October 2017


  • Sick

    sick \ ˈsik \  [fac_icon icon=”volume-up” color=”#000000″ color_hover=”#1e73be” font_size=”24px”] adjective afflicted with ill health or disease; ailing. affected with nausea; inclined to vomit. deeply affected with some unpleasant feeling, as of sorrow, disgust, or boredom. mentally, morally, or emotionally deranged, corrupt, or unsound. dwelling on or obsessed with that which is gruesome, sadistic,ghoulish, or the like; morbid. very annoyed or bored by something because you have had too much of it. Slang. great; amazing verb to attack (used especially in…

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  • Write

    write \ ˈrīt \ [fac_icon icon=”volume-up” color=”#000000″ color_hover=”#1e73be” font_size=”24px”] verb   to trace or form (characters, letters, words, etc.) on the surface of some material, as with a pen, pencil, or other instrument or means; inscribe. to express or communicate in writing; give a written account of. to produce as author or composer.   Synonyms: compose, pen, author, draft, create…

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  • Homeschool Philosophies Quiz Results

    Give that we received an unexpected windfall this month; of course my first thought is curriculum and teaching supplies. Daddybear and I had been discussing possibly attempting a Charlotte Mason style approach, being that Easy Peasy was a flop. Along comes this quiz, and now I think I will continue with our eclectic/usnchooling methods; just…

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  • Quick

    quick \ ˈkwik \ [fac_icon icon=”volume-up” color=”#000000″ color_hover=”#1e73be” font_size=”24px”] adjective 1. done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity, as an action, process, etc.; prompt; immediate. 2. that is over or completed within a short interval of time. 3. moving, or able to move, with speed.   Synonyms: abrupt, active, agile, alert, brief, brisk, cursory, energetic, expeditious, express,…

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  • Beyond

    beyond be·yond  \ bē-ˈänd \ [fac_icon icon=”volume-up” color=”#000000″ color_hover=”#1e73be” font_size=”24px”] adverb   farther on or away preposition 1. on, at, or to the farther side of 2. farther on than; more distant than. 3. outside the understanding, limits, or reach of; past 4. superior to; surpassing; above 5. more than; in excess of; over and above noun 1. something that lies on or…

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  • Acrostic

    acrostic noun acros·tic \ ə-ˈkrȯs-tik , -ˈkräs- \ [fac_icon icon=”volume-up” color=”#000000″ color_hover=”#1e73be” font_size=”56″] a poem in which a set of letters (as the first letter of the lines) taken in order form a word or phrase a word (as radar) formed from the beginning letter or letters of each or most of the parts of a…

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