This week's theme: miscellaneous words. acescent (uh-SES-uhnt) adjective
Turning sour; slightly sour. [From acescere to turn sour. Ultimately from the Indo-European root ak- (sharp) that's also the source of acrid, vinegar, acid, acute, edge, hammer, heaven, eager, oxygen, and mediocre.] -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "Heaven indeed must be a very dull place to inspire such saccharine chords from the composer of the acescent and biting Elektra." Carl Van Vechten; In the Garret; Kessinger Publishing; 2005. Sponsored by: A big vocabulary is great--but it's no help on the SAT, GRE, or LSAT. See detailed examples for free: http://grammatix.com/test-prep-white-paper.html Always find the right word with the Visual Thesaurus. Wordsmith readers save 10%. Try it free! http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?ad=aw&code=mx0 ............................................................................ The most important scientific revolutions all include, as their only common feature, the dethronement of human arrogance from one pedestal after another of previous convictions about our centrality in the cosmos. -Stephen Jay Gould, paleontologist, biologist, author (1941-2002) Share the magic of words. Send a gift sub: http://wordsmith.org/awad/gift.html Remove, change, or subscribe address: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/acescent.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/acescent.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/acescent.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
