Wondrous Words Wednesday is a weekly meme where we share new (to us) words that we’ve encountered in our reading. Feel free to join in the fun.
Obstreperous - –adjective | 1. | resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly. |
| 2. | noisy, clamorous, or boisterous: obstreperous children. |
Succinct - –adjective | 1. | expressed in few words; concise; terse. |
| 2. | characterized by conciseness or verbal brevity. |
| 3. | compressed into a small area, scope, or compass. |
| 4. | Archaic. | a. | drawn up, as by a girdle. | | c. | encircled, as by a girdle. | |
2 comments:
Thank so much for participating today. I wouldn't be able to pronounce the first word, but I've seen plenty of obstreperous children!
Great words, both of them new to me!
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