My Creatively Random Life

Today's word is phylogeny! Phylogeny (NOUN) /fill- lodg- in-ee/ Definition: the evolutionary history of an animal or plant species. Sentence: The phylogeny of the birds shows that they emerged from the lizard-hipped dinosaurs. Workout: P - 10 Sit Ups H – 1 Minute High Knees Y - 10 Shoulder Presses L – 10 Alternating Side Lunges O - 10 Push Ups G – 20 Bicycle Crunches  E – 10 Sumo Squats  N - 1 Minutes Wall Sit Y - 10 Shoulder Presses

Today's word is recur!     Recur (VERB) / ree-kur /     Definition: 1. to come back in thought or discussion; 2. to come again into the mind; 3. to occur or appear again.     Sentence: Every time Ellie thinks she's fixed the computer the problem recurs.     Workout:     R - 30 Arm Circles   E - 10 Sumo Squats   C - 1 Minute Jump Rope   U -  20 Mountain Climbers R - 30 Arm Circles 

Today's word is bannock!     Bannock (NOUN) /ban-nukh/     Definition: 1. a type of flat bread made of oatmeal; 2. a traditional Cree bread.     Sentence: Mark Baker from Timmins showed us all how to make traditional bannock with blueberries.     Workout:     B - 10 Lateral Raises     A - 20 Alternating Hammer Curls     N - 1 Minute Wall Sit     N - 1 Minute Wall Sit     O - 10 Push Ups     C - 1 Minute Jump Rope     K - 20 Alternating Front Raises   

Today's word is dendroid!     Dendroid (ADJECTIVE) /den-droyd/   Definition: the scientific word for the form or shape of a tree.   Sentence: The banana plant is actually a dendroid herb.     Workout:   D - 20 Crunches   E - 10 Sumo Squats   N - 1 Minute Wall Sit   D - 20 Crunches   R - 30 Arm Circles   O - 10 Push Ups   I - 20 Shoulder Width Squats   D - 20 Crunches     I like this word, makes trees sound all robotic.   

Today's word is baldric!   Baldric (NOUN) /baldric/   Definition: a shoulder strap for holding a sword.   Sentence: The knight carried a second dagger in the handsome baldric.   Workout:   B - 10 Lateral Raises   A - 20 Alternating Hammer Curls   L - 10 Alternating Side Lunges   D - 20 Crunches   R - 30 Arm Circles   I - 20 Shoulder Width Squats   C - 1 Minute Jump Rope   Not really a new word today but an easy workout for a Monday. 

Today's word is abiotic!     Abiotic (ADJECTIVE) / ay- bye- aw- tik/   Definition: of, or relating to, an absence of life or living organisms.   Sentence: At first glance Antarctica was believed to be an abiotic environment.   Workout:   A - 20 Alternating Hammer Curls   B - 10 Lateral Raises   I - 20 Shoulder Width Squats   O - 10 Push Ups   T - 25 Jumping Jacks   I - 20 Shoulder Width Squats   C - 1 Minute Jump Rope    

The word today is evanescent! evanescent (ADJECTIVE) /ev-uh- nes -unt/ Definition: liable to vanish or pass away like vapour; fleeting. Sentence: Evanescent clouds of vapour billowed from the tops of the skyscrapers on that frigid January morning. Workout:  E – 10 Sumo Squats V - 20 Alternating Biceps Curls A – 20 Alternating Hammer Curls N - 1 Minutes Wall Sit E – 10 Sumo Squats S - 20 Alternating Front Lunges C – 1 Minute Jump Rope  E – 10 Sumo Squats N - 1 Minutes Wall Sit T - 25 Jumping Jacks Have you been working out along this week?  Have you had a favourite word?  

