So, since I am studying away for the GRE, I thought a fun exercise would be to play around with words a bit.
Everyone find 5-10 words that are a mix between words you did not know before and words that sound cool. So to do this you can either flip randomly through the dictionary or go to dictionary.com (my fav site). After everyone has posted their words and the definitions, we can each create a piece (poem, essay, short story, whatever) that includes some of the words.
So here are mine:
Loquacious- talkative
Misanthrope- person who dislikes others
Irascible- easily angered
Cacophony- harsh noise
Zephyr- gentle breeze, soft light fabric, or something that is airy
Vexillology- the study of flags
Brummagem- cheap and showy
Flibbertigibbet- silly, flighty, or excessively talkative person
Woebegone- woeful, run down
Gimcrack- showy but worthless or useless object
:)
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hebdomad - a group of seven
warwhoop - a war cry, especially of American Indians
bloviate - to speak or write verbosely
rictus - the gape of a bird's mouth
(in honor of crazy, crazy Tom Cruise): glib - lacking depth and substance
margay - a small, American spotted cat
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