The Challenging Word Tag
Part One
1)ashram (AHSH rum) running into ash
2)bicameral (bye KAM ur ul) glasses
3)chiaroscuro (kyah ruh SKYOOR oh) a private school
4)dap (dap) to tap
5)ex post facto (eks post FAK toh) gibberish
6)floccinaucinihilipilification --yes this is a real word!-- (floks ee nos ee nih hil ee pil ih fih KAY shun) your doom has come!
7)gyre (jire)a musical instrument
8)horripilation (ho rip uh LAY shun) horror
9)izzat (IZ ut) the 4th dimension
10)jehu (JEE hyooh)a molotov cocktail (a kind of homemade bomb)
11)kinesics (kih NEE siks) knee surgery
12)Lustrum (LUS trum) food
Definitions:
1)Ashram: A Hindi word meaning: "a hermitage, religious retreat, place for religous instruction or excercise."
2)Bicameral: Derived from Latin. It is "a term used to describe a legislative system consisting of two houses, an upper and lower, like the Senate amd the House of Representatives, which together constitute the U.S. Congress."
3)Chiaroscuro: Derived from Latin. It is "the use and effect of gradations of light and shade in a picture, esp. when there is a pronounced contrast."
4)Dap: From Middle English. Meaning "to fish by letting bait bob up and down on the surface of the water."
5)Ex post facto: A Latin phrase meaning "retroactive;" lit. translated as "from something done later."
6)Floccinaucinihilipilification: This word exists solemnly in British English dictionaries; it is a jocular concoction of Latin nouns, and it means "trifle" or "nothing."
7)Gyre: From Greek and Latin, meaning "a ring, a cirle, or a circular or spiral turn or movement."
8)Horripilation: From Latin, meaning "gooseflesh, the bristleing of one's skin produced by fright or horror or just extreme cold." (In other words "goose bumps.")
9)Izzat: From Hindi, Persian, and Arabic, meaning "personal dignity, honor, self-respect, prestige, credit,or reputation."
10)Jehu: Derived from a Biblical discription of king Jehu, and means a fast driver; (according to 2 Kings 9:20 "...[Jehu] driveth furiously,").
11)Kinesics: From Greek, meaning "the study of body language, body movements and gestures as a method of communication without speech."
12)Lustrum: From Latin, meaning "a period of five years."
*Joseph*
Shakespeare Photos! I have't got any of the play but I have some of me in my costume.
I haven't had my morning laugh yet, so, I will randomly choose words out of my mom's book 2000 Most Challenging and Obscure Words and you must make up definitions for them. This will be a two-part tag, so here's part one, and I'll post part two later. 