Day+9

October 20, 2009 (Tue)

Hello Carol,

I'm so sorry about yesterday. But I promise I'll do my very best to always have these uploaded on time !! : )

Okay then, I hope you looked at Day 8. I uploaded that, too. Here we go.

Ordinary Words:

1. Supine (adj.) A. lying on the back with face up The man fired the bullets in his supine position. B. inactive, inert, showing lethargy It was sad to see that Mr. Greenwood, who had been such an active worker all the time, was now sick and supine.

2. Derelict (adj.) A. deserted by owner The derelict laptop stayed unclaimed in the Lost and Found for a long time, before the owner's parents came to retrieve it. B. neglectful of obligation/duty The captain is often derelict and doesn't come to practices.

3. Cursory (adj.) hastily, done with little attention After taking just a cursory look at the assignment, the teacher gave the student a C on her report.

4. Gingerly (adv.) with great care and delicacy The man gingerly organized all the documents in their proper files. (adj.) cautious, careful The woman took a gingerly step towards the great chamber.

Confusing Words:


 * //Allay vs. Alley//**

4. Allay (v.) to reduce the intensity of; to make less severe The medicine allayed my symptoms.

5. Alley (n.) 골목길, as in the Yale Alleycats As I walked into the dark corner of the alley, I found myself trembling with fear of potential danger.

No worries Jenny, I'll begin mine!

Confusing words: 1. contend: (v.) struggle to overcome, engage to achieve, assert position in a position to argue sentence: I had to contend with the definition of social. 2. content (adj.) in peaceful condition (v.) to satisfy sentence: No one was able to content my unique taste of man.

3. Enervated (v.) lacking energy, weakened, exhausted I was enervated after the grand concert. 4. Fatuous (adj.) silly, foolish sentence: He gave me an A for such a fatuous paper. 5. Gourmand (n.) one who likes eating and drinking sentence: Mlle. Verrette,! I hope your husband is not a gourmand!