Thursday, October 7, 2010

Word Woman


Welcome to another mind-bending installment of Word Woman's Weekly Work-Out! While you're watching the fall leaves turn lovely colors outside, don't forget to turn your mind toward reading a good book. Every word that you read is exercise for your mind. Here's the Word of the Week to get you started:

Portentous:

1: of, relating to, or constituting a portent portentous foreshadowing, hints of sinister and violent mysteries
2: eliciting amazement or wonder : prodigious

"portentous"

9/30/2010


Example:
John's portentous encounter with a mysterious lady in red so shaped his outlook on life that he quit his job at a prestigious computer company in order to become a writer of mystery paperbacks.



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