. 3. An area in which something acts, operates, or has power or control; extent; sphere; scope....

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-) Practice makes perfect.....post on.... atelier \at-l-YAY\, noun: 1. A workshop; a studio. After Groton, he would attend the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School, then settle in Paris, rent an atelier and paint. --Benjamin Welles, Sumner Welles:...

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-) Practice makes perfect.....post on.... raffish \RAF-ish,or RAYF-ish\, adjective: raffishly; adverb raffishness; noun 1. Characterized by or suggestive of flashy vulgarity, crudeness, or rowdiness; tawdry. 2. Marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness; rakish. 3. Resembling, or having...