Friday, February 6, 2009

Vocabulary 2

Wallow
synonym To swim
Antonym
Defintion
verb
-to roll about or lie in water, snow, mud, dust, or the like, as for refreshment: Goats wallowed in the dust.



She can't explain why people want to wallow in al the blood and gore
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/wallow

The Things They Carried P. 84

Lexicon

Synonym thesaurus
antonym
Defintition noun
the vocabulary of a particular language, field, social class, person, etc.

Two newspaper articles may not make for a trend, but lexcio-graphers and linguistics say it would not be surprising if some of the language of the war on terrorism becomes apart of our permanent lexicon

By using a lexicon I will notice if I am using the correct word choices in my sentences.

Efficient and Effective Reading p. 247

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/lexicon?qsrc=2888

Euphemistic

Synonym
Antonym
Definition noun

the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt.


The grim nickname for the 15000 pund bomb that explode just above the ground level, was named most euphemistic.

Efficient and Effective Reading p. 247

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/euphemistic?qsrc=2888

Weekly Calendar




To Do

Weekly Calendar

Monday

Study for math

Learning more english vocabulary

Finishing the last exercises of my Spanish class