Sunday, September 13, 2009

Word of the Week #2

Pontificate

Source:
“Where are the Jocks for Justice?"
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20040628/candaele
By: Kelly Candaele and Peter Dreier

Sentence:
While Hollywood celebrities frequently lend their fame and fortune to candidates and causes, athletes are expected to perform, not pontificate.



Definition:
–verb (used without object)

To speak in a pompous or dogmatic manner



My Sentence:
The flustered journalist pontificated about steroid use in baseball and its negative effects to Bud Selig during his meeting with the Players Association.

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