December 10, 2015

Blasphemy-  the act or offense of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things. 

Synonyms- profanity, curse, swearing.   Antonyms- respect, godliness, relidion. 

He was detained on charges of blasphemy. 

December 4, 2015

Word response for the Pardoners tale- The moral of his tale is that money and greed is the root of all evil. Yet the Pardoner is sneaky, greedy and lies, his tale is very effective morally.The moral and message of his story ties with the saying, "money is the root of all evil". When the three young men go out to find and kill death to have revenge for death killing their friend, they end up finding eight bags of gold. They give up on their venture to kill death and decide to split the gold. They soon turn on each other and two of the young men both attack the youngest, while the youngest poisoned the wine and this resulted in the killing of the other two men. So in the end of the tale the three young men died from being greedy, supporting the message "greed is the root of all evil". I believe in his message of the story because if the young men didn't cave into the suave of gold then they wouldn't of been greedy and kill each other.

Word response for the Wife of Bath's Tale- The moral of her tale is that women want to be in charge of their marriage and husbands. The Wife of Bath is a larger women who has out lived all of her husbands and has been married five times, so I would believe she knows a little bit more about a good marriage then the average wife. He tale stats that a knight has been sent to court and charged with deflowering a young maiden. He is almost sent to be beheaded until the Queen decides to give him a challenge. He was sent to find the answer of what do all women want the most in life and found several different answers. Hopeless he started back on his journey to the court when he came across a old women that said she had the answer to his question but, he had to promise that he would do whatever she asked next. The knight presented the answer to the Queen and saved his live but had to marry the old women. At the end of the tale he gave full control of his marriage to his wife and she became beautiful and true. Symbolizing that the old women might have been the Wife of Bath.

December 7, 2015

Abdomen- the part of the body of a vertebrate containing the digestive organs; the belly.

Synonyms- belly, gut, middle.   Antonyms- leg, arm, neck.

Brett was punched in the abdomen. 

December 4, 2015

Ascribe- attribute something to (a cause)

Synonyms- assign to, impute to, credit to.   Antonyms- disbelieve, discredit, mistrust. 

He ascribed Jane's short temper to her upset stomach. 

December 3, 2015

Embroil- involve someone deeply in a argument.

Synonyms- conflict, issue, difficult situation.   Antonyms- exclude, assist, free. 

She became embroiled deeply in a argument with two women she hardly knew. 

 

December 2, 2015

Nullify- make legally null or void. 

Synonyms- annul, void, invalidate.   Antonyms- allow, assist, pass.

Judges were unwilling to nullify government decisions. 

December 1, 2015

Mete- dispense, or allot justice. 

Synonyms- punishment, issue, allocate.   Antonyms- join, keep, gather. 

 He denounced the maltreatment meted out to minorities.

November 30, 2015

Cavalier- a supporter of King Charles l in the English Civil War, having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude. 

Synonyms-  chesty, lordly, masterful.  

 Antonyms- bashful, shrinking, shy. 

Cavaliers should be loud and bossy, not shy and kind. 

November 20, 2015

• Thanksgiving is also celebrated in Canada too. But they celebrate it on the second Monday of October. 
• Only male turkeys can gobble. (i thought every turkey could do that )
• Miss judging how many turkeys  that will be sold can be a pretty big deal. But instead someone at Swanson decided to shred the meat and make TV dinners about it. 

November 19, 2015

Dramatic irony-understood by the audience but not grasped by the character. 

situational irony- a situation in which actions have an affect that is opposite from what was intended. 

November 18, 2015

Kismet- destiny, fate

Synonyms- fate, providence, doom.   

Antonyms- whole, intention, destination. 

What chance did I have against kismet ?

November 17, 2015

Ambivalent- is a state of having simulations conflicting reactions, 

beliefs, or feelings towards some object. 

Synonyms- uncertain, torn, indecisive.   Antonyms- certain, secure, clear.

Although Janice loved Henry, her ambivalence towards marriage made her turn down his proposal. 

November 16, 2015 *absent*

Inadvertent- not resulting from or achieved through deliberate planning. 

Synonyms- unintended, unplanned, involuntary.   Antonyms- deliberate, careful, attentive.

