| Wordy Wednesday |

We’re back up and running with Wordy Wednesday this month! Here are your 10 words! Enjoy! 🙂

1.
Adjutant
ad·ju·tant
noun
a military officer who acts as an administrative assistant to a senior officer.
a person’s assistant or deputy.

a large black-and-white stork with a massive bill and a bare head and neck, found in India and Southeast Asia.

2.
Alabaster
al·a·bas·ter
noun
a fine-grained, translucent form of gypsum, typically white, often carved into ornaments.

adjective
made of alabaster.

3.
Albeit
al·be·it
conjunction
although.

4.
Allege
al·lege
verb
claim or assert that someone has done something illegal or wrong, typically without proof that this is the case.
suppose or affirm to be the case.

5.
Alluvion
al·lu·vi·on
noun
the action of the sea or a river in forming new land by deposition.

6.
Bedaub
be·daub
verb
smear or daub with a sticky substance.

7.
Rhetorician
rhet·o·ri·cian
noun
an expert in formal rhetoric.
a speaker whose words are primarily intended to impress or persuade.

8.
Proscenium
pro·sce·ni·um
noun
the part of a theater stage in front of the curtain.
short for proscenium arch.

9.
Raillery
rail·ler·y
noun
good-humored teasing.

10.
Solecism
sol·e·cism
noun
a grammatical mistake in speech or writing.
a breach of good manners; a piece of incorrect behavior.

Are you participating in NaNoWriMo?! If so, I challenge you to use one or more of these words in your novel!

XOXO,
Madi<3