Fari's (quite boring) Adventure to Learn the Definition of a Word a Day

[Fari]

So, my Language Arts teacher said to try to learn the definition of a word everyday. I mean, we all try to guess what a word means from a context but we can't use it in a writing if we don't know it, not really... So, it's important to know the actual meaning of words and she said something after that, but my friend and I were talking with our eyes, so I kind of missed that... ;P

Also, a big part of this is so that I can look at this for words and adjectives when writing, so I'll sometimes put some simple words just so that I remember them when I write. I'll try to come here when I write. ;P

So, every day, I will try to put at least one new word with the definition and a couple synonyms.If anyone is looking at this, please feel free to suggest words for me to look up. Thanks!! :D

[Fari]

A few words for yesterday and today.

1. Ominous: Giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen.

Synonyms: sinister, inauspicious, threatening

2. Pompous(this word is more for the spelling... I wanted to write it somewhere, but I couldn't remember what it was spelled like, so... ya... why not, right?): Affectedly and irritatingly grand, solemn or self-important.

Someone with a kind of high and mighty attitude.

Synonym: imperious, haughty, vain, proud, snobbish (snobbish is a word...)

3. Patronize: Act as if you care but it comes with an air of superiority and conceitedness.

(Found when searching for pompous)

4. Nostalgia: A sentimental longing or wistful affection.

Synonym: remembrance

(I guess it's a good thing, I searched this one up because for some reason, I assumed it meant 'the urge or need to throw up'???)

5. Taut: stretched or pulled tight; not slack.

[Ruby, Just plain Epictastic.]

Ooh! Cool! My personal, favorite word is

Flibbertigibbet



I just like the way you say it XD it sounds awesome. like, it isn't a word, but it is

[Ruby, Just plain Epictastic.]

if ya wanna look that up

[Fari]

LOL! The word sounds awesome!

6. Flibbertigibbet: a frivolous, flighty, or excessively talkative person. Someone who talks a lot! (Me ;P)

[Kamiko]

LOVE that word, and the idea

[Fari]

Why, thank you! Also, also, also... I actually used flibbertigibbet while I was writing something and I am SO GIDDY RIGHT NOW!! Oh my gosh! LOL!

[Ruby, Just plain Epictastic.]

:D

[Fari]

;P

[Fari]

LOL!

7. Serene: calm, peaceful, and untroubled; tranquil.

Syn: calm, tranquil, at ease, untroubled, relaxed

8. Prude:a person who is or claims to be easily shocked by matters relating to sex or nudity.

(Guess it's a good thing that I'm going this cuz my guess from the text if what the word means was quite far off...)

[Fari]

9. Cryptic:having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure.

Synonym: mysterious, confusing, perplexing, abstruse, ambiguous

[Fari]

10. Delve:reach inside a receptacle and search for something.

research or make painstaking inquiries into something.

11. Eccentric: (of a person or their behavior) unconventional and slightly strange

[Fari]

There's a LOT of words that I recently learned (or am about to learn the meaning of when I search up the definition) and they're ALL from

12. Plaintively: (Plantation)A plantation is a long, artificially-established forest, farm or estate, where crops are grown for sale, often in distant markets rather than for local on-site consumption. The term plantation is informal and not precisely defined.

13. Heft: lift or carry

synonym: Heave, hoist, haul

(Use these terms instead of lift or carry)

14. Tabby: a cat whose fur is mottled or streaked with dark stripes.

15. Exultation: a feeling of triumphant elation or jubilation; rejoicing.

Synonym: jubilation, rejoicing, happiness, pleasure, joy, gladness, delight, glee, elation, cheer, euphoria, exhilaration, delirium, ecstasy, rapture, exuberance;

16. Shrewd: having or showing sharp powers of judgment; astute.

Synonym: astute, sharp-witted, sharp, smart, acute, intelligent, clever, canny, perceptive, perspicacious, sagacious, wise, savvy

17. Innate: inborn; natural.

Synonym: inborn, inbred, inherent, indwelling, natural, intrinsic, instinctive, intuitive, unlearned;
hereditary, inherited, in the blood, in the family;
inbuilt, deep-rooted, deep-seated, hardwired,

18. Alabaster: a fine-grained, translucent form of gypsum, typically white, often carved into ornaments.

[Fari]

19.Kindling: easily combustible small sticks or twigs used for starting a fire.

20.Indecipherable: not able to be read or understood.

(USE THIS WORD!)

Synonym: illegible, unreadable, hard to read, unintelligible, unclear

21.Audacious: showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks.

Synonym: bold, daring, fearless, intrepid, brave, courageous, valiant, heroic, plucky;

22.Martyrdom: the death or suffering of a martyr.

23.Dank: disagreeably damp, musty, and typically cold.

24.Impassable: impossible to travel along or over.

[Fari]

25.Taciturn: (of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.

Synonym: untalkative, uncommunicative, reticent, unforthcoming, quiet, secretive, tight-lipped, buttoned-up, close-mouthed;
silent, mute, dumb, inarticulate;
reserved, withdrawn

26.Mercenary: (of a person or their behavior) primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics.

Synonym: money-oriented, grasping, greedy, acquisitive, avaricious, covetous, bribable, venal, materialistic

27.Maudlin: self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness.
"the drink made her maudlin"

Synonym: sentimental, oversentimental, emotional, overemotional, tearful, lachrymose


28.Gripe: express a complaint or grumble about something, especially something trivial.

Synonym: complain, grumble, grouse, protest, whine, bleat

29.Enamel: an opaque or semitransparent glassy substance applied to metallic or other hard surfaces for ornament or as a protective coating.


30.Stalactites: a tapering structure hanging like an icicle from the roof of a cave, formed of calcium salts deposited by dripping water.


31.Stalagmites: a mound or tapering column rising from the floor of a cave, formed of calcium salts deposited by dripping water and often uniting with a stalactite.


32.Portcullis: a strong, heavy grating sliding up and down in vertical grooves, lowered to block a gateway to a fortress or town.


33.Whorls: a pattern of spirals or concentric circles.

Synonym: loop, coil, hoop, ring, curl, twirl, twist, spiral, helix, arabesque

"Shelley drew larger and larger dark whorls on her notepad"
"elegant whorls of wrought iron"

34.Rivulets: a very small stream.
"sweat ran in rivulets down his back"

[[deleted user]]

This is awesome!!!

[Fari]

Haha, thanks! I have sticky notes FILLED with words I don't know from a book but it's quite annoying to search up the definition and stuff...

[[deleted user]]

I think I'll try to learn all these! Cool idea!

[Fari]

Thankx! :D I have so many more but I'm lazy and therefore, I haven't done them all... yet.

[Fari]

(to be defined)


35. Pocked:

36. Apse:

37. Monastery:

38. Burble:

39. Ammunition:

40. Infantry:

41. Shurn:

42. Divvied:

43. Commerce:

44. Integral:

45. Regimen:

[Fari]

substantial

[[deleted user]]

Hmmmm... I don't know what "apse" and "burble" mean.....

[Fari]

I have no idea what any of these mean (I do have a quite limited vocabulary)...

[[deleted user]]

Nah, I don't know most of them either... I don't know apse, burble, shurn, pocked...... I think that's it. of numbers 35-45, that is. ((according to spell check, shurn isn't a word...????))

[Fari]

Ya, I realized that too... But I'd thrown away the sticky note I'd written it on... So I have no idea what it actually was. ;P