Sunday, October 12, 2008

Word of the week #6

Word of the Week #6

Emphatic

Article on the National Post website

Not quite as emphatic as the headline on the Flyers press release: "World's Most Popular Hockey Mom To Drop Puck."

Def. Adj.
Showing or giving emphasis. Expressing something clearly and strong.
Linguistics denoting certain Arabic consonants that are pronounced with both dental articulation and constriction of larynx.



My professor always said to study but he was more emphatic about our studying habits for midterms.

1 comment:

Raucous Rockin Raool said...

RRR Just Askin...

Why emphatic about mid terms ?? "You should bring it everyday" if you can study harder for a mid term than you are not giving 100% the rest of the time.

EMPHATICALLY: If you can't give something 100% effort stop wasting everone's time including your own..