[responsivevoice]upend[responsivevoice] [ uhp-end ] Quotation: After the global financial crisis of 2008, populist uprisings had sprouted across Europe. Putin and his strategists sensed the beginnings of a larger uprising that could upend the Continent and make life uncomfortable for his geostrategic competitors. Franklin Foer Social Example: Did you miss out on reading this Word of […]
[responsivevoice]subversive[responsivevoice] [ suhb-vur-siv ] Quotation: I’ve never been a popular person, but it doesn’t matter. I have everything in my life that I want. I’m not a walking publicity stunt. I’m not an anarchist, or bitter. I’m not trying to be subversive. I just try to remain unguarded, unprotected by fear, and agents and publicists, […]
[responsivevoice]mitigate[responsivevoice] [ mit-i-geyt ] Quotation: To rejoice in another’s prosperity is to give content to your lot; to mitigate another’s grief is to alleviate or dispel your own. Tryon Edwards Social Example: Did you miss out on reading this Word of the Day? Catch up now! http://www.vocabularytoday.com/affinity-meaning-usage-quotes-and-social-examples/
[responsivevoice]affinity[responsivevoice] [ uh-fin-i-tee ] Quotation: My father being in the movie business, I thought being an actor would be great. But when I started singing to people in coffeehouses, you know, singing folk music and then, later, singing songs that I started to write myself, I felt more than an affinity for it. David Crosby […]
[responsivevoice]exigency[responsivevoice] [ ek-si-juhn-see ] Quotation: Graphic Design, which fulfills aesthetic needs, complies with the laws of form and exigencies of two-dimensional space; which speaks in semiotics, sans-serifs, and geometrics; which abstracts, transforms, translates, rotates, dilates, repeats, mirrors, groups, and regroups, is not good design if it is irrelevant. Paul Rand Social Example: Did you miss […]
🔊 Play chastise🔊 Play [ chas-tahyz ] What is the word of the day? The word of the day is ‘chastise’. What is this word’s grammar? The word is a verb, i.e., it demonstrates an action or an occurrence. Does the word have a past tense? What is it? Yes, the past form of the […]
[responsivevoice]disavow[responsivevoice] [ dis-uh-vou ] Quotation: I wanted to write a book about people who have the best intentions and think – really, truly think – that they’re doing the right thing. And then they realize that when those ideals come knocking at their windowsill, a lot of times they will suddenly disavow those ideals. Celeste […]
🔊 Play salvage🔊 Play [ sal-vij ] What is the word of the day? The word of the day is ‘salvage’. What is this word’s grammar? The word is a verb, i.e., it demonstrates an action or an occurrence. Does the word have a past tense? What is it? Yes, the past form of the […]
[responsivevoice]radiate[responsivevoice] [ rey-dee-eyt ] Quotation: We’ve all met those who seem to radiate happiness. They seem to smile more than others; they laugh more than others – just being around them makes us happier as well. Joseph B. Wirthlin Social Example: Did you miss out on reading this Word of the Day? Catch up now! […]
[responsivevoice]qualm[responsivevoice] [ kwahm ] Quotation: I have no hang-ups in life. I don’t care about groups and camps. I have been brought up with certain values and ethics. I have never been egoistic about my stardom and lineage. I don’t have any qualms about breaking the ice with my colleagues. I can walk up to […]