i need 20 words that you come across every once in a while that are somewhat high level words and their definitions. i will love you foreverr if you do this and best answer to anyone who gives me a variety or 20 with definitions!
2007-10-30 15:50:14 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
1) Antidisestablishmentarianist: Someone who is against the the Establishment, or Government
2) Ambidextrous: Someone who is able to use both hands, OR unusually skillful
3) Supercilious: Disdainful or contemptuous, usually as a person, voice tone, or facial expression
4) Masochist: Gratification of pain
5)Soi-disant: Self-styled or self-called
6) Terminus: Finishing point, or the end.
7) Emolument: Compensation, generally gained from a job or some sort of labor.
8)Surreptitious: done, made, or gotten by stealth; also, marked by stealth.
9) Lambaste: to scold sharply; also, to beat.
10) Quixotic: foolishly impractical; also, capricious, impulsive.
11) Malapropism: the usually unintentionally humorous misuse of a word, especially by confusion with one of similar sound; also, an example of such misuse.
12) Logorrhea: Excessive talkativeness
13)Pleonasm: the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea.
14) Latitudinarian: having or expressing broad and tolerant views.
15) Insuperable: incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome.
16) Sang-froid: coolness in trying circumstances. Exact French translation for cold blood.
17) Pugnacious: combative; quarrelsome.
18) Vociferous: clamorous; noisy.
19) Autodidact: one who is self-taught.
20) Gregarious: seeking and enjoying the company of others.
Ha.
2007-10-30 16:09:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Thinking of 20 random words from the back of my head.... ahh, heres the first 20 that came to mind
1. sanguine
2. polarize
3. solecism
4. microcosm
5. claque
6. melee
7. purview
8. bibulous
9. apprise
10. eleemosynary
11. minuscule
12. lexicon
13. obfuscate
14. verisimilitude
15. indigenous
16. deracinate
17. paternalism
18. lachrymose
19. aegis
20. vassal
Use http://m-w.com to find the definitions. I'm sure no one here has the time to write out the definitions.
2007-10-30 16:01:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. lex·i·con - A dictionary.
2. advisement - Careful consideration.
3. expectation - Eager anticipation.
4. recommend - To praise or commend (one) to another as being worthy or desirable
5. security - the state of being free from danger or injury
2007-10-30 16:01:54 · answer #3 · answered by Frosty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a million. reproved 2. laborious 3. perpetrator 4. exonerate i did no longer seem those words up, yet they sound approximately precise to me. attempt gaining knowledge of the definitions for those words and then substituting them in the sentences... that's what I commonly do in those circumstances.
2016-10-03 01:20:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pteronophobia: the fear of being tickled my feathers
Apocolocynposis: the fear of turning into a pumpkin
somnambulist: sleepwalker
Arachibutyrophobia: fear of peanut butter stuck to the roof of your teeth
Octophobia: fear of the figure 8
:D
2007-10-30 15:58:29 · answer #5 · answered by Animal Luverr™ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just flip open a dictionary and browse through for words that you wouldn't use often. You can do it!
2007-10-30 15:59:48 · answer #6 · answered by Ginger/Virginia 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