VOCAB LISTS & MISS SPELL'S CLASS

I found two great sites that will help us court reporting students increase our vocabulary, and thereby dictionary-build, and test our knowledge of misspelled words. The first link is from Bill O'Reilly's website. I went to his site recently and found out that he posts his own Words of the Week. This is an awesome resource for us students to dictionary-build and learn new words in the process. Here's this week's words:

animadversion /an·uh·mud·VUR·zhun/ n. harsh criticism or disapproval

argot /AHR·go/ n. a specialized vocabulary particular to a specific group of people

circumlocution /sir·kum·low·KYOO·shun/ n. using many words to express an idea that could be expressed using a few

confabulist /cun·FAB·yoo·list/ n. a person who likes to chat

contumacious /kon·tuh·MAY·shus/ adj. obstinate; willfully disobedient

discommodious /dis·cum·MODE·eeus/ adj. Causing trouble or inconvenience; troublesome, annoying

excursus /ik·SKUR·sus/ n. a digression, a tangent

flagitious /fluh·JISH·us/ adj. shamefully wicked, criminal or scandalous; corrupt

gallimaufry /gal·uh·MAW·free/ n. a medley, a hodgepodge, a potpourri

hebetude /HEB·uh·tyood/ n. lethargy; mental dullness; lack of alertness

jejune /zhuh·ZHOON/ adj. lacking interest or significance, dull, uninteresting

legerdemain /lej·ur·duh·MAIN/ n. sleight of hand, or skillful deception

louche /LOOSH/ adj. dubious; of questionable intent or morality

maunder /MON·dur/ v. to talk incoherently; to ramble

meretricious /mer·uh·TRISH·us/ adj. falsely attractive

myrmidon /MUR·muh·don/ n. a faithful follower who follows commands without questioning them

obstreperous /ub·STREP·ur·us/ adj. noisily and stubbornly defiant, unruly; noisy, clamorous or boisterous

opprobrium /uh·PRO·bree·um/ n. disgrace, infamy, or reproach; the cause of shame or infamy

panjandrum /pan·JAN·drum/ n. a self-important, overbearing or pompous person

pellucid /puh·LOO·sid/ adj. transparent, clear; easily understandable

pestiferous /pes·TIF·ur·us/ adj. evil or damaging; bothersome, annoying, irritating

ragmatical /rag·MAT·ih·kull/ adj. ill-behaved, wild, raucous, riotous

raillery /RAY·luh·ree/ n. good-humored banter or teasing

recreant /REEK·ree·unt/ adj. cowardly, craven or spineless

rodomontade /rod·uh·mun·TODD/ n. vain, pretentious bluster; pompous self-indulgent ranting

salmagundi /sal·muh·GUN·dee/ n. a mixture, an assortment, a potpourri

tergiversation /tur·jiv·ur·SAY·shun/ n. the act of being deliberately ambiguous or evasive

turbid /TUR·bid/ adj. disturbed, disordered, confused

The other site is from Dictionary.com. Did you know they have a games portion on their website? My favorite game on Dictionary.com is Miss Spell's Class, a game where you have to choose whether the presented word is spelled correctly or not. At the end, you get a score. The first time I tried it, I was hooked for a few hours, trying to always beat my last score. There are some tricky words out there! Miss Spell's Class makes it fun and addicting to learn the correct spelling of words - with the famous "stars" next to each word you get correctly, too! Reminiscent of grade school!Definitely check out these two sites... and enjoy the words, words, words! :)