Friday, September 28, 2012

Feature and Follow Friday (1)


 Feature & Follow is a weekly meme hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read.

This weeks question: What is the BIGGEST word you've seen used in a book lately - that made you stop and look it up? Might as well leave the definition & book too.

Well. I can't think of anything. The book I'm currently reading is on my Kindle anyway so if I don't know a word, I'll just look it up, BUT (the "but" is always key) I did get a list of vocab words today in English and there was one that I thought sounded cool and I only half know the definition of. So, without further ado, here it is...

Book: Of Mice and Men (Oh the books we have to read for English)
Word: pugnacious
Definition: (adj) having a quarrelsome or combative nature (Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary)

Oh. That's not what I thought it meant at all... Well you learn something new everyday.

26 comments:

  1. New follower through GFC as lucyatmax/ no pic. I did not know that is what pugnacious meant either...thanks for sharing. I however, am a tease and invite you to visit/follow me at bethartfromtheheart.blogspot.com , in order to learn about my word: obsequious.
    :D
    Beth

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    1. Followed back! AND I learned what obsequious means. :)

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  2. Great answer! I didn't know what the word meant so thanks for filling me in :) And thank you for stopping by and following, I'm following back

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  3. Ugh. Of Mice and Men. The bane of my freshman year of high school. :) I'm your newest follower just hopping through from Parajunkee's FF. I love your blog!

    -Kate the Book Buff
    Recent Post: Follow Friday: What’s Your Vocab Kryptonite?

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    1. Oh, great. This makes me oh so excited to read it. Haha :) Thanks for following! I followed you back! And thank you for your kind words. :)

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  4. I haven't heard of that one but I am learning a lot with this question this week.

    New follower

    My FF

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    1. I'm actually having a hard time finding many people who actually had a word.

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  5. Nice word! :D

    New follower hopping by!
    My ff:
    http://bookwormmia.blogspot.com/2012/09/feature-follow-5.html

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  6. Hi, I'm a new follower via GFC =)
    Ooh, that's a nice word.
    Rinn
    http://rinnreads.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/feature-follow-2.html

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  7. I think I liked Of Mice and Men because it's the shortest Steinbeck book I had to read!

    I'm a new follower. Here's My FF. Stop by?

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    1. Haha yeah my friend had to read a classic this summer and she chose Of Mice and Men because it's so short. Followed back!

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  8. New Follower!
    Check out MY FF

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  9. So happy to see a new face joining our Friday fun! I'm a new follower via GFC and would love for you to visit me when you have a chance.

    The Scarf Princess

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    1. Thanks for the warm welcome! :) Followed you back and entered a couple of your giveaways!

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  10. wow! I thought pugnacious meant something else too :-)

    New Follower.

    This is the link to my FF
    http://onlectus.blogspot.com/2012/09/friday-feature-and-follow-4.html

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    1. What did you think it meant? Followed you back!

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  11. Thanks so much for visiting my blog!
    New follower looking forward to reading more from you.

    Libby x

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    1. No problem. :) I look forward to reading more from you too.

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  12. New follower :) I sometimes ignore words that I don't know except when they sound cool!
    http://bookblondes.blogspot.com/

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    1. Followed you back! Haha yeah. I have only skimmed over some people's posts because their definitions were more confusing than the word itself.

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