The first 10...

So it's Monday, and I thought I would jump right in there...here are the first 10...

1. Derision- scorn or ridicule
2. Desultory- occurring haphazardly
3. Collusion- a conspiracy
4. Convalesce- to recuperate (this is the one I tried to casually drop into conversation last week--unfortunately, my excitement at using a new word made it obvious that that word was not a part of my everyday language--but you just wait--soon I'll be telling people to stay at home and convalesce so naturally they won't know what happened!)
5. dichotomy- a distinct division into two parts (this is one of those words that people throw around in grad school. I could always tell what they meant by it, but I never knew an official definition, so I would simply nod when they talked and avoid using it myself. But no more--now I will proudly discuss the dichotomy between the Peanuts cartoon series and all other cartoons!)
6. decorous- conforming to prevailing customs
7. cogent- believable or relevant
8. decry- to condemn or belittle publicly
9. coalesce- to come together into a single group
10. despond- to lose hope

so there you have it. as you can tell, the cards were once in some form of alphabetical order but have since been a bit mixed up. I'm sure those who know me are not the least bit surprised.