Higher Learning Vocabulary Thread..Find a Word, Define, Use in Sentence, Keep 4 Life

[newworldafro]

*steps to podium, adjust microphone, coughs*

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/efficacious


Efficacious (adjective) - having the power to produce a desired effect

The farmer's promotion of cheap plentiful organic food was efficacious in getting more people to shun the GMO alternatives.

My charm was efficacious in getting Bria Myles to let me give her a full body massage.

 

[Double Burger With Cheese]

Gay
   [gey]
adjective gay·er, gay·est,
1.
homosexual.
2.
of, indicating, or supporting homosexual interests or issues: a gay organization.
3.
having or showing a merry, lively mood: gay spirits; gay music. Synonyms: cheerful, gleeful, happy, glad, cheery, lighthearted, joyous, joyful, jovial; sunny, lively, vivacious, sparkling; chipper, playful, jaunty, sprightly, blithe. Antonyms: serious, grave, solemn, joyless; staid, sedate; unhappy, morose, grim; sad, depressed, melancholy.
4.
bright or showy: gay colors; gay ornaments. Synonyms: colorful, brilliant, vivid, intense, lustrous; glittering, theatrical, flamboyant. Antonyms: dull, drab, somber, lackluster; conservative.


Boy, this thread is gay

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

star [ stahr ]

noun 1. any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.

2. any of the large, self-luminous, heavenly bodies, as the sun, Polaris, etc.

3. any heavenly body.

 

[No1]

Breh, you can always just go to vocabulary.com and test yourself.

 

[Hulk Hogan]

HULKAMANIA [BROTHER]

NOUN DUDE 1. THE PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITION THAT RUNS WILD ON YOU WHEN THE HULKSTER NO-SELLS HIS OPPONENT'S OFFENSE, BROTHER!

2. SOMETHING MORE POWERFUL THAN DESTRUCITY, BROTHER!

3. THAT THING YOU DON'T KNOW WHATCHOO GONNA DO ABOUT, BROTHER!

 

[He Who Posts Well]

de·rail
[dee-reyl] Show IPA
verb (used with object)
1.
to cause (a train, streetcar, etc.) to run off the rails of a track.
2.
to cause to fail or become deflected from a purpose; reduce or delay the chances for success or development of:

When a user creates a thread with a weak topic, it is bound to derail.

 

[Jello Biafra]

umbrage
\um-brij\
Noun
1. a feeling of suspicion of injury or wrong; offense; resentment
"Being a dyed in the wool feminist, the woman took great umbrage at the speaker's sexist remarks."

 

[Fillerguy]

apophenia
noun
-The perception of or belief in connectedness among unrelated phenomena.
"David Icke and Alex Jones are a superstitious and cowardly lot who have tricked thousands into subscribing to apophenic ideas, like ancient alien worshiping societies, that fills the gaps of what little we understand of the world and its peoples"