I need to do more of these posts....
In an effort to expand my vocabulary (and yours, too---you people who read this blog), and because of something Matt said at work....Word of the Day.
elucidate \ih-LOO-si-dayt\, transitive verb:
To make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to illustrate; as, an example will elucidate the subject.
Beginning our journey into the past, we will now examine plant and animal clues in amber to elucidate the mysteries of the forest that was the home of our bee.
-- George Poinar Jr. and Roberta Poinar, The Amber Forest :A Reconstruction of a Vanished World
Elucidate comes from Late Latin elucidare, to clear up, from ex-, e-, out of + lucidus, bright, from lux, luc- light. Hence to elucidate is to bring the inner light out of an obscure subject. One who elucidates is an elucidator; that which tends to elucidate is elucidative; the act of elucidating, or that which elucidates, is an elucidation.
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In other news....okay, I set my alarm clock to 5 AM this morning with the intent of waking up and getting ready for work because I was opening the service center again this morning. HA! Good one! My alarm clock didn't go off, and I was damn lucky I woke up at 6:20 AM, leaving me only ten minutes to get up, get some clothes on, wash my face/brush my teeth, brush hair and throw back in a ponytail and get on the road to work. (It takes about a half hour for me to get to work.) NO breakfast, NO makeup....just had to hustle. Ugh.
The rest of the day wasn't so bad, really. No problem customers. Leslie's back (YAY!). After work, I stopped by WalMart to see Kevin, but he was nowhere to be found! Left him little love note in his car windshield anyway.
*tangent* I'm coming down with a cold. Hopefully it won't be as bad by tomorrow. It's my day off, and Kevin and I might do something. If anything, we'll just hang out, if this hasn't developed into a full-blown cold. UGH.
elucidate \ih-LOO-si-dayt\, transitive verb:
To make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to illustrate; as, an example will elucidate the subject.
Beginning our journey into the past, we will now examine plant and animal clues in amber to elucidate the mysteries of the forest that was the home of our bee.
-- George Poinar Jr. and Roberta Poinar, The Amber Forest :A Reconstruction of a Vanished World
Elucidate comes from Late Latin elucidare, to clear up, from ex-, e-, out of + lucidus, bright, from lux, luc- light. Hence to elucidate is to bring the inner light out of an obscure subject. One who elucidates is an elucidator; that which tends to elucidate is elucidative; the act of elucidating, or that which elucidates, is an elucidation.
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In other news....okay, I set my alarm clock to 5 AM this morning with the intent of waking up and getting ready for work because I was opening the service center again this morning. HA! Good one! My alarm clock didn't go off, and I was damn lucky I woke up at 6:20 AM, leaving me only ten minutes to get up, get some clothes on, wash my face/brush my teeth, brush hair and throw back in a ponytail and get on the road to work. (It takes about a half hour for me to get to work.) NO breakfast, NO makeup....just had to hustle. Ugh.
The rest of the day wasn't so bad, really. No problem customers. Leslie's back (YAY!). After work, I stopped by WalMart to see Kevin, but he was nowhere to be found! Left him little love note in his car windshield anyway.
*tangent* I'm coming down with a cold. Hopefully it won't be as bad by tomorrow. It's my day off, and Kevin and I might do something. If anything, we'll just hang out, if this hasn't developed into a full-blown cold. UGH.