[responsivevoice] connote [/responsivevoice] [ kuh-noht ] Quotation: I think the most dangerous word in the English language is ‘should.’ ‘I should have done this.’ Or ‘I should do that.’ ‘Should’ implies responsibility. It connotes demand. Which is just not the case. Life ebbs and flows. Chris Pine Social Example: Did you miss out on reading […]
[responsivevoice] relegate [/responsivevoice] [ rel-i-geyt ] Quotation: Culture exists and evolves to relegate to habit categories of interactions the constant conscious reference to which would make human interaction impossible. David Mamet Social Example: Did you miss out on reading this Word of the Day? Catch up now! http://www.vocabularytoday.com/underpin-meaning-usage-quotes-and-social-examples/
[responsivevoice] underpin [/responsivevoice] [ uhn-der-pin ] Quotation: If you think dealing with issues like worthiness and authenticity and vulnerability are not worthwhile because there are more pressing issues, like the bottom line or attendance or standardized test scores, you are sadly, sadly mistaken. It underpins everything. Brene Brown Social Example: Did you miss out on […]
[responsivevoice] beleaguer [/responsivevoice] [ bih-lee-ger ] Quotation: I suppose there must be some way in which I’m compelled to show some side of myself – or of people – that’s paranoid and fraught and beleaguered and downtrodden, just as Tom Cruise wants to show that he’s terrifyingly upbeat and terrifyingly heroic all the time. Paul Giamatti […]
[responsivevoice] serpentine [/responsivevoice] [ sur-puhn-teen ] Quotation: Getting to Valle Nevado is half the fun. A serpentine road from Santiago wriggles up the spine of Andean peak for an hour, then traverses a valley and finally up again. The hotel is perched on a rugged mountain crag at 3,000m: no other sign of human development […]
[responsivevoice] marauding [/responsivevoice] [ muh-raw-ding ] Quotation: I never get to the end of mortifying sin because sin in my heart, where it’s still marauding even though it’s no longer dominant, sin in my heart is constantly expressing itself in new disorderly desires. J. I. Packer Social Example: Did you miss out on reading this […]
[responsivevoice] anathema [/responsivevoice] [ uh-nath-uh-muh ] Quotation: In fact, if you think hard about it, animal conservation should actually be anathema to the Darwin-loving liberal agenda, which holds up evolution – and not altruistic compassion – as the final word on the survival of a species. S.E.Cupp Social Example: Did you miss out on reading […]
We are all so busy in learning new and advanced words in our daily lives, that we sometimes forget to focus on the basics. Why not have avocabulary list to glance at when you are looking for a very common word for a particular context? This list includes a unique science and arts vocabulary. Science […]
[responsivevoice] flip [/responsivevoice] [ flip ] Quotation: You have to come in and be that character when you walk into the room. That’s what one of my first acting teachers taught me. You know, don’t go in there being Jennifer and then expect to flip and change, because they’re not going to have that imagination. […]
[responsivevoice] warmonger [/responsivevoice] [ wawr-muhng-ger ] Quotation: I know many people on the left are suspicious of words like Americanization. To them, it can sound like a cover for white privilege and warmongering. It suggests arrogance and groupthink. But these connotations are not fixed. It is in our power to reshape them by recalling the […]