by Dwane | Sep 9, 2014 | Education, English, Vocabulary
Quercus acerfolia: The oak with sharp leaves. This particular tree, sometimes called the the maple-leaved oak, is native to the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas, in the United States. Quercus is the Latin word for “oak”. You have seen the word before in the name of a...
by Dwane | Sep 8, 2014 | Education, English, Latin, Vocabulary
Exacerbate: to irritate; to exasperate; to inflame angry passions; to make a problem worse. Complaining about you problems rarely improves your plight. In fact, complaining usually exacerbates the problem. Exacerbate comes from the Latin verb exacerbare (to irritate,...
by Dwane | Sep 4, 2014 | Education, English, Vocabulary
Acrimony: harsh, or biting sharpness; bitterness, ill will; severity From Latin acer, acris (bitter, pungent, sharp, sour) and the suffix monium (state, or condition). Acrimony, then, is the “condition of being sour.” Example: In his official letters he expressed,...
