It’s Wednesday and that means it’s time to learn some new words! Wondrous Words Wednesday, hosted by Kathy at Bermuda Onion, is a meme which encourages us to share words we have learned while reading. The words I share will sometimes be completely new to me, and other times they will be words I am familiar with, and maybe even use correctly, but when I think about how to explain the meaning, I’m lost — I have to look it up. It’s all about expanding my vocabulary!
stultifying - cause to lose enthusiasm and initiative
“Although their poverty was traditional and stultifying, it was not unique.”
dissipation - squandering of money, resources, or energy
“Except for the father, Cholly, whose ugliness (the result of despair, dissipation, and violence directed toward petty things and weak people) was behavior,...”
kinematic - the branch of science concerned with the motion of objects without reference to the forces that cause motion.
“As a physicist, she knew the kinematic equations for an objuct plummeting from a height,...”
balaclava - a close-fitting garment covering the whole head and neck, except for parts of the face typically made from wool.
“She took a breath and this time the air warmed between the balaclava and her skin before she breathed it in and the air reached her lungs.”
juddered - shook and vibrated rapidly and with force.
“There was a sharp scrape, metal on metal, and the rig juddered, but somehow the truck passed them.”
What new-to-you words have you discovered this week?
I had the definition of dissipation totally wrong - thanks for clearing that up for me. Judder is new and it sounds just like its meaning.
ReplyDeleteWow, you found lots of new words this week! I only knew dissipation. Kinematic sounds like some interesting.
ReplyDeleteAll new for me today,good words.
ReplyDeleteGood words! At some point, I knew all of those except juddered -- that one's completely new. Although, it means what it sounds like to me. I'm glad to be reminded of stultify and kinematic.
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