Opine – meaning, usage, quotes, and social examples

[responsivevoice] opine [/responsivevoice] [ oh-pahyn ] Quotation: While I have always thought that the motivation for looking for E.T. was both self-evident and patently worthy, it’s possible that I’m a victim of my own job description. Others don’t inevitably agree. Some will opine that there are better ways to spend the money. Seth Shostak Social […]

Brawl – meaning, usage, quotes, and social examples

[responsivevoice] brawl [/responsivevoice] [ brawl ] Quotation: What happened was, when I got into the brawl in Detroit, I was transitioning into a different type of person, that person that I’ve become, but that game had so many emotions involved. Metta World Peace Social Example: Did you miss out on reading this Word of the […]

Condone – meaning, usage, quotes, and social examples

[responsivevoice] condone [/responsivevoice] [ kuh n-dohn ] Quotation: We cannot erase what has been done. We can apologize for it. We can express our outrage. We can say to the American people and to the people of the world, this is not our way and we do not condone it, but we cannot change it and […]

Disdain– meaning, usage, quotes, and social examples

🔊 Play disdain [ dis-deyn ] What is the word of the day? The word of the day is ‘disdain.’ What is this word’s grammar? The word is a noun, i.e., it is the main subject of a sentence. Does the word have a past tense? What is it? No, the word is a noun. […]

Foment– meaning, usage, quotes, and social examples

[responsivevoice] foment [/responsivevoice] [ foh-ment ] Quotation: ‘Robopocalypse’ explores the intertwined fates of regular people who face a future filled with murderous machines. It follows them as humanity foments the robot uprising, fails to recognize the coming storm, and then is rocked to the core by methodical, crippling attacks. Daniel H. WIlson Social Example: Did […]

Mass Nouns: Words that do not have a Plural Form- Know them now!

There are so many words in the English language that do not take or require a plural form. One of the most relevant mistakes that we can cite here is with the use of the word “hair.” Some of them go on to say, “My hairs are wet.” Linguistically, this word does not have a […]

An Easter Vocabulary to Understand the Tradition This Year

Easter is just a few days away, and it does not seem like it would be a grand celebration in many countries. Owing to the lock-down, most churches now hold their service online. But believers know that nothing can stop the happiness that comes with this day because it holds great significance in a Christian’s […]

A Coronavirus Vocabulary to Know More about the Pandemic

Coronavirus has surely taken the world by a storm. Amidst this lock-down, the only thing that keeps us updated about the world is the news. Of course, these days, the report is a storehouse of bad news. There is so much to know, and so many discoveries are taking place every day. Not many people […]

Malleable – meaning, usage, quotes, and social examples

[responsivevoice] malleable [/responsivevoice] [ mal-ee-uh-buhl ] Quotation: Relativity challenges your basic intuitions that you’ve built up from everyday experience. It says your experience of time is not what you think it is, that time is malleable. Your experience of space is not what you think it is; it can stretch and shrink. Brian Greene Social […]

Surly – meaning, usage, quotes, and social examples

[responsivevoice] surly [/responsivevoice] [  sur-lee ] Quotation: You stand with the least likely to succeed until success is succeeded by something more valuable: kinship. You stand with the belligerent, the surly and the badly behaved until bad behaviour is recognized for the language it is: the vocabulary of the deeply wounded and of those whose […]