;Posted on 01/09/2012 4:46:25 AM PST by xsmommy
Word For The Day, Monday, 1/9/12
;In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
consternate; verb
verb (used with object), -nat·ed, -nat·ing. to dismay, confuse, or terrify. to fill with anxiety, dismay, dread, or confusion
Etymology:1645–55; < Latin consternātus, past participle of consternāre to unsettle, throw into confusion, perhaps intensive derivative of consternere to cover, spread (with) ( con- con- + sternere to strew; compare stratum), though sense development uncertain
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Practice makes perfect.....post on....
I will ask my daughter, she has the books memorized.....
I think our beloved chubguv gained a few pounds, but he lost nothing in the speakig arena. that was pretty good.
OMG yeah he did! i guess once he decided not to run, he went hogwild with eating! xsteen and i said that same thing last night when we saw that footage, he has def gained!
on a sad note, my little boy left for SU this AM with his truck packed with food that i sent with him, including dinner sized portions of meatballs and sauce, chicken alfredo and chicken parm for at least a week and a half.
I’ll bet you miss him already. And you KNOW if he has car problems anywhere near Binghamton, I will come to his rescue.
I’m on the Tebow train this week.
I’ll re-evaluate on Monday.
Thanks so much, Ti ! He made it by 4 pm. I can rest easy now.
Wolf just informed me he already it.
huh?
Taking a date out for burritos is a most erotic spectacle
wouldn’t know, i don’t eat them.
Not so much for your gender. Lol
However. Do you realize what you are missing!
yeah, hanks and hanks of cilantro.
Not at all.
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