I have often thought about my attitude during this time of year as being somewhat of a Christmas cynic or curmudgeon. I do not understand the frantic behavior of trying to find the perfect gift for someone, or the idea…
Words for the week: Assuage, Grinch, benison, utmost, enervate, canorous, fulcrum The attempts to assuage the Grinch were supplemented by a benison of the utmost magnitude. These efforts helped to enervate hostilities. This resulted in a canorous dialogue that became…
Words for the week: Vitiate, epitome, millefleur, tchotchke, frenetic, solstice, compendious: It is a curious fact that one component of a large entity can serve as a negative catalyst and vitiate an entire process, institution, system, or viable being and…
The words: Galumph, repartee, immure, lunette perennial, zibeline, nidus. Professional sports have become somewhat of a “showboating” exercise in that it seems that the athletes now feel it necessary to galumph after a particular accomplishment even if it was inconsequential…
The words: Sciential, circumvent, perspicacious, abandon (1&2), dossier, sandbag (noun/verb), Approbation The sentences: The sciential characteristics of the person in charge were lacking and with each spoken sentence it became clear to the denizens that there was a need to…
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