Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Words of the Week

Reticent: Adj: not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily

Rigor: Noun: the quality of being extremely thorough, exhaustive, or accurate

Alacrity: Noun: brisk and cheerful readiness

Timorous: Adj: showing or suffering from nervousness, fear, or a lack of confidence.

Obtuse: Adj: annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand

Adroit: Adj: causing harm or damage

Deleterious: Adj: causing harm or damage

Brevity: noun: concise and exact use of words in writing or speech.

Adulation: noun: obsequious flattery; excessive admiration or praise

Histrionic: Adj: overly theatrical or melodramatic in character or style

Hypochondriac: noun: a person who is abnormally anxious about their health.
   

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