Today's word is Munificent! munificent (ADJECTIVE) /myoo- nif -i-suht/ Definition: very liberal in giving or bestowing; very generous; lavish. Sentence: The miserly old woman became munificent in her gift-giving during the holidays each year. Workout: M - 1 Minute Jogging on The Spot U - 20 Mountain Climbers N - 1 Minutes Wall Sit I – 20 Shoulder Width Squats F – 1 Minutes Toy Soldiers  I – 20 Shoulder Width Squats  C – 1 Minute Jump Rope E – 10 Sumo Squats N - 1 Minutes Wall Sit T - 25 Jumping Jacks

Today's word is desuetude! Desuetude (NOUN) / des -wih-tood/ Definition: the cessation of use; discontinuance of practice or custom; disuse. Sentence: The desuetude of the fax machine was something that Todd had completely missed. Workout: D – 20 Crunches E – 10 Sumo Squats S - 20 Alternating Front Lunges U - 20 Mountain Climbers E – 10 Sumo Squats T - 25 Jumping Jacks U - 20 Mountain Climbers D – 20 Crunches E – 10 Sumo Squats It's a hard one today, that're for sure.

Today's word if pecuniary! pecuniary (ADJECTIVE) /pi- kyoo -nee-air-e/ Definition: of, or pertaining to, money; consisting of, paid for, or exacted in a cash payment. Sentence: The environmentalists argued that the value of the Chesterville swamp is much greater than its pecuniary land value. Workout: P - 10 Sit Ups E – 10 Sumo Squats C – 1 Minute Jump Rope U - 20 Mountain Climbers N - 1 Minutes Wall Sit I – 20 Shoulder Width Squats                               A – 20 Alternating Hammer Curls  R - 30 Arm Circles Y - 10 Shoulder Presses How are you feeling today?  Don't forget to stretch!

Today's Word is Quiddity!  Quiddity (noun) /kwi- dih-tee / Definition: 1. an eccentricity: an odd feature. 2. the essence, nature or distinctive peculiarity of a thing. Sentence: Like it or not, Will had to put up with my friend Anna's quiddities for the whole week. Q - 20 Hip Circles U - 20 Mountain Climbers I - 20 Shoulder Widths Squats D -20 Crunches D - 20 Crunches I - 20 Shoulder Widths Squats T - 25 Jumping Jacks Y - 10 Shoulder Presses An interesting work out today and a great new word.

Today is the first day of work out words..are you ready?  Today's word is inchoate. Inchoate (ADJECTIVE) \in- koh -it\ Definition: 1. to in in an initial or early stage; just begun; 2. imperfectly formed of formulated. Sentence:  The captain's orders were an inchoate series of words that left everyone confused. Workout:  I – 20 Shoulder Width Squats N - 1 Minutes Wall Sit C – 1 Minute Jump Rope H – 1 Minute High Knees O - 10 Push Ups A – 20 Alternating Hammer Curls T - 25 Jumping Jacks E – 10 Sumo Squats

A really big resolution for me this year is to get back into shape, I have a lot of important events coming up and the extra 40lbs I put on over the last few months of super stress have not made me happy.  Not to mention they won't help fitting into all the expensive dresses that are already purchased. I first saw this idea on  International Geek Girls Pen Pals Club  who were doing a word a day for the month of January.  I changed the alphabet up a bit as there are some specific areas that I really want to work and I am offering you a word a day for the next year.  Let's get in some extra exercise together. A – 20 Alternating Hammer Curls                                              B – 10 Lateral Raises                                      ...

Today is the last day of the Challenge, Yay!  Congratulations to everyone who made it through.  I am really excited to have made it to the end and look forward to next year.  I already have ideas for next years theme. Zenith Definition:  the point above the observer that is directly opposite the nadir on the imaginary sphere against which celestial bodies appear to be projected. Sentence:  Zenith, the point in the celestial sphere directly overhead.             — Henry White Warren Zephyr Definition:  a slight wind (usually refreshing). Sentence:  Nor I. On the contrary, all the allusions to the winds are of the gentler kind,—"balmy Zephyrs," "whispering breezes" and so forth.              — Alexander Pope Zealous Definition:  marked by active interest and enthusiasm. Sentence:  "You are so willing and zealous; but for that very reason I must guard against your ...

