surreptitious – adjective obtained/done/made by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine I surreptitiously stuck something in my pocket while my mom wasn’t looking.
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The old adage of “I get my best ideas for a story in my dreams” has never been true for me. Nor have I ever been so inspired for a storyline in the shower.
tar·dy /ˈtärdē/Adjective: Delaying or delayed beyond the right or expected time; late. Slow in action or response; sluggish. I was tardy getting to my class.
dec·adeNoun/ˈdekād/ A period of ten years. My older brother is a decade old.
I will be dribbling out in the next couple days a series of vocabulary lists that my kids have worked through already. So even though you will suddenly see several week’s worth of work come out in a few days, you can pace yourselves at whatever works for your kids.
Below is this week’s vocabulary list: nu·ance n. A subtle or slight degree of difference, as in meaning, feeling, or tone; a gradation. The nuances of red in her hair glistened in the sun. I could tell he was lying by studying the nuances of how he acted and the tone of his voice.
Below is this week’s vocabulary list: deliberate carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional I think she deliberately found an excuse to argue with me.
Hope everyone has a happy holiday. Whether it is Channukah, Christmas, Guadalupe Day, Jamhuri, Laylat al-Qadr, Victory Day,
As any of you who have read some of my entries on the topic of writing a novel know, I’ve had a somewhat strange ride. Suffice it to say that I have learned a tremendous amount about creative writing through this effort and especially about my crutch words and weaknesses. I wanted to touch briefly […]
For those who occasionally travel to locations within China, you all have experienced the blocking of certain web sites from within the country. I recently stumbled into a web site which allows you to test whether your favorite site is accessible from within the PRC’s firewall.
