Adjective
[lak-uh-dey-zi-kuh
l]
Comes from “lackaday” or “alack the day”, an expression or sorrow or regret.
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Example:
Where as Kake is a hardworking individual, Lightning Jack is lackadaisical.
Noun
[kuhm-puhngk-shuhn]
Comes from the Latin: compunctio(n) which means “puncture/prick of conscience.”
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Example:
Bush has no compunction about the War in Iraq because he believed he was doing the right thing.
Adjective
[kuhn-trahyt, kon-trahyt]
Comes from Latin: contritus, past participle of conterere: to crush
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The king was not at all contrite after she stepped on my foot.
Adjective
[uhn-tawrd, -tohrd]
Comes from toward with the prefix “un” which usually negates a word when tacked to the front of it.
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Example:
Ace made an untoward comment about the King’s crown.
Adjective
[soo-pur-floo-uhs]
Comes from Latin: “Super” and “fluere” – to flow
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Example:
Kake knew it was superfluous to buy yet another scarf, but she couldn’t help herself.
Adjective
[soo-per-sil-ee-uhs]
Comes from Latin supercilium, super + cilium – eye lid. Eyebrow, high brow, etc. Above/better than the eye, etc.
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The little princess sneered superciliously out of her carriage window at all of the poor peasants.
verb
(pŏn-tĭf’ĭ-kāt’)
Comes from… latin
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I love to pontificate on any subject, regardless of whether or not I know what I’m talking about.
