Bacov... too much LOTR

beatitude- Supreme blessedness

Arowen's beatitude is what attracted Aragorn.

bete noire- a detested person (disliked or avoided)

I know a few bete noire people. Guy Noire, Private Eye.
bode- Be an omen of a particular outcome

It bode a certain reluctance and I could tell it would be hard to budge the donkey.
dank- Disagreeably damp, musty, and typically cold

In Great Expectations, Miss Havisham's house was dank.
ecumenical- Promoting or relating to unity among the world's Christian churches

the ecumenical convention was meant to united them.
fervid- Intensely enthusiastic or passionate

David tennant is fervid when it comes to playing the Doctor.
fetid- Smelling extremely unpleasant

Gollum's cave is fetid
gargantuan- of great mass

there was a gargantuan of tarantulas.
heyday- The period of a person's or thing's greatest success or popularity

"cuz this is our heeeey daaayy, baby! And we're not gonna be afraid to shout!"
incubus- A cause of distress or anxiety like a nightmare

I had an incubus last night that woke me up and I was sweating.
infrastructure- The basic physical and organizational structures and facilities needed for the operation

The infrastructure of the building was badly built
inveigle- Persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery

"because it's my birthday and I wants it." -Smeagol
kudos- Praise and honor received for an achievement

Kudos to Samwise Gamgee!!! He's the real hero.
lagniappe- Something given as a bonus or extra gift

we will give u a new parking spot as a lagniappe
prolix- Using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy

To prolix your essays makes the reader bored.
protege- a person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career

You shall be my protege and I will show you how to get down in Funky Town.
prototype- A first or preliminary model of something, esp. a machine, from which other forms are developed or copied

The prototype for the cyborg looked perfect, but when it came to fusing flesh with metal... not everything went as smoothly as planned...
sycophant- A person who acts obsequiously toward someone in order to gain advantage; a servile flatterer

haven't we had-- never mind anyway, YOU SYCOPHANTIC SYCOPHANT! (not you personally, never. but the other person next to you. Nope actually not them either, I wouldn't want to insult readers. What readers? shhhhhhh just act like you have readers! OK Fine then, your sister's neighbor's cow is the sycophantic sycophant. Better? Better.
tautology- The saying of the same thing twice in different words

You're just rephrasing it so I won't understand you and you'll come out on top!
truckle- Submit or behave obsequiously

Obsequious sorrow? what hamlet.... what?

Sinome Maruvan

Sinome Maruvan (elvish)
"In this place will I abide"
... I've been watching too much Lord of the Rings

Active Reading Notes

 

Bicyclists

I saw this pic and couldn't help but enhance it. Their faces are so vibrant and I thought some good splashes of color would add to the excitement!

Doctor Who

Bacov

1.) acumen: The ability to make good judgments and quick decisions
~The mad men must be able to make good business acumen if they want to advertise well.
2.) adjudicate: Make a formal judgment or decision about a problem or disputed matter
~The committee adjudicates on all of the cities decissions
3.) anachronism: something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time
~psshhh The Doctor, that is all
4.) apocryphal: of doubtful authorship or authenticity.

~She told an apocryphal stpry about how the knife got there, the truth was later revealed.
5.) disparity: lack of similarity or equality; inequality; difference

~The disparity of the south was deplorable, and parts of it still are.
6.) dissimulate: to disguise or conceal under a false appearance
~Lemony Snicket
7.) empirical: depending upon experience or observation
~The nurse used an empirical idea based upon her experience in the Serengeti.
8.) flamboyant: strikingly bold or brilliant
~ The nebula the visited was flamboyant with color and stars being born right in front of them.
9.) fulsome: disgusting; sickening; repulsive
~American television is fulsome, unlike British telly.
10.) immolate: to sacrifice
~River immolated herself to save him from the Silence.
11.) imperceptible: very slight, gradual
~The imperceptible slope of the road
12.) lackey: a footman or liveried manservant
~Bailey Nelson is my lackey >:P
13.) liaison: a person who initiates and maintains a connection.

For references you need to call upon a reliable liaison
14.) monolithic: characterized by massiveness, total uniformity, rigidity, invulnerability
monolithic hull on the Albion
15.) mot juste: right word: exactly the right word or words to express something
Molto Bene! Allons-y! Will you go for a spin in the TARDIS with me?
16.) nihilism: belief that nothing is worthwhile
Just listen to Bohemian Rhapsody
17.) patrician: somebody with the qualities and manners traditionally associated with the upper class
Mr. Darcy--> ci---> Darci
18.) propitiate: win somebody's favor
Huzzah let's go kiss up to teachers!
19.) sic: thus or so
Sic, the world came to an end
20.) sublimate: redirect, to channel impulses or energies regarded as unacceptable
Did you know you can fix that Chameleon Circuit if you just try hot wiring the fragment links and superseding the binary fibula- clusters? ... well you can.

LISTEN!

there's a hell of a good universe next door. Let's Go!