Monday, August 6, 2012

Thirteen more words


accost: to approach with a greeting or remark

accouter: to equip or outfit

accretion: increase by growth or addition

accrue: result from natural growth

accumulate: to gather or collect; amass or mount up

accurate: free from error; carefully precise

acerbate: to make sour or bitter; to exasperate or embitter

acerbic: sharp or bitter as in expression

achromatic: without color

acidulous: sharp; caustic

acme: highest point, summit

acquiesce: to comply silently; submit.

acquisitive: tending to seek or acquire, often greedily 

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Friday, March 16, 2012

Ten Words A Day

aberration: deviation from a right, customary, or prescribed course

banal: commonplace

capacious: roomy

egalitarian: belief in equality of all people

fastidious: hard to please

hubris: excessive pride or self-confidence

languor: lack of energy, vitality

miasma: a dangerous or corruptive influence or atmosphere

obstreperous: resisting control in a noisy and difficult manner

pensive: dreamily or wistfully thoughtful

Cricklers

Studying for the SAT and the GRE is not thought of as being fun, but it actually can be. One resource that I've found is Cricklers. It's a game similar to a crossword created by Michael and Barbara Crick. It has a specific vocabulary game, and it's pretty helpful. There's a new one everyday, but it does recycle eventually.

The web address is http://www.crickler.com/. It also contains other games about current events which may also be helpful.