[responsivevoice]staid[/responsivevoice] [ steyd ] What is the word of the day? The word of the day is ‘staid’. What is this word’s grammar? The word is an adjective, i.e., it adds more information about the noun or sentence. Does the word have a past tense? What is it? No, the word is an adjective. Therefore, […]
[responsivevoice]myriad[/responsivevoice] [ mir-ee-uhd ] Quotation: In a very general way, our society has fallen out of love with the skilled trades. Part of the problem is a myriad of myths and misperceptions that surround the jobs themselves, but the biggest cause is our stubborn belief that a four-year degree is the best path for the […]
[responsivevoice]indolent[/responsivevoice] [ in-dl-uhnt ] Quotation: It put our energies to sleep and made visionaries of us – dreamers and indolent… It is good to begin life poor; it is good to begin life rich – these are wholesome; but to begin it prospectively rich! The man who has not experienced it cannot imagine the curse of […]
🔊 Play enormity [ ih-nawr-mi-tee ] What is the word of the day? The word of the day is ‘enormity’. 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]detonate[smoulder] [ det-n-eyt ] Quotation: For the life of me, I can’t understand why BP couldn’t go in at the ocean floor, maybe 10 feet lateral to the – around the periphery, drill a few holes, and put a little ammonium nitrate, some dynamite, in those holes and detonate that dynamite and seal that – […]
[responsivevoice]facetious[smoulder] [ smohl-der ] Quotation: It’s the little details I love. How to fletch your arrows with owl feathers, because owls fly silently, so maybe your arrows will, too. How to carry fire in a piece of smouldering fungus wrapped in birchbark. These are the things which help a world come alive. Michelle Paver Social […]
[responsivevoice]facetious[/responsivevoice] [ fuh-see-shuh s ] Quotation: The one I tell everyone, the one I’m very, very proud of is ‘Call Me Irresponsible.’ Simply because I want to say and it’s not as facetious as it sounds. It has five syllable words in it. Sammy Cahn Social Example: Did you miss out on reading this Word of […]
[responsivevoice]sardonic[/responsivevoice] [ sahr-don-ik ] Here is closeup image of a sardonic border collie Quotation: Most students of literature can pick apart a metaphor or spot an ethnic stereotype, but not many of them can say things like: ‘The poem’s sardonic tone is curiously at odds with its plodding syntax.’ Terry Eagleton Social Example: Did you […]
[responsivevoice]convulse[/responsivevoice] [ kuh n-vuhls ] Quotation: The Republican Party of Richard Nixon was called to power in 1968 to bring an honorable end to the war in Vietnam and restore law and order to campuses and cities convulsed by crime, riots and racial violence. Nixon appeared to have succeeded and was rewarded with a 49-state landslide. […]
[responsivevoice]gurgling[/responsivevoice] [ gur-guhl ] Quotation: The joy of being a consumer is that it doesn’t require thought, responsibility, self-awareness or shame: All you have to do is obey the first urge that gurgles up from your stomach. And then obey the next. And the next. And the next. Matt Taibbi Social Example: Did you miss […]