[responsivevoice]Eschew[/responsivevoice] [es-choo] Quotation: The way we’re attached to our phones these days, they buzz and twitch in our pockets, and we have to look and see if it was a text, a voicemail, or an e-mail. We’re almost like lab rats. I tried to eschew the whole cell phone theory until I had kids; then, […]
[responsivevoice]Ascetic[/responsivevoice] [uh-set-ik ] Origin of the word Ascetic The word ascetic is supposed to have originated from the greek word askētikós Quotation: Asceticism doesn’t lie in ascetic robes or in walking staff nor in the ashes. Asceticism doesn’t lie in the earring nor in the shaven head nor blowing a conch. Asceticism lies in remaining pure […]
[responsivevoice]Ascetic[/responsivevoice] [uh-set-ik ] Quotation: Asceticism doesn’t lie in ascetic robes or in walking staff nor in the ashes. Asceticism doesn’t lie in the earring nor in the shaven head nor blowing a conch. Asceticism lies in remaining pure amidst impurities. Guru Nanak Social Example: Did you miss out on reading this Word of the Day? Catch […]
[responsivevoice]Fluster[/responsivevoice] [fluhs-ter] Quotation: Put your leaders in stressful scenarios. Make them figure out solutions under pressure. See if you can make them frustrated, angry, and flustered, and then demand decisive leadership from them. They will be challenged at first, but they will get better over time. Jocko Willink Social Example: Did you miss out on […]
[responsivevoice]Malignant[/responsivevoice] [muh-lig-nuhnt] Quotation: The problems in our educational system are indissociable from broader malignant trends in our society, and they can’t be solved by lots of testing and by punitive actions against schools that are not performing well. Howard Gardner Social Example: Did you miss out on reading this Word of the Day? Catch up […]
[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]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 […]
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]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: