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 | Jul 27, 2014 | Education, Italian, Latin, Travel
I intend to run an experiment on myself soon. I am going to teach myself Italian. This experiment will happen right here on the blog. My goal: to speak and read Italian by Christmas. We’ll see. I wanted to run this experiment on myself this summer. Other...
