Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Word of the Day

Vocabulary :: Word of the Day :

Garrulity ---> gar-ru-li-ty
noun :: Talkativeness.
"The garrulity of the teenager prompted her parents to get her her own cellphone."

Portentous ---> por-ten-tous
adj :: Eliciting amazement or wonder.
"Such a portentous and mysterious monster roused all my curiosity" (Herman Melville).

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