Word of the Week

frondescence

1. Leafage; foliage.

2. The process or period of putting forth leaves, as a tree, plant, or the like.

 

Word of the Week

Pother
noun: 1. A commotion or fuss. 2. Mental turmoil. 3. A smothering cloud of dust or smoke.
verb tr.: To confuse or worry someone.
verb intr.: To worry or fuss.

Word of the Week 9/30

Juxtaposition - an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.

There was another word Dr. Briggs threw around that I had no idea about, so I decided to share it.

Word of the Week 9/23

Sanguine

a. Of the color of blood; red.

b. Of a healthy reddish color; ruddy

Word of the Week 9/16/11

Didactic

1. Intended to instruct.

2. Morally instructive.

3. Inclined to teach or moralize excessively.

I heard this word in my writer's aesthetics course, and wasn't 100% sure about if I had the correct definition in my head.  Turns out, I did.

Word of the Week 9/9/11

Ambivalence
"uncertainty or fluctuation, especially when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things."

In my Writer's Aesthetics class with Dr. Briggs, we are discussing the importance of ambivalence in our writing, and for the class, the meaning isn't 100% known or understood.