by Laurie Bluedorn | Jul 25, 2019 | Language Arts
• brio = vigor, lively energy • comeuppance = deserved fate, something unpleasant, regarded as a just punishment for somebody • consigliere = an adviser to the leader of a crime syndicate (organized-crime boss) • expropriate = to take something (property or money)...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Oct 10, 2018 | Language Arts
• affiance = to promise somebody or yourself in marriage to somebody else • apotheosis = the highest point of glory, power, or importance; the best or most glorious example of something; the supposed transformation of a human being into a deity • bucolic = relating to...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Jul 23, 2018 | Language Arts
• abstruse = obscure, difficult to understand • bistro = a small restaurant or bar • bonhomie = easy good-humored friendliness • copacetic = excellent or very good • esoteric = restricted to, intended for, or understood by only an initiated few; secret or highly...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Nov 5, 2017 | Language Arts
• abstruse – obscure, difficult to understand • aghast – horrified, overcome with shock and dismay • agog – intensely interested, excited, or eager • alliteration – a poetic or literary effect achieved by using several words that begin with the...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Sep 2, 2017 | Language Arts
• adumbrate = to give an incomplete or faint outline or indication of something; to give a vague indication or warning of something to come • allegation = an assertion, especially relating to wrongdoing or misconduct on somebody’s part, that has yet to be proved...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Aug 12, 2017 | Language Arts
• jettison = to throw something from a ship, aircraft, or vehicle in distress in order to lighten the load; to discard or abandon something such as an idea or project • kakistocracy = a state or country run by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous citizens...
