It's been a pretty odd and long day in my world, so I am not feeling completely creative or interesting tonight. I apologize in advance for being borrowing. So with that warning...
It's Monday. I'm keeping my word. Here are the new words:
Denote: to indicate
Diffident: lacking self-confidence
Congregate: gather together
Desiccate: to dry out; to make lifeless
Demagogue: someone who gains power by arousing an audience's emotions (this word seems appropriate for this week in my life given the fact that my sophomores are about to read the funeral speeches of Brutus and Antony in Julius Caesar--talk about a crowd persuaded by emotion!)
Despot: a ruler with absolute power (this reminds me of that great quote that says that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely)
Deposition: a statement made under oath; being deposed from power; being deposited
Consternation: a state of paralyzing dismay (this word seems like it should deal more with anger than dismay- but sometimes words are deceiving!)
Credence: acceptance of something as true
Debase: to degrade or lower in value
Also- I went to the library on Sunday to check out Metamorphoses by Ovid. I got home and discovered that this translation was translated from, I guess, Greek into what appeared to be Middle English (words like ayre instead of air…very tricky…). After trudging through the first 10 pages, I was becoming fearful that reading 400 pages of Middle English just might do me in. In an effort to save my reading campaign, I went to the book store and, reluctantly, bought the book in a modern translation. As much as I had hoped to get all 1001 books from the library, I decided that being able to actually enjoy the stories in the book was more important. So there you have it.
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