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Post by Janeway Forever on Mar 13, 2007 13:22:24 GMT -5
Ok, so Kate uses lots of nice big words that I have to go look up. Ofcourse, once I know what they mean, I want to use them as well. So I decided we should have a place to list and discuss Ms. Mulgrew's extensive vocabulary.
ribaldry - a ribald (course or indecent; bawdy, coarse, crude) quality or element.
puerile - marked by or suggestive of immaturity and lack of poise.
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Post by KateJaneway on Mar 13, 2007 16:21:34 GMT -5
These are just a few....from ONE interview! This is exhausting or as Kate would say 'completely DAUNTING," reading her interviews. She is so literary, it is horrid for us mere mortals whom must find the meanings in her vocabulary!
Erudition: knowledge acquired by study, research, etc.; learning; scholarship.
Exacting: rigid or severe in demands or requirements; requiring close application or attention
Alacrity: cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness
Vicissitudes: a change or variation occurring in the course of something, as of life or fortune; ups and downs
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Post by Janeway Forever on Mar 13, 2007 21:59:25 GMT -5
It is my goal to use atleast ribaldry and puerile in my next English paper. ha ha. I will see how many other vocab words I can work in there.
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Post by Mel on Mar 13, 2007 22:51:25 GMT -5
HAHA There is no way that I will be able to remember these.  |
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Post by Janeway Forever on Mar 16, 2007 9:48:16 GMT -5
dulcet - pleasing to the ear.
astute - shrewdly discerning.
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Post by KateJaneway on Mar 16, 2007 17:53:42 GMT -5
Some more Mulgrew Vocab.....
undaunted: not intimidated or frightened
longevity: a long individual life; great duration of individual life
Segued: to make a transition from one thing to another smoothly and without interruption
erudition: knowledge acquired by study, research, etc.; learning; scholarship
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Post by Janeway Forever on Mar 16, 2007 20:26:20 GMT -5
You must really like erudition. You listed it twice!! Ha ha.
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Post by KateJaneway on Mar 17, 2007 12:05:38 GMT -5
LOL! No not really....just a different transcript....Apparently Kate likes that word and I being the attentive one that I am, did not realize thet I had done it twice. Man, when Kate uses her words she really does.....I can even remember them all.
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Post by KateJaneway on Mar 18, 2007 22:41:03 GMT -5
Ahhh. I was watching season five today and I found a word I just had to post.
Subterfuge: an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule, escape a consequence, hide something, etc.
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Post by Janeway Forever on Mar 26, 2007 23:44:15 GMT -5
badinage - playful talk back and forth.
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Post by Janeway Forever on Mar 28, 2007 21:45:10 GMT -5
trepidation - nervous agitation.
insular - relating to, or forming an island.
antipathy - settled aversion or dislike.
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Post by jaxlynn on Apr 9, 2007 19:44:27 GMT -5
Okay, yet another reason to love kate...she is helping the world to become more literate!
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Post by Janeway Forever on May 6, 2007 22:17:01 GMT -5
aplomb - complete composure or self-assuredness.
patina - a superficial covering or exterior.
visceral - not intellectual: INSTINCTIVE.
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Post by Mel on May 7, 2007 14:53:55 GMT -5
I am bringing a dictionary with me.
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Post by KateJaneway on May 7, 2007 22:12:15 GMT -5
LOL!!!! That is AWESOME!!! I'm just planning on memorizing it!!
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