I have been getting inadvertent calls from your cell phone. 

*absent*

November 13, 2015

Wanton- Sexually immodest or promiscuous.

Synonyms- loose, indecent, whorish.    Antonyms- modest, pure, chaste. 

He loved the way she could be wanton and sensual on minute, then bashful the next.

November 12, 2015

Carrion- the decaying flesh of dead animals.

Synonyms- corpse, remains, body.  Antonyms- developing, improving, growing.

The stench of the carrion on the dogs body was strong. 

November 12,2015

Pedestrian-a person walking along the road.

Synonyms- walker, person on foot, foot traffic.   Antonyms- driver, passenger. 

A lot of  accidents involve pedestrians. 

November 10, 2015

Writhe- make continual twisting, squirming moments or contortions of the body.

Synonyms- squirm, twist, toss.   Antonyms- straighten, or be still.

He writhed in agony on the ground. 

November 5, 2015

Minimus- the little finger or toe.

Aglet- a plastic tag at the end of a lace used for tying.

Griffonage- bad hand writing. 

Tines- a sharp point ( a fork).

Natiform- resembling the buttocks. 

Glabella- the flat area of a bone between the eyebrows.

Rasceta- creases on the inside of the wrist. 

Lunule- pale area at the end of a fingernail. 

Philtrum- vertical groove on the surface of the upper lip.

Obelus- a mark (− or ÷) used in ancient manuscripts to point out spurious, corrupt, doubtful, or superfluous words or passages.

October 30, 2015

Elocution- the skill of clear and expressive speech, especially of distinct pronunciation and articulation.

Synonyms- speech, diction, pronunciation   Antonyms- quiet, silence, pronouncement. 

Before I took lessons in elocution, I was an awful speaker.

October 29, 2015

Ablution- the act of washing oneself

Synonyms- bath, cleansing, shower.   Antonyms- to get dirty

He spent 15 minutes doing his daily ablutions.

October 28, 2015

Edification- the instruction or improvement of a person morally or intellectually. 

Synonyms- education, tuition, training.   Antonyms- ignorance, worsening, destruction. 

This assignment is for your edification. 

October 27, 2015

Attrition-the action or process of gradually reducing the strength or effectiveness of someone or something through sustained attack or pressure.

Synonyms- wearing down, weakening, gradual lose.   Antonyms- building, happiness, strengthening. 

As a result of teacher attrition, a lot of classrooms are overcrowded.

October 26, 2015

Pious- devoutly religious 

Synonyms- godly, holy, spiritual.   Antonyms- atheist, sinful, wicked.

He was revered by many as a saint because he was so pious. 

  

October 22, 2015

Gregarious- found of company.

Synonyms- sociable, friendly, outgoing.   Antonyms- antisocial, unsociable.

He has a gregarious personality, which makes him a very good friend. 

P.S. TOMORROW IS MY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

October 21, 2015

Onerous- involving an amount of effort and difficulty that is oppressively burdensome.

Synonyms- task, duty, responsibility.   Antonyms- effortless, easy.

The solider had to carry out onerous tasks during his battle. 

October 20, 2015

Spurious- false or fake.

Synonyms- forged, misleading, artificial.   Antonyms- genuine, true, valid.

His demonstration was not spurious.

October 19, 2015

Abrogate-do away with.

Synonyms- repeal, revoke, overturn   Antonyms- institute, introduce

You can not abrogate anyone's right to free speech. 

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ON October 8, 2015

Voracious-wanting or devouring great quantities of food. 

Synonyms- greedy, compulsive.   Antonyms- full, satisfied.

Example- Three of the species are voracious and dangerous. 

October 9,2015

Officious- assertive of authority in an annoyingly domineering.

Synonyms- self-important, intrusive.     Antonyms- modest, timid. 

Example- The officious officer could never resist sticking his nose into other peoples business. 

October 7, 2015

Surreptitious- kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of. 

Synonyms- secret, sneaky.   Antonyms- honest, public.

Example- He completed the assignment in a surreptitious, secret manner. 

October 6, 2015

Tenacious- tending to keep a firm hold of something.

Synonyms- determined, strong-willed.      Antonyms- weak, loose. 

The virus seems to be pretty tenacious.