How Do You Say That?

There are those words that I often read, but never hear. When it comes time to say them, I will wonder, "How is that pronounced?" I usually then massacre the word, or rack my brain trying to think of an alternate word.

My husband and I had this discussion about the word hegemony yesterday. I have heard it said two ways, and he had heard a third. Well, wonder no more thanks to the free dictionary. If you are curious how to say hegemony (or anything else), click this link:

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/hegemony

Griseous? Malison? Save a word!

Collins Dictionary is considering dropping some of the less used words in the English language. See if you can use one today!


Astergent - cleansing or scouring
Agrestic - rural, rustic, unpolished, uncouth
Apodeictic - unquestionably true by virtue of demonstration
Caducity - perishableness, senility
Calignosity - dimness, darkness
Compossible - possible in coexistence with something else
Embrangle - confuse or entangle
Exuviate - to shed (a skin or similar outer covering)
Fatidical - prophetic
Fusby - short, stout or squat
Griseous -streaked or mixed with grey
Malison - a curse
Manseutude -gentleness or kindness
Muliebrity - the condition of being a woman
Niddering - cowardly
Nitid -bright, glistening
Olid - foul-smelling
Oppugnant - combative, antagonistic or contrary
Periapt - combative, antagonistic or contrary
Recrement - waste matter, refuse dross
Roborant - tending to fortify or increase strength
Skirr - a whirring or grating sound as made by the wings of birds in flight
Vaticinate - to foretell, prophesy
Vilipend - to treat or regard with contempt


I personally like niddering, griseous, and skirr. Here's a link to the article:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3046488/Collins-dictionary-asks-public-to-rescue-outdated-words.html

Increase Your Vocabulary and Do Good!

I've been playing an online vocabulary game lately. For every correct answer, 20 grains of rice are donated to the UN World Food Program. Exercise your brain and support a good cause!

It's here:

http://www.freerice.com/