[Word Powers] Today's Words

Filibuster(fil-uh-buhs-ter) (verb): Obstruct deliberately by delaying.

Senate Republicans that they would try to filibuster a massive Pentagon bill that funds the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, an unusual move that several acknowledged was an effort to delay President Obama's health-care legislation.

Spar(spahr) (verb): Dispute; to bandy words about in argument.

The trademark spat between the companies controlled by the brothers, who have been fighting a legal battle over natural gas, is interesting because it is the first time they are sparring over trademarks.

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Wend (wend) (verb):

1. To pursue or direct (one's way).

2. To proceed or go. To move slowly and not directly.

The thieves then wended their way through the dark back streets to the docks.

Subpoena (suh-PEE-nuh) (verb):

To order someone to go to a court of law to answer questions or to produce documents.

A friend of the victim was subpoenaed as a witness by lawyers representing the accused.

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Alacrity [uh-lak-ri-tee] (noun) : Cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness

We accepted the invitation with alacrity.

Aisle (ahyl) (noun) : A walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.

I had the whole airplane to myself, so I decided to run through the aisle!

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Resurgent (ri-sur-juh nt) (Adj): Rising or tending to rise again; reviving; renascent.

Even today, the resurgent Taliban draw considerable sympathy from fellow Pashtuns in Pakistan.

 

Skeptic (skep-tik) (noun):

1.            A person who habitually doubts, questions, or suspends judgment upon matters generally accepted.

2.            A person who doubts religious doctrines.

Global warming skeptic Fred Singer stated that "some good experts believe" that atmospheric CO2 concentration will not double since economies are becoming less reliant on carbon.

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Simper (SIM-per) (verb/noun):

 

1.       To smile in a silly, self-conscious way. A self-conscious smile.

2.       To say with a simper.

 

She gave her teacher a simper.

 

 

Rubric  (ROO-brik) (noun):

 

1.       A set of instructions, etc., especially on an examination paper and usually printed in a different style or color.

 

2.       Any established mode of conduct or procedure; protocol.

 

Read/Follow the rubric carefully.

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Delirious (dih-leer-ee-uhs) (Adj): Wild with excitement, enthusiasm.

The crowd of nearly 30,000 went delirious as Sachin surpassed the previous highest score in one-day internationals.

Epochal (ep-uh-kuhl) (Adj): Highly significant or important especially bringing about or marking the beginning of a new development or era.

The epochal discovery of insulin by Alexander Fleming opened up a whole new chapter in the history of diabetes.

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Hallowed (hal-od) (Adj):

 

1)            Sacrosanct, highly venerated, regarded as sacred, blessed

 

After his exams ended, he went on a pilgrimage to the hallowed city of Mecca.

 

 

Rapture (rap-cher) (Noun):

 

1)            Ecstatic joy or delight, bliss, exaltation

 

Morphine, the commonly used analgesic, can induce a state of psychedelic rapture in an individual for a short duration.

 

2)            The carrying of a person to another place or sphere of existence, especially to heaven

 

Saints are believed to undergo a divine rapture after their physical body dies.

 

               

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