[responsivevoice] wrangle [/responsivevoice] [ rang-guhl ] Quotation: It doesn’t pay to say too much when you are mad enough to choke. For the word that stings the deepest is the word that is never spoke, Let the other fellow wrangle till the storm has blown away, then he’ll do a heap of thinking about the […]
[responsivevoice] bellicosity [/responsivevoice] [ bel-i-kohs ] Quotation: Back in George W. Bush’s second term, when diplomatic realism began to overtake foolish bellicosity, the president developed one of his patented nicknames for the two most powerful neoconservative journalists, William Kristol and Charles Krauthammer: he called them ‘the Bomber Boys.’ Joe Klein Social Example: Did you miss […]
In the previous article, we looked at ten different characteristic personalities along with example sentences to help know word for varied personalities. If you haven’t been there yet, click here. The idea behind building a vocabulay as such is to have one word for various characters or personalities. We come across so many people every […]
Do you ever come to a point when you want to describe a particular characteristic or personality, but do not know what to call it? Well, it happens to all of us! We thought, why not create a vocabulary list of all such words so that we can keep descriptions on our tongue tips. Let’s […]
🔊 Play fruition [ froo-ish-uhn ] What is the word of the day? The word of the day is ‘fruition’. What is this word’s grammar? The word is a noun, i.e., it is the main subject of a sentence. Does the word have a past tense? What is it? No, the word is a noun. […]
[responsivevoice] swinging [/responsivevoice] [ swing-ing ] Quotation: Some people get into this business and they’re so afraid to lose anything. They try to protect their position like clinging to a beachhead. These actors end up making really safe choices. I never wanted to go that route. If I go down, I’m going down swinging. Matt […]
[responsivevoice] parrot [/responsivevoice] [ par-uh t ] Quotation: Most of the time, I get auditions for deaf characters where the scene has them communicating in really convoluted ways, like reading lips from across the room when the other person’s back is turned or having other people parrot what they say. Shoshannah Stern Social Example: Did you […]
[responsivevoice] quell [/responsivevoice] [ kwel ] Quotation: My advice for telling someone else’s story is to try not to consciously bend the story in any particular direction – to listen with an open mind, to include the good with the bad, to attempt to quell one’s biases and allow the person you’re writing about to […]
We now live in an age where there is nothing like too much of anything, especially when it comes to learning. The more is always merrier. People are always trying to better their hold on the same. On the academic and learner’s front, it is becoming challenging for people to learn more words as they […]
[responsivevoice] profligacy [/responsivevoice] [ prof-li-guh-see ] Quotation: I know no man who feels deeper disgust than I do at the ambition, avarice, and profligacy of the priesthood, as well because every one of these vices is odious in itself, as because each of them separately and all of them together are utterly abhorrent in men […]