Sunday, May 27, 2012

Vocabulary (from a different person)

Thought I might as well post something after yet another long period of inactivity. Definitions come from google. Words come from... hmm?
Extolling: Praise enthusiastically
Ember: A small piece of burning or glowing coal or wood in a dying fire
Penumbra: The partially shaded outer region of the shadow cast by an opaque object
Inimitable: So good or unusual as to be impossible to copy; unique
Forevermore: Forever (o.O)
Foreboding: Fearful apprehension; a feeling that something bad will happen
Threescore: Sixty
Perchance: By some chance, perhaps
Afore: Before
Hereinbefore: Before this point in this document
Repose: Temporary rest from activity, excitement, or exertion, esp. sleep or the rest given by sleep
Thence: As a consequence
Pallid: Pale, typically because of poor health
Dissonance: A tension or clash resulting from the combination of two disharmonious or unsuitable elements
Intoning: Say or recite with little rise and fall of the pitch of the voice
Forlorn: Pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely
Corvus: A small Southern constellation (the Crow or Raven), south of Virgo
Heretofore: Before now
Maven: An expert or connoisseur
Dirge: A mournful song, piece of music or poem
Wherefore: As a result of which
Entreated: Ask earnestly or anxiously for
Nefarious: Wicked or criminal
Delectable: Extremely beautiful
Emancipate: Set free
Spurned: Reject with disdain
Mirth: Amusement

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