Post by Mr. Wells on Feb 11, 2008 11:05:24 GMT -5
1. acquiesce - v. - to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively —often used with in and sometimes with to
"Men acquiesce in a thousand things, once righteously and boldly done, to which, if proposed to them in advance, they might find endless objections." - Robert Dale Owen
2. abstemious - adj. - Spartan, stingy, sparse, or sparing in general
"Kirsten lives an abstemious life in an abstemious apartment with only basic, rudimentary furniture." - from AlphaDictionary.com
3. laconic - adj. - using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious
"But he has moved up to heavyweight, even while losing five pounds as he has raced around the country. The big question is: Can he (Barack Obama) go from laconic to iconic to bionic? Will he have the muscle to take on the opposition, from Billary to the Republican hate machine to the terrorists overseas?" - Maureen Dowd, discussing the race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama
4. ephemeral - adj. - lasting a very short time
"What I'm trying to do now in my life - not just with the building, but with everything - is to construct things that will have enduring qualities, and won't just be ephemeral flashes in the pan." - Sylvester Stallone
5. espouse - v. - to take up and support as a cause : become attached to
"The history of progress is written in the blood of men and women who have dared to espouse an unpopular cause, as, for instance, the black man's right to his body, or woman's right to her soul."
Emma Goldman
"Men acquiesce in a thousand things, once righteously and boldly done, to which, if proposed to them in advance, they might find endless objections." - Robert Dale Owen
2. abstemious - adj. - Spartan, stingy, sparse, or sparing in general
"Kirsten lives an abstemious life in an abstemious apartment with only basic, rudimentary furniture." - from AlphaDictionary.com
3. laconic - adj. - using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious
"But he has moved up to heavyweight, even while losing five pounds as he has raced around the country. The big question is: Can he (Barack Obama) go from laconic to iconic to bionic? Will he have the muscle to take on the opposition, from Billary to the Republican hate machine to the terrorists overseas?" - Maureen Dowd, discussing the race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama
4. ephemeral - adj. - lasting a very short time
"What I'm trying to do now in my life - not just with the building, but with everything - is to construct things that will have enduring qualities, and won't just be ephemeral flashes in the pan." - Sylvester Stallone
5. espouse - v. - to take up and support as a cause : become attached to
"The history of progress is written in the blood of men and women who have dared to espouse an unpopular cause, as, for instance, the black man's right to his body, or woman's right to her soul."
Emma Goldman