Ennoble – meaning, usage, quotes, and social examples

[responsivevoice]Ennoble[/responsivevoice] [en-noh-buh l] Quote: Good actions ennoble us, we are the sons of our own deeds. Jean Paul Social Example:

Sordid – meaning, usage, quotes, and social examples

[responsivevoice]Sordid[/responsivevoice] [sawr-did ] Quotation: Sanctification is the real change in man from the sordidness of sin to the purity of God’s image. William Ames Social Example:

Ineffable – meaning, usage, quotes, and social examples

[responsivevoice]Ineffable[/responsivevoice] [in-ef-uh-buhl] Quotation: The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods. Elbert Hubbard Social Example:

Topaz– meaning, usage, quotes, and social examples

[responsivevoice]Topaz[/responsivevoice] [toh-pa-z] Social Example:

Winnow – meaning, usage, quotes, and social examples

[responsivevoice]Winnow[/responsivevoice] [win-oh] Quotation: Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense. Carl Sagan Social Example:

Poignant – meaning, usage, quotes, and social examples

[responsivevoice]Poignant[/responsivevoice] [poin-yuhnt] Quotation: The disasters of war can be infinitely eerie and poignant. Micheal Leunig Social Example:

Palpable – meaning, usage, quotes, and social examples

[responsivevoice]Palpable[/responsivevoice] [pal-puh-buhl] Quotation: Prison is essentially a shortage of space made up for by a surplus of time; to an inmate, both are palpable. Joseph Brodsky Social Example:

Profanity – meaning, usage, quotes, and social examples

[responsivevoice]Profanity[/responsivevoice] [pruh-fan-i-tee] Quotation: I had three rules for my players: No profanity. Don’t criticize a teammate. Never be late. John Wooden Social Example:

Commend – meaning, usage, quotes, and social examples

[responsivevoice]Commend[/responsivevoice] [kuh-mend ] Quotation: Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality against which they are dashed to pieces. Sigmund Freud Social Example:

Premise – meaning, usage, quotes, and social examples

[responsivevoice]Premise[/responsivevoice] [prem-is] Grammar:Premise is a noun and a verb, i.e., it is the subject of a sentence or can demonstrate an action. It means: 1. An argument, hypothesis or an assumption 2. Theorize or base on something Usage example 1: The basic premise of this article did not go well with the readers. Usage example […]