[responsivevoice]Cumbersome[/responsivevoice] [kuhm-ber-suhm] Quotation: Anyone who’s had a finger pointed at them and been told they’re pretty or attractive, there’s a power that comes with that. But beauty for a woman becomes cumbersome because it’s always being equated with youth. Diane Lane Social Example: Did you miss out on reading this Word of the Day? Catch […]
[responsivevoice]Alacrity[/responsivevoice] [uh-lak-ri-tee] Quotation: During childbearing years, changing jobs – even for a fundamentally better gig – can be a very bad idea. Those prime childbearing years – mid-twenties to early forties – overlap precisely with prime professional years. This is when employees are most attractive to new employers, when they should be able to zip […]
[responsivevoice]Confidant[/responsivevoice] [kon-fi-dant] Quotation: The artist is the confidant of nature, flowers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending of their stems and the harmoniously tinted nuances of their blossoms. Every flower has a cordial word which nature directs towards him. Auguste Rodin Social Example: Did you miss out on reading this Word of […]
[responsivevoice]Haughty[/responsivevoice] [haw-tee] Quotation: Regardless of the gender of the highest wage earner, the balance of power in the relationship will suffer if the higher earner uses control of the purse strings as a system of reward and punishment. It will also suffer if the lower earner takes a chippy, haughty attitude to spending money they […]
Have you heard about collocations? If not, you’re about to know soon, only to find out that we use them every day, but did know about it. Recollect all those words that you use in a pair; like, null and void, back and forth, men and women, salt and pepper, etc. (maybe now you agree […]
We see several sentences wrapped in quotation marks in books, articles and blogs. Quite obviously, we do not focus on them a lot because it is the content that interests us. But what if people did use this punctuation? Would the sentences be as comprehensible as they are? Most definitely not! Just as the other […]
[responsivevoice]Extol[/responsivevoice] [ik-stohl] Quotation: I don’t get involved in criticizing or extolling really good artists who do their job. That’s for other people. Neal Adams Social Example: Did you miss out on reading this Word of the Day? Catch up now! https://vocabularytoday.com/unctuous-meaning-usage-quotes-and-social-examples/
[responsivevoice]Debase[/responsivevoice] [dih-beys] Quotation: To sell yourself is somewhat debasing, and everyone is selling something. Genesis O-Orridge Social Media Example: Test your vocabulary skill by searching for the words mentioned in the Word Search Quiz below: To select the word, just click on the first and last alphabet of the word: Did you miss yesterday’s word […]
[responsivevoice]Gist[/responsivevoice] [jist] Quotation: I always think if it’s a good story, the audience can’t wait to run out of the theater and go tweet somebody with the gist of a story, in a nutshell, almost, because it was that interesting. Steven Spielberg
[responsivevoice]Unctuous[/responsivevoice] [uhngk-choo-uh s] Quotation: A great fig should look like it’s just about to burst its skin. When squeezed lightly it should give a little and not spring back. It must be almost unctuously sweet, soft and wet. Yotam Ottolenghi Social Example: