Showing posts with label words. Show all posts
Showing posts with label words. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

New Word Order: 01-29-13


These are words I was unfamiliar with, in reading, that I chose to look up and document here, and here on, as part of a better reading comprehension and vocabulary building routine. The articles in which I was exposed to these words are linked at the bottom.

se·nes·cent adjective 1. growing old; aging.[1]
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/senescence

in·ter·mi·na·ble adjective 1. incapable of being terminated; unending: an interminable job.[2]
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/interminable

be·night·ed adjective 1.intellectually or morally ignorant; unenlightened: benighted ages of barbarism and superstition.[2]
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/benighted

red·o·lent adjective 3. suggestive; reminiscent (usually followed by of  ): verse redolent of Shakespeare.[2]
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/redolent

1. The American Empire, RIP.

2. From The Algerian Terror To Al Qaeda Meets Mali: West’s Hidden Agenda And One Big Mess.