Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Words of the Week

Wan: Adj: pale and giving the impression of illness or exhaustion

Prodigality: Adj: spending money or resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant.

Feigned: Verb: pretend to be affected by (a feeling, state, or injury)

Languidly: Adj: (of a person, manner, or gesture) displaying or having a disinclination for physical exertion or effort; slow and relaxed

Colossal: Adj: extremely large

Complacency: Noun: a feeling of smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements

Levity: Noun: humor or frivolity, esp. the treatment of a serious matter with humor or in a manner lacking due respect

Extemporizing: Verb: compose, perform, or produce something such as music or a speech without preparation; improvise

Supercilious: Adj: behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others

Infinitesimal: Adj: extremely small

Fractiousness: Adj: easily irritated; bad-tempered

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