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Hello friends,
Could you demonstrate how to use these words: 1.peregrination(=travel);
2.sporadic(occasional);
3.desultory(=disconnected);
4.mortify(=embarrass) and
5.entreaty(=plea).
Thanks in advance.
Best regards,
John
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John is a sporadic poster who monitors AWAD in a desultory manner. Since his posts are interesting I hope this entreaty for more regular posts will not mortify him.  (off the top of my head) Actually I would be more likely to use entreat as a verb than the above noun. Mortify is a stronger word than embarrass, closer to humiliate. Not sure about peregrinate. Any corrections from those who took longer to think??
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Welcome aBoard, John. You must have a lot of stories to tell, after all of your peregrinations.
Darn it--I wanted to put a [tacit approval of Zed's post e]; but putting it takes away its tacitity!
Last edited by Jackie; 08/18/06 01:58 PM.
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Not corrections.
Oddly, I think I have used enteaty the noun more than entreat the verb.
Likewise perergrination almost exclusively as opposed to peregrinate.
I am sure I have more often used and heard mortify in the past tense as in so and so was mortified.
I'd never really thought about disconnected as a definition for desultory but on thought it is quite apt.
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"Perergrination" is one of those words which tend to sound stuffy, hyper-intellectual and out of place in conversation and casual writing. I see it used more for this effect than in regular communications.
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Thank you very much for your response. I can imbibe them much better now. The most confusing word is "perergrination" for me, as for "mortify", I guess it's more appropriate to use its passive voice and past tense.
Thanks again for all of your help.
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