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 | Greek, Vocabulary
by Dwane | Sep 8, 2014 | Education, Greek, Vocabulary
Acrobat: An athlete able to perform daring gymnastic feats; a gymnast; a tightrope walker, a funambulist. There is a secondary definition of this word. An acrobat could also be someone known to change his mind, or allegiance. From Greek ἀκροβάτης (walking on...
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 6, 2014 | Education, English, Vocabulary
Not every word made it into the new series, Word Up. There are so many that didn’t make it, that I have decided to start a new Chalkboard playlist! Let me know what you...
