Saturday, May 2, 2009
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Monday: Ostentatious (os-ten-tey-shuhs) (adjective) Excessively showy, glitzy. Example: “On the palace tour, the guide focused on the ostentatious decorations and spoke little of the royal family’s history.”
Tuesday: Incorrigible (in-kawr-i-juh-buhl) (adjective) Incapable of correction, delinquent. Example: “You can buy Grandma Nicotine gum all you want, but I think that after sixty-five years of smoking she’s incorrigible.”
Wednesday: Frenetic (fruh-net-ik) (adjective) frenzied, hectic, frantic. Example: “In the hours between night and morning, the frenetic pace of city life slows to a lull.”
Thursday: Lithe (lahyth) (adjective) Graceful, flexible, supple. Example: “Although the dancers were all outstanding, Jae Sun’s control of her lithe body was particularly impressive.”
Friday: Hiatus (hahy-ey-tuhs) (noun) A break or gap in duration or continuity. Example: “The hiatus in service should last two or three months—until the cable lines are repaired.”
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