Learn 100 new words

Week 1 – Jul 8 – Jul 14 : apotheosis , emblazon

Week 2 – Jul 15 – Jul 21 : raillery , persiflage

Week 3 – Jul 22 – Jul 28 : scuttlebutt, nescience

Week 4 – Jul 28 – Aug 02 : fatuous, chary

Week 5 – Aug 03 – Aug 10 : adumbrate, supposititious

To catch up, this week and next week we would learn 4 new words.

chary – cautious, wary

fatuous – inanely foolish, stupid, illusory

adumbrate – to sketch an outline, to suggest/disclose partially

supposititious – counterfeit, hypothetical

• Scuttlebutt: gossip, rumor, grapevine

Scuttlebutt is one of the chief forms of communication in large organizations.

• Nescience: ignorance

Education is the tool to eliminate nescience among masses.

• I use railleries when talking to women; thus, giving them an opportunity to really smile and not make those horrible fake smile faces most accustommed to.

• Just as starters and desserts make a meal warm and enjoyable, greetings and persiflages make official meeetings warm and cordial.

I am looking for two or three more people to join me in this goal of learning 2 words a week for a year ( which is 100+ words ). When we have a team, we can try to use the words in our own sentences, find its antonyms, verb forms and so on. Every member gets to choose the two words of the week on a rotation basis.

If this sounds like fun, join in. First come first served :-)

Pick 2 useful words from past week word of the day at dictionary or m-w and learn them.

Week 1 – Jul 8 – Jul 14 : apotheosis , emblazon

Week 2 – Jul 15 – Jul 21 : raillery , persiflage

Week 3 – Jul 22 – Jul 28 : scuttlebutt, nescience

Week 4 – Jul 28 – Aug 02 : fatuous, chary

Week 5 – Aug 03 – Aug 10 : adumbrate, supposititious