wax ideal » WOtD http://waxideal.com/blog learning to be human, since 1984 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 06:49:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Words of the Day http://waxideal.com/blog/2008/09/11/words-of-the-day/ http://waxideal.com/blog/2008/09/11/words-of-the-day/#comments Thu, 11 Sep 2008 05:26:58 +0000 sarandi http://waxideal.com/blog/2008/09/11/words-of-the-day/ School just started, and I’ve been extremely busy–but I promise more food related posts soon! For now, here are some words whose meanings I’ve re/learned whilst reading for school:

  1. tacit – understood or implied without being stated
  2. efface – erase (a mark) from a surface | make oneself appear insignificant or inconspicuous
  3. assuage – make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense | satisfy
  4. confer – grant or bestow
  5. memento mori – “remember that you are mortal”
  6. vertiginous – causing vertigo, esp. by being extremely high or steep
  7. goad – a thing that stimulates someone into action | to provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate some action or reaction

The definitions are from the Oxford English Dictionary, except for where linked.

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