[responsivevoice]demure[/responsivevoice] [dih-myoor] Quotation: If feminism was a dress, it would be that essential little black number, reached for in times of need; different for everyone but a steady constant in a woman’s life. Outspoken or understated, demure or provocative, worn to reflect the mood, the personality, the time. Esther McVey Social Example: Did you miss […]
[responsivevoice]Largesse[/responsivevoice] [ lahr-jes ] Quotation: Newspapers are not free and they never have been. They can appear to be so, but someone, somewhere is covering the costs whether that is through advertising, a patron’s largesse or a license fee. Advertising is no longer subsidising the industry and so the cost must fall somewhere – why […]
[responsivevoice]Blandishment[/responsivevoice] [blan-dish-muhnt ] Quotation: The Founders recognized that Government is quite literally a necessary evil, that there must be opposition, between its various branches, and between political parties, for these are the only ways to temper the individual’s greed for power and the electorates’ desires for peace by submission to coercion or blandishment. David Mamet […]
[responsivevoice]Clamor[/responsivevoice] [klam-er] Quotation: Despite the constant clamor for attention from the modern world, I do believe we need to procure a psychological space for ourselves. I apparently know some people who try to achieve this by logging off or going without their Twitter or Facebook for a limited period. Alan Moore Social Example: Did you […]
Watch our video about the word Pejorative https://youtu.be/pI2F477QfWM Quotation: There are any number of very hard working people in Hollywood who deserve recognition. Mostly its the artisans and crafts persons – the ‘below the line’ workers – whose only reward is to be pejoratively labeled ‘below the line’ workers. I say get them all on […]
[responsivevoice]Ubiquitous[/responsivevoice] [yoo-bik-wi-tuh s] Quotation: Caste is a delicate issue. It’s ubiquitous, and we are full of it. We should start to change things from individual level. But when you go to people and deny caste, they may not react favourably. I think if a decisive percentage of people, especially elites, start marrying out of their caste, […]
[responsivevoice]Solipsism[/responsivevoice] [sol-ip-siz-uh m] Quotation: In every story of solipsism, there is always a conspiracy. Why? Because there is always a background involved in every perception. Douglas Lain Social Example: Did you miss out on reading this Word of the Day? Catch up now! http://www.vocabularytoday.com/mendacious-meaning-usage-quotes-and-social-examples/
[responsivevoice]Mendacious[/responsivevoice] [ en-er-veyt] Quotation: An educated person is one who has learned that information almost always turns out to be at best incomplete and very often false, misleading, fictitious, mendacious – just dead wrong. Russell Baker Social Example: Did you miss out on reading this Word of the Day? Catch up now! http://www.vocabularytoday.com/enervate-meaning-usage-quotes-and-social-examples/
[responsivevoice]Enervate[/responsivevoice] [ en-er-veyt] Quotation: I saw that all beings are fated to happiness: action is not life, but a way of wasting some force, an enervation. Morality is the weakness of the brain. Arthur Rimbaud Social Example: Did you miss out on reading this Word of the Day? Catch up now! http://www.vocabularytoday.com/ingenuous-meaning-usage-quotes-and-social-examples/
[responsivevoice]Ingenuous[/responsivevoice] [ vuh-rid-i-tee ] Quotation: Today, most women are surrounded by ingenious gadgets. They don’t grow the peas or raise the chicken that they serve for dinner; instead they hunt and gather in the grocery store. They go through catalogs or department stores to buy clothes instead of shearing sheep, carding wool, and weaving cloth […]