The winners are...

I'm a bit behind this week. I had Monday off (thank you Mr. President...) so I took the day off from all of my usual activities (with the exception of hygene-related activities of course...). I'm posting my words today with the hope that I will have them mastered in a short amount of time. I've been really encouraged lately because I keep seeing words I'm learning in the books I'm reading. This makes me think that either I'm learning good words and reading good literature or I'm just silly and should have known these words because everyone else already uses them. I guess only time will tell. I should start listening more closely to the people around me. Spending most of your time talking to those still developing their vocabularies doesn't really give you a good pool to draw from when surveying the average American vocabulary.

All that to say--here are the new words--note that some are simply new forms of words from previous weeks:

1. dilettante: an amateur; a person who enjoys the arts (this makes me think of debutante and I want to look and see if there is a connection)

2. decorum: proper behavior

3. deride: to mock

4. coagulate: to clot

5. couch: to express

6. concise: brief and comprehensive (this word impresses me--it seems like most of the time people tend to be one or the other)

7. correlate: to establish a reasonable connection

8. corroborate: to confirm

9. cognition: the act of thinking

10. commodity: something bought or sold regularly; something useful

So there you have it. I apologize for any errors; I don't have time to edit this because I am off to an Ash Wednesday service. I'm kind of excited. Last year was my first year to observe Lent, so I thought I would try to really follow along with it this year.

As a side note, it was a sad day for me on Sunday. I had been able to both read every book I had borrowed from the library and turn them all in on time...until this weekend. I went to renew one of my books, sure that I could finish it in the next two weeks. When I got to the library I found out there was a hold on the book so I had to turn it in or take a fine. The kind librarian reminded me that I could turn it in before the library opened on the next day and still not have a fine. I went home and attempted to read 384 pages in 24 hours. Sorry to report that my years as an English major had not prepared me for this--alas, I was only able to finish 284 pages of the book. I will have to check it out again later.

Later I will have to update you on my Metamorphosis readings. I've discovered some interesting things in that book. Boy, I didn't think I would be able to honestly say that before. Once again, I must go. Apologies for the sloppy writing.