Yahoo Definition:  a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture. Sentence:  What I wanted to bring to your distinguished notice is this—that you must not behave like a yahoo in my mathematical set.             —Ian Hay Yeoman Definition:  in former times was free and cultivated his own land. Sentence:   On one extreme was the well-to-do yeoman farmer farming his own land.             — S. A. Reilly Yokel Definition:  a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture. Sentence:  Now, poor people, yokels, clods, cannot love what is incomprehensible to them .             — George Meredith Yore Definition:  time long past. Sentence:  Yore, long ago; generally used in the expression "of yore," formerly, once upon a time.             — Winifred Turner Yelp Definition:  a s...

Waggish Definition:  witty or joking. Sentence:   Dinner, however, came, and the little waggish doctor could not, for the life of him, avoid his jokes .             — William Carleton Waif Definition:  a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned. Sentence:   Had they not been poor children, little waifs, they would not have been locked in the cabin to perish like rats.              — Eugene V. Debs Wan Definition:  lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness. Sentence:  Tom was leaning back, pale and exhausted, his breath was short, his face gray, wan and wasted.             —Mrs. Henry Wood Wane Definition:  a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number). Sentence:  India’s biggest producer, reported an 89 percent decline in second-quarter group profit because of waning demand and higher raw...

Now on to today's actual post. Vacillate Definition:  be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action. Sentence:   But the old Napoleon was no more; vacillating almost as if in partial catalepsy, murmuring empty phrases in quick, indistinct utterance, he refused to decide.             — William Milligan Sloane Vacuous Definition:  devoid of intelligence. Sentence:  Why had his brain and senses lain fallow all these months, a vacuous vegetation, an empty consciousness?             — Gilbert Parker Veracity Definition:  unwillingness to tell lies. Sentence:  Professionally speaking, lawyers have been called legal liars, but compared to stock manipulators they are walking examples of truth and veracity.             — Charles Clark Munn Verisimilitude Definition:  the appearance of truth; the quali...

This post comes a day late as I was super sick yesterday, nasty migraine. :( Ubiquitous Definition:  being present everywhere at once. Sentence:   In the run-up to the launch, Morgan has been ubiquitous, popping up all over the place to promote the show.             — The Guardian (Jan 7, 2011) Umbrage Definition:  a feeling of anger caused by being offended. Sentence:  Such men are easily offended, take umbrage at trifles, and are unforgiving in their resentments.             — John Sherburne Sleeper Unction Definition:  anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual. Sentence:  Afterward he administers the sacrament of Extreme Unction—last anointing.              — John James Burke Unctuous Definition:  unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech. Sentence:  He had become suave and unct...

Tangential Definition:  of superficial relevance if any. Sentence:  It is terrific fun, but its relation to the theme remains tangential at best.              — The Guardian (Aug 26, 2011) Tautological Definition:  repetition of same sense in different words. Sentence:  The expression sounds trite and tautological; but it needs emphasis.             — Various Tessellated Definition:  decorated with small pieces of colored glass or stone fitted together in a mosaic. Sentence:  Passing from one pavilion to another over tessellated pavements, we enter apartments rich in mosaics and all manner of precious stones.              — Henry Martyn Field Theocracy Definition:  a political unit governed by a deity (or by officials thought to be divinely guided). Sentence:  For in theocracies, to the social evil of the offence is added the imp...

Salubrious Definition:  promoting health; healthful. Sentence:  The air is extremely salubrious, and the place has long been remarkable for its freedom from epidemics.            — J. H. Holdsworth Scion Definition:  a descendant or heir. Sentence:  Mr. Papandreou, a political scion whose father and grandfather were also prime ministers, took office late last year.           — New York Times (Feb 7, 2010) Seditious Definition:  in opposition to a civil authority or government. Sentence:   If stones were thrown at the police and seditious cries were raised, it was no more than might be reasonably expected.          — James Anthony Froude Serendipity Definition:  good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries. Sentence:  Serendipity is a recurring theme in Chandler's biography, with one happy accident after another pushing him in a certain ...