Zero again

Woohoo! 3 for me today. I'm have 6.

I am going to post 10 tomorrow.. my BINGO picking hand is tired!!!

You get some rest Miss Helen. Sounds like you worked hard today.

Thanks Gail.. It was crazy!!!!

Anyways.. I up up at having my coffee already today.....

so.. here are some words for you.....

4. acumen

6. auspicious

10. chicanery

25. facetious

46. kinetic

53. mitosis

57. nomenclature

77. reciprocal

90. totalitarian

96. winnow

Do you know the meaning of all these? If there is one you don't know.. go find out what it means and share with the rest of us!!

FInally, I got some.

I got 2.

I got 4 from that group!

46. kinetic
1. pertaining to motion.

2. caused by motion.

3. characterized by movement: Running and dancing are kinetic activities.


53. mitosis
the usual method of cell division, characterized typically by the resolving of the chromatin of the nucleus into a threadlike form, which condenses into chromosomes, each of which separates longitudinally into two parts, one part of each chromosome being retained in each of two new cells resulting from the original cell.

57. nomenclature
1. a set or system of names or terms, as those used in a particular science or art, by an individual or community, etc.

2. the names or terms comprising a set or system.

77. reciprocal

1. given or felt by each toward the other; mutual: reciprocal respect.

2. given, performed, felt, etc., in return: reciprocal aid.

3. corresponding; matching; complementary; equivalent: reciprocal privileges at other health clubs.

4. Grammar . (of a pronoun or verb) expressing mutual relationship or action: “Each other” and “one another” are reciprocal pronouns.

5. inversely related or proportional; opposite.

I have some too!

Todays words...

13. circumlocution

16. deleterious

59. notarize

78. reparation

98. xenophobe

just 2 for me.

I remember my 8th graders having some of these words for spelling. I wonder if they could tell the definitions of them now......hmmm, probably not. LOL


cir·cum·lo·cu·tion [sur-kuhm-loh-kyoo-shuhn]
noun
1. a roundabout or indirect way of speaking; the use of more words than necessary to express an idea.
2. a roundabout expression.

xen·o·phobe [zen-uh-fohb, zee-nuh-]
noun
a person who fears or hates foreigners, strange customs, etc.

Only one today

2 today

Good Morning! Here they are.... good luck!

48. laissez faire:a doctrine opposing governmental interference in economic affairs
beyond the minimum necessary for the maintenance of peace
and property rights

55. nanotechnology: the science of manipulating materials on an atomic or
molecular scale especially to build microscopic devices (as robots)

65. parabola: : a plane curve generated by a point moving so that its distance from a
fixed point is equal to its distance from a fixed line : the intersection of a right
circular cone with a plane parallel to an element of the cone; something bowl- shaped (as an antenna or microphone reflector)

66. paradigm: : 1. example, pattern; especially : an outstandingly clear or typical
example or archetype
2: an example of a conjugation or declension showing a word in all its
inflectional forms
3: a philosophical and theoretical framework of a scientific school
or discipline within which theories, laws, and generalizations and the
experiments performed in support of them are formulated; broadly
: a philosophical or theoretical framework of any kind

80. sanquine: 1. cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident: a sanguine disposition;
sanguine expectations.
2. reddish; ruddy: a sanguine complexion.


Hope you learnt something new today!