A Characteristic Vocabulary to define different personalities (Part 2)

In the previous article, we looked at ten different characteristic personalities along with example sentences to help know word for varied personalities. If you haven’t been there yet, click here. The idea behind building a vocabulay as such is to have one word for various characters or personalities. We come across so many people every […]

A Characteristic Vocabulary to define different personalities (Part 1)

Do you ever come to a point when you want to describe a particular characteristic or personality, but do not know what to call it? Well, it happens to all of us! We thought, why not create a vocabulary list of all such words so that we can keep descriptions on our tongue tips. Let’s […]

Fruition – meaning, usage, quotes, and social examples

🔊 Play fruition [ froo-ish-uhn ] What is the word of the day? The word of the day is ‘fruition’. 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. […]

Oxford Dictionary- Latest Additions- Here’s a List

Learning is a limitless process; the more you think you know, the more there is to explore. A dictionary is one such thing, that one can never know enough about, no matter how much you try. The Oxford Dictionary has announced a new list of all the words added. Let us take a quick look […]

Swinging – meaning, usage, quotes, and social examples

[responsivevoice] swinging [/responsivevoice] [ swing-ing ] Quotation: Some people get into this business and they’re so afraid to lose anything. They try to protect their position like clinging to a beachhead. These actors end up making really safe choices. I never wanted to go that route. If I go down, I’m going down swinging. Matt […]

Parrot – meaning, usage, quotes, and social examples

[responsivevoice] parrot [/responsivevoice] [ par-uh t ] Quotation: Most of the time, I get auditions for deaf characters where the scene has them communicating in really convoluted ways, like reading lips from across the room when the other person’s back is turned or having other people parrot what they say. Shoshannah Stern Social Example: Did you […]

Quell – meaning, usage, quotes, and social examples

[responsivevoice] quell [/responsivevoice] [ kwel ] Quotation: My advice for telling someone else’s story is to try not to consciously bend the story in any particular direction – to listen with an open mind, to include the good with the bad, to attempt to quell one’s biases and allow the person you’re writing about to […]

How Do I Improve My Vocabulary? Quick Self-help Tips

We now live in an age where there is nothing like too much of anything, especially when it comes to learning. The more is always merrier. People are always trying to better their hold on the same. On the academic and learner’s front, it is becoming challenging for people to learn more words as they […]

Profligacy – meaning, usage, quotes, and social examples

[responsivevoice] profligacy [/responsivevoice] [ prof-li-guh-see ] Quotation: I know no man who feels deeper disgust than I do at the ambition, avarice, and profligacy of the priesthood, as well because every one of these vices is odious in itself, as because each of them separately and all of them together are utterly abhorrent in men […]

Erstwhile – meaning, usage, quotes, and social examples

[responsivevoice] erstwhile [/responsivevoice] [ urst-hwahyl ] Quotation: By the 1980s, businesses had realized that environmental issues had a price tag. Increasingly, they balked. Reflexively, the anticorporate Left pivoted; Earth Day, erstwhile snow job, became an opportunity to denounce capitalist greed. Charles C. Mann Social Example: Did you miss out on reading this Word of the […]