When I pulled out my next ten words for the week, I realized that, somewhere along the way, I mixed up the cards. "How do I know this?" one might ask. I know this because I have words like diffuse along with words like zoology. Which brings me to my next point-- This process of expanding my vocabulary has been very interesting. At first, I debated whether I should include words I already “kind of” knew along with the completely new words. After many long debates with myself, I decided that it would behoove me to learn the formal definitions for all words, even those words I could potentially already use in a sentence. I'm glad I opted for including all words because it has made me more comfortable with my word choice. So with that random soliloquy out of the way, I'll give you the new, mixed-up list of words.
diffuse: to spread; spread out: not concentrated (esp. light); wordy and not sticking to the point (esp. in speeches)
dilate: to become wider or larger; to speak at great length about something
deleterious: harmfulcohere: to be consistent; to stick together (esp. similar particles)
wheedle (see--this is where I start to go off course): to persuade by using flatter (like Antony does with the Roman crowds and Decius does with Caesar)
zeal: enthusiasm
zoology: the biological study of animals (see- the formal definition is a bit more specific than the definition in my head)
vigilant: watchful
viscous: thick and not easily poured
vituperate: to scold with abusive language
So I have this whole list of things I've been meaning to blog about, but at the moment I can't think of one of them, and at this point in the day, expecting me to actually get up and walk to my bag is more than one can ask. I will say that I am a bit proud to say I suffered my first athletic injury this week. This may sound completely ridiculous to those long term runners and the likes out there, but it was kind of a rite of passage. This is probably the longest I've kept running (both in distance and number of days--not is a Forrest Gump kind of way though). So, I guess, since I didn't really know what I was doing, it was bound to happen. I guess I should tell you that it really wasn't that big of a deal--just a tweaked (that was the basketball coach's term) hamstring, but it required ice and heat and rest, so it felt official. I'm all better now and running just fine. Luckily it was such a minor injury that I didn't have to miss a day of running. On that note, I will leave you…
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I think wheedle is my favorite this week's list. I'm going to try to use it myself this week. What a good influence you are!
As strange as it may sound, I'm as impressed with the fact that you injured yourself doing something athletic as you are. Maybe yet another thing I should aspire to. :)
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