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Monday, August 6, 2007
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Fellow Logophiles,
Good morning! Are you ready for some "Straight Talk?" Well,
get prepared, because that is what this week's Reader's
Digest Word Power quiz is all about. Businessman and author
Lee Iacocca is a straight talker who knows how to pack a
wallop with his words. He began building his vocabulary
early by reading "Word Power" and exchanging verbal spars
with his classmates. Here are some of Iacocca's choice words.
I will publish the answers on Wednesday.
1. aspire (v.) - A: to animate. B: aim for. C: end. D: pre-
tend.
2. meddlesome (adj.) - A: spirited. B: fretful. C: inter-
fering. D: fainthearted.
3. albatross (n.) - sea bird symbolizing A: persistent
difficulty. B: ecstasy. C: effortless achievement. D: lost
treasure.
4. permeate (v.) - A: to firm up. B: rearrange. C: force an
opening into. D: spread through.
5. consortium (n.) - A: monopoly. B: partnership. C: illegal
transaction. D: rental unit.
6. laissez-faire (adj.) - A: easy come, easy go. B: at rest.
C: unregulated. D: harmonious.
7. divisive (adj.) - A: dishonest. B: roundabout. C: candid.
D: disruptive.
8. ad hoc (adj.) - A: for this purpose. B: unreal.
C: possible. D: confidential.
9. harbor (v.) - A: to encourage. B: keep in one's mind.
C: reinforce. D: lose sight of.
10. tout (v.) - A: to oppose. B: suppress. C: deceive.
D: praise.
11. catharsis (n.) - A: result. B: intensity. C: weakness.
D: purification.
12. envisage (v.) - A: to visualize. B: plan for. C: ideal-
ize. D: surround.
13. contentious (adj.) - A: relevant or pertinent.
B: controversial. C: full. D: quiet.
14. exacerbate (v.) - A: to analyze carefully. B: make
worse. C: uncover. D: argue.
15. rag (v.) - A: to humiliate. B: challenge. C: tease.
D: clean up.
16. watershed (n.) - A: fluid situation. B: protective
arrangement. C: small waterfall. D: decisive turning point.
17. reparation (n.) - A: making up for a wrongdoing.
B: severe punishment. C: a pulling apart. D: redistribution.
18. homogenize (v.) - A: to weaken. B: blend. C: adapt.
D: separate.
19. faze (n.) - A: to fluster. B: fade away. C: dominate.
D: gloss over.
20. temper (v.) - A: to drive to distraction. B: synchro-
nize. C: mold. D: moderate.
Sincerely,
Carly
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WORD: ineffable in-EFF-uh-bull (adjective)
: Incapable of being expressed in words
SYNONYMS: * unspeakable
* unutterable
* indescribable
WORD WISE: Ineffable is from Latin ineffabilis, from in-,
not + effabilis, utterable, from effari, to utter, from ex-,
out + fari, to speak. Other words deriving from fari are
fable (from fabula, talk, conversation, hence a tale, a
story); fabulous, astonishing or incredible (to such a
degree that it seems to come from a story or fable rather
than from fact); affable, easy to speak to (from affabilis,
from ad-, to + fari); and effable, the rare antithesis of
ineffable.
QUOTE: "There may be more than material nature and human
nature. Words like spiritual and transcendent and ineffable
may refer to more than mere yearnings. Much around us
remains unknown."
--Roger Shattuck, Candor and Perversion: Literature,
Education, and the Arts
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BONUS WORD OF THE DAY: panoply PAN-uh-plee (noun)
: A splendid or impressive array.
: Defensive armor in general; a full suit of defensive armor.
Late 16th century. Via French from Greek panoplia, literally
"all weapons," from hopla "weapons."
OBSCURE AND UNUSUAL WORDS
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1) piffle piff'l (noun)
: silly talk or ideas
Mid-19th century. Origin uncertain, perhaps suggesting
the sound of silly talk.
2) sthenia sthe ni e (noun)
: great strength or vitality (archaic or formal)
Late 18th century. Formed from Greek sthenos "strength,"
of unknown origin.
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