Daily Archives: February 26, 2018

Kathy's Word of the Week (2/12/2018): rejoinder NOUN 1. A reply, especially a sharp or witty one. 'she would have made some cutting rejoinder but none came to mind' 1.1 Law: A defendant's answer to the plaintiff's reply or replication.

Kathy's Word of the Week (2/5/2018): penurious  ADJECTIVE formal  1. Extremely poor; poverty-stricken. ‘a penurious old tramp’ 1.1 Characterized by poverty. ‘penurious years’ 2. Unwilling to spend money; mean. ‘a tight-fisted, penurious boss whose wage scale is well below other bandleaders’

Kathy's Word of the Week (1/29/2018): taciturn ADJECTIVE (of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little. ‘after such gatherings she would be taciturn and morose’

Kathy's Word of the Week (1/22/2018): rapacious ADJECTIVE Aggressively greedy or grasping. ‘rapacious landlords’

Kathy's Word of the Week (1/16/2018): recalcitrant ADJECTIVE Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude towards authority or discipline. ‘a class of recalcitrant fifteen-year-olds’ NOUN A person with an obstinately uncooperative attitude. ‘a stiff-necked recalcitrant and troublemaker’

I think it's kind of cool that SPG does this, especially when I realized that these big words are actually very useful. Kathy’s Word of the Week (2/26/2018): Weekly Brain Food brought to you by our VP of HR pernicious … Continue reading →