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kerpingtack) wrote2007-03-07 12:44 am
kerpingtack) wrote2007-03-07 12:44 am
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personal lexicon!
words I like to use in academia/thinky talk
symptom
endemic
(in)flux
analogous/homologous
tantamount
extrapolate
binary
contingent
discerning
stigma
compound
culmination
counter-intuitive
permutation
words I like but never have the right occassion to use
GANGBUSTERS
retrograde
parity
coruscating
swath
watercrest
teak
wrought
cleave
twill
affectation
cadence
martinet
antediluvian
piety
supple
conflate
portentous
savant
verklempt (which I say in my head as verkelmpt)
apogee
salad days
bildungsroman
zaftig
dirigible
milksop
new words!
odalisk - (n) a concubine or woman slave in a harem*
atavism - (n) 1. the reappearance in an individual of characteristics of some remote ancestor that have been absent in intervening generations 2. reversion to an earlier type; throwback.
dealated - (adj) (of certain ants and termites after nuptial flights) having no wings as a result of having bitten or rubbed them off
verboten - (adj) forbidden, as by law; prohibited (I <3 German)
favonian - (adj) pertaining to the west wind; soft; mild; gentle.
blandishments - (n) something, as an action or speech, that tends to flatter, coax, entice; cajolery, wheedling
effete - (adj) 1. depleted of vitality, force, or effectiveness; exhausted 2. marked by self-indulgence, triviality, or decadence 3. overrefined; effeminate 4. no longer productive; infertile
punctilio - (n) a fine point of exactness in conduct, ceremony, or procedure; strictness or exactness in the observance of formalities
sepulchral - (adj) 1. of, pertaining to, or serving as a tomb or a burial 2. proper to or suggestive of a tomb; funereal or dismal 3. hollow and deep
imputation - (n) an attribution, as of fault or crime; accusation
colloquy - (n) a conversation or dialogue, esp. a formal one
hinterland - (n) backcountry; a region situated inland from a coast
sop - (n) something given to pacify or quiet, or as a bribe
fecundity - (n) fruitfulness or fertility; the capacity of abundant production
foofaraw - (n) 1. excessive or flashy ornamentation or decoration 2. a fuss over a matter of little importance
random learning (have had links to these for almost a year :O)
vacuous truth
garden-path sentence
prisoner's dilemma (if Prison Break was about game theory, I would watch. Why, I don't know.)
* though I'm skeeved at using this word b/c it originally just means "women's quarters"; the concubine meaning today comes from Western Orientalist ideas of what those quarters entailed. :////
symptom
endemic
(in)flux
analogous/homologous
tantamount
extrapolate
binary
contingent
discerning
stigma
compound
culmination
counter-intuitive
permutation
words I like but never have the right occassion to use
GANGBUSTERS
retrograde
parity
coruscating
swath
watercrest
teak
wrought
cleave
twill
affectation
cadence
martinet
antediluvian
piety
supple
conflate
portentous
savant
verklempt (which I say in my head as verkelmpt)
apogee
salad days
bildungsroman
zaftig
dirigible
milksop
new words!
odalisk - (n) a concubine or woman slave in a harem*
atavism - (n) 1. the reappearance in an individual of characteristics of some remote ancestor that have been absent in intervening generations 2. reversion to an earlier type; throwback.
dealated - (adj) (of certain ants and termites after nuptial flights) having no wings as a result of having bitten or rubbed them off
verboten - (adj) forbidden, as by law; prohibited (I <3 German)
favonian - (adj) pertaining to the west wind; soft; mild; gentle.
blandishments - (n) something, as an action or speech, that tends to flatter, coax, entice; cajolery, wheedling
effete - (adj) 1. depleted of vitality, force, or effectiveness; exhausted 2. marked by self-indulgence, triviality, or decadence 3. overrefined; effeminate 4. no longer productive; infertile
punctilio - (n) a fine point of exactness in conduct, ceremony, or procedure; strictness or exactness in the observance of formalities
sepulchral - (adj) 1. of, pertaining to, or serving as a tomb or a burial 2. proper to or suggestive of a tomb; funereal or dismal 3. hollow and deep
imputation - (n) an attribution, as of fault or crime; accusation
colloquy - (n) a conversation or dialogue, esp. a formal one
hinterland - (n) backcountry; a region situated inland from a coast
sop - (n) something given to pacify or quiet, or as a bribe
fecundity - (n) fruitfulness or fertility; the capacity of abundant production
foofaraw - (n) 1. excessive or flashy ornamentation or decoration 2. a fuss over a matter of little importance
random learning (have had links to these for almost a year :O)
vacuous truth
garden-path sentence
prisoner's dilemma (if Prison Break was about game theory, I would watch. Why, I don't know.)
* though I'm skeeved at using this word b/c it originally just means "women's quarters"; the concubine meaning today comes from Western Orientalist ideas of what those quarters entailed. :////