Joshua's
Vocabulary Words
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., 2002
New WordsPlease study these words daily until mastered. At the end of the week, the words will be moved to the Weekly Word Study List as you begin the process of transferring these vocabulary word definitions from your short-term memory to your long-term memory.
- ersatz (A Series of Unfortunate Events book series, 4/25/07)
- (adj) - substitute; synthetic
- (n) - an artifical replacement for a natural product; a substitute differing in kind from and often inferior in quality to what it replaces
- grotto (The Grim Grotto, L. Snicket, 4/25/07)
- (n) - a natural covered opening in the earth; a cave typically picturesque and rocky and of limited size; a recess in a cave; a usually arched recess or hollos place (as in the side of a hill) making a natural shelter and formed by or resembling the mouth of a cave
- (n) - an artificial recess or structure typically arched and rocky and made to resemble a natural grotto
- herpetologist (The Penultimate Peril, L. Snicket, 5/6/07)
- (n) - a specialist in herpetology
- herpetology (5/6/07)
- (n) - a branch of zoology that treats of reptiles and amphibians
- penultimate (The Penultimate Peril, L. Snicket, 5/6/07)
- (adj) - next to the last
Please study at the end of the week
Monthly Word Study List:
Please review at the end of each month.
Yearly Word Study List:
Please review every June.
Archive Word Study List:
Previously studied words that have been mastered.
Composed with care by: caffeinesuperhero