Remember way back when I used to publish these weekly? My lack of discipline has been on display for quite some time now, but I plan to execute some strict self-government from now on. Or at least for today.
Here are some new words I encountered in my most recent read: The Bonfire of the Vanities (more to come on that another day).
subornation - the crime of inducing another to commit perjury
lugubrious - sad or mournful in an exaggerated way
solecism - a grammatical violation; breach of etiquette
logorrhea - excessive, incoherent and uncontrollable talkativeness
dendrite - the branched part of a nerve cell that carries impulses
bathos - trite sentimentality
debentures - an interest-bearing bond issued without a specific pledge of assets
homunculus - a little man
vulpine - clever, cunning
cynosure - and person or thing that is the center of attention
Here are some new words I encountered in my most recent read: The Bonfire of the Vanities (more to come on that another day).
subornation - the crime of inducing another to commit perjury
lugubrious - sad or mournful in an exaggerated way
solecism - a grammatical violation; breach of etiquette
logorrhea - excessive, incoherent and uncontrollable talkativeness
dendrite - the branched part of a nerve cell that carries impulses
bathos - trite sentimentality
debentures - an interest-bearing bond issued without a specific pledge of assets
homunculus - a little man
vulpine - clever, cunning
cynosure - and person or thing that is the center of attention
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