Wondrous Words

2011/01/19/wondrous-words-wednesday

1. joists "Sometimes for no reason he could figure, he saw it. Sometimes the smell of old joists in a metal trash can outside....."

2.invertebrate "He'd been an inveterate liar--he liked to say "an invertebrate liar."

3.disincentives "He was watching her take it in. "I know," he said. "There are a lot of disincentives."

4.auspicious "And I could look at you forever. Maybe we'll have a ball. The signs are auspicious."

5.Pegasus


4.auspicious
5.pegasus

any of a number of small, parallel beams of timber, steel, reinforced concrete, etc., for supporting floors, ceilings, or the like.(1)

without strength of character.

something that discourages or deters

The fifth word is from a blogger's Teaser Tuesday. Her Teaser came from a book title MINOR NINER. While reading the Teaser, I happened to see the word "pegasus." Silly me, I didn't write down the sentence. down. So now I don't know which definition will fit perfectly. Anyway, here are the words.

1.

Classical Mythology . a winged horse, created from the blood of Medusa, that opened the spring of Hippocrene with a stroke of its hoof, and that carried Bellerophon in his attack on the Chimera.

2.

Astronomy . the Winged Horse, a northern constellation between Cygnus and Aquarius.