[responsivevoice] exodus [/responsivevoice] [ ek-suh-duh s ] Quotation: To see how many Italians are going out of Italy, the sort of exodus, a great generation leaving my country, I think is the worst nightmare for me as prime minister but also for the country, of course. Enrico Letta Social Example: Did you miss out on reading this […]
“Very” is that exaggeration word, without which many of us feel incomplete. “It was a very hard match,” “you are very disgusting”… See, can we do without very? The answer is yes, and no! Not the time to get confused; it’s time to say bye-bye to the word, and find sophisticated alternatives. Using the same […]
[responsivevoice] absolve [/responsivevoice] [ ab-zolv ] Quotation: You know, punk bands now sell with one record – their first or second record – sell 10 times the amount of records than the Ramones did throughout their career with 20-something records. That’s why I go over to Johnny Ramone’s house and do yard work three times a […]
[responsivevoice] dissent [/responsivevoice] [ dih-sent ] Quotation: Civil society space provides the oxygen for citizens to participate and meaningfully hold their governments and the private sector to account – and ensure that decisions are made in the interest of the majority and not the few. Without it, citizens have limited space to dissent and challenge the […]
[responsivevoice] purposive [/responsivevoice] [ pur-puh-siv ] Quotation: Life is a biography, not a series of disconnected moments, more or less pleasurable but increasingly tedious and unsatisfying unless one imposes a purposive pattern upon them. Theodore Dalrymple Social Example: Did you miss out on reading this Word of the Day? Catch up now! http://www.vocabularytoday.com/abridge-meaning-usage-quotes-and-social-examples/
[responsivevoice] abridge [/responsivevoice] [ uh-brij ] Quotation: In the past, those who had ideas they wished to communicate to the public had the unquestioned right to disseminate those ideas in an open marketplace, called a mall, we should not abridge that right. Sol Wachtler Social Example: Did you miss out on reading this Word of […]
[responsivevoice] ameliorate [/responsivevoice] [ uh-meel-yuh-reyt ] Quotation: For reforms ameliorate the situation of the working class, they lighten the weight of the chain’s labour is burdened with by capitalism, but they are not sufficient to crush capitalism and to emancipate the workers from their tyranny. Clara Zetkin Social Example: Did you miss out on reading […]
[responsivevoice] precarious [/responsivevoice] [ pri-kair-ee-uhs ] Quotation: I hear the same anxieties over and over again. Everything is too fast; everything is too precarious. We have more access than ever to the people we are trying to reach, thanks to social media and mobile technology, and more information than we know what to do with. […]
[responsivevoice] surmise [/responsivevoice] [ser-mahyz ] Quotation: For some time, I’ve said this issue of comprehensive immigration reform is not just an issue about immigration or human rights or civil rights, it’s about our economy. You take 11 million people from out of the dark and into the light. The think tanks have surmised that you […]
In the previous lesson, we covered the trending word Sardonic. In this lesson, we will read about the word pedantic, which is not just trending on Vocabulary Today, but also on every word lover’s list. After reading this lesson, you will confirm that there are quite some pedants around us, and we simply did not […]