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Team A words Perfunctory is an adjective that means superficial or lacking care and enthusiasm. I particularly liked this word because it is a more sophisticated way to say something that most of us say on a regular basis. (McKenna)

[|Esoteric] - an adjective that means understood or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest, which basically means that it is a private bit of knowledge that only a select few understand. For example, if you have a private joke between your friends, it could be referred to as an esoteric conversation or an esoteric joke. I learned this word from my British penpal after I asked him what are some fancy vocabulary words that I could use for this assignment. Esoteric was one of his selections, and we proceeded to use the word throughout our conversation with my other British penpal, which led to his confusion, because the meaning of "esoteric" was esoteric, because only Kai and I knew what it meant. I chose this word, not only because now I find it funny, but also because it can be used in everyday conversation, like if someone wants to talk about a private joke, they can call it an esoteric joke, and now the meaning of esoteric is esoteric to our class. (Kellie)

Aggregate can be used as an adjective, noun or verb. As an adjective it means, formed by conjunction; total. As a verb it means to bring together in one body. As a noun it means the total, or assemblage of particulars. I found this word while reading my editorials for Writing Assignment 1. It was in the article "Down With Everything" by Thomas L. Friedman. I like this word because it has a strong message towards unity and togetherness. I think that it has many applications in the aggregate of issues or used to aggregate a body of people.

Effete: an adjective meaning to be lacking in energy or unable to produce. I found this in Emerson's ever so interesting piece, "Nature." An example sentance is "even though the farmer put in long hours on his fielfd, the fields were effete." I didn't know what it meant, and I liked the way it sounded. (Chandler)

[|Indelible] is an adjective that means something that cannot be eliminated, erased or unchangable. I found this word on the home page of dictionary.com under words that were being searched often. The example dictionary.com used was, "The indelible memories of war cannot be erased." It sounded like a strong adjective to use in a sentence, and I didn't know what it meant. (Katie)

Hamartia is a noun meaning tragic flaw. This was found on dictionary.com as the word of the day. Now, instead of saying "Romeo's tragic flaw is that he acts too quickly before making a decision", we can say, "Romeo's hamartia is that he acts too quickly before making a decision." (Miranda)

[|utile] is and adjective meaning useful. I found this word on dictionary.com as the word of the day. Its a different way in saying that something is beneficial. It is a French word. (Maddie)

fiducial is an adjective meaning based on or having trust. I found this word while looking through the dictionary.com word of the day's. An example of this word in context is "Knowing the sincerity of her concern for my well-being as I did, I can say with fiducial confidence she will be waiting by the phone to confirm my safety." I think this word is a very sophisticated way to say something quite simple. (Grace) []

[|Nuance] is a noun meaning a subtle distinction or variation. I found this word in the Bedford Reader. (Joel)

[|Ataraxia] is a noun meaning a state of freedom from emotional disturbance or anxiety; tranquility. This is a previous word of the day on dictionary.com. (Haylie)

[|Simper] is a verb that means to smile in a silly, self-conscious way. I found this word on the list of previous words of the day. I enjoyed this word because I thought it was cute. (Amber).