Bermudaonion has started a new meme that asks you to share new words that you have learned during your reading adventures in the last week. Feel free to join in the fun!The word that I found this last week is from Tallgrass by Sandra Dallas.
Acrimony: sharpness, harshness, or bitterness of nature, speech, disposition, etc.
It was used in the following sentence on page 120 of Tallgrass:
If there were more like him in Ellis, we wouldn't have such acrimony.
And then the next sentence I thought was very appropriate and made me laugh:
Do you know what that word means?
Well I actually did have a pretty good idea of what this word meant, but now I know for sure!
What new words did you find this last week?
I've always thought that Acrimony sounded like its definition...harsh!
ReplyDeleteI am with Serena.... I thought Acrimony meant harsh / bitter. It is a great word. I think I can actually use this one.
ReplyDeleteThat was funny! I may have to play along next week. I always keep a dictionary handy just in case.
ReplyDeleteSometimes I can figure out what a word means by the way it's used, but I like to look it up just to be sure. Thanks for playing along!
ReplyDeleteI like that word.
ReplyDeleteacrimony and acrimonious are words that might actually be part of my verbal vocabulary. I know I read them, might write them (given the opportunity), and don't think they're so awkward that I wouldn't speak them.
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