Monday, March 24, 2008

Weekly Vocabulary

1. Word: Abandon

Meaning: In a careless or uncontrolled way without think or caring about what you aer doing.

Context: The kids hurled pieces of wood the fire with gay abandon.

2. Word: Cacophony

Meaning: A loud unpleasant mixture of sounds.

Context: A cacophony of car horns and shouting.

3. Word: Gadgetry

Meaning: Modern gadgets in general

Context: I don't understand how all this electronic gadgetry works.

4. Word: Gainsay

Meaning: Past tense and past. formal to say that something is not true, or to disagree with something.

Context: It may be very difficult to gainsay the claim.

5. Word: Fearfully

Meaning: In a way that shows you are afraid.

Context: She glanced fearfully over her shoulder.

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