Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Vocab for Week Three

Unfortunately I was over-enthusiastic with this week's vocabulary--giving me an impressively lengthy list of words--but likewise rendering it difficult for me to actually learn them. Therefore, in the future I hope to have no more than four or five new words every week, which I will thusly become much more familiar with.

Aeolian~Relating to or caused by wind, an "aeolian harp," also pertaining to Aeolus, the Greek god of the winds

Oracular~Miraculous, pertaining to an oracle

Tempestuous~Stormy, as in tempest

Ope~Archaic word for "open"

Sultry~Oppressively warm, sweltering

Lodestar~A star that shows the way, something that guides

Fecundity~Fertility

Twain~Archaic word for "two"

Coronal~Of or pertaining to a crown or wreath

Triune~Three-in-one

Basalt~Volcanic rock made of cooled lava

Harbinger~A Herold, or something that foreshadows a future event

Malison~Archaic, a curse

Tintinnabulation~The sound of bells ringing

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