User:Gpspacey

=Word Mania=

Big Words
pusillanimus; antediluvian; apotheosis; appurtenance; animadversion; platitudinous

Confusing Words

 * asperity
 * aspersion
 * baleful vs. baneful
 * abjure vs. adjure
 * pedantic vs. didactic

Synonyms?

 * apothegm:aphorism:maxim
 * bantering:badinage
 * prevaricate:equivocate:lie

Word Play
avarice See in his eyes avarice With each roll of dice As his heart turns to ice

aver Though she averred her victory We saw through her chicanery

bedraggle Careful with whom you haggle Lest the mean owner bedraggle Thee with his tongue that does waggle

Body Language
barefaced; toothsome; mealy-mouthed; lily-livered; butt hinge; bilious; splenetic; browbeat; skinflint

Memorized
auspicious

=Interesting People=

Writers

 * Anna Quindlen
 * David Brooks
 * Fareed Zakaria