Halloween is right around the corner, and we cannot wait to celebrate it with a fresh set of costume, decorations, parties and pranks! While some people do not go all the way as tradition states, it is still a day of being with one another, and having fun! We cannot let traditions fade, and that […]
[responsivevoice]venerate[/responsivevoice] [ ven-uh-reyt ] Quotation: We live in a culture that venerates scores. We affix numbers to how much fat is in our mochachinos, how quickly our telephones suck information from the air, how much pain we’re in. Reading, too, has become a skill to quantifiably assess. Anthony Doerr Social Example: Did you miss out […]
[responsivevoice]pedantic[/responsivevoice] [ puh-dan-tik ] Quotation: Great wealth could make an enormous difference over the next decade if they sensibly support the scientific elite. Just the elite. Because the elite makes most of the progress. You should worry about people who produce really novel inventions, not pedantic hacks. James D. Watson Social Example: Did you miss […]
[responsivevoice]buttress[/responsivevoice] [ buh-tris ] Quotation: If war illuminates love, love offers the possibility of allowing some light to be brought back out of the shadows. It’s almost as if they buttress and make possible an understanding of each other. Richard Flanagan Social Example: Did you miss out on reading this Word of the Day? Catch […]
[responsivevoice]placate[/responsivevoice] [ pley-keyt ] Quotation: Storytelling enables us to play out decisions before we make them, to plan routes before we take them, to work out the campaign before we start the war, to rehearse the phrases we’re going to use to please or placate our wives and husbands. Jim Crace Social Example: Did you […]
[responsivevoice]anomalous[/responsivevoice] [ uh-nom-uh-luh s ] Quotation: I like solitude. I like the anomalous life. I like a quiet life. Eric Clapton Did you miss out on reading this Word of the Day? Catch up now! http://www.vocabularytoday.com/anomalous-meaning-usage-quotes-and-social-examples/
[responsivevoice]diatribe[/responsivevoice] [ dahy-uh-trahyb ] The following image comes up in the search for creative commons when you type diatribe: Most viewed video with the word diatribe is the following: Quotation: The Internet is full of strangers, generous strangers who want to help you for no reason at all. Strangers post poetry and discographies and advice […]
🔊 Play ebullient [ ih-buhl-yuh nt ] What is the word of the day? The word of the day is ‘ebullient’. 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 […]
[responsivevoice]garrulous[/responsivevoice] [ gar-uh-luhs] Quotation: The people who are garrulous and wear their heart on their sleeve and tell you everything, that’s one kind of person, but the fellow who’s hiding behind a tree and hoping you don’t see him is the fellow that you’d better find out why. Dorothea Lange Social Example: Did you miss […]
[responsivevoice]assiduous[/responsivevoice] [uh-sij-oo-uhs] Quotation: Since the birth of modern Orthodox Judaism in 19th-century Germany, a central goal of the movement has been to normalize the observance of traditional Jewish law – to make it possible to follow all 613 biblical commandments assiduously while still participating in the reality of the modern world. Noah Feldman Social Example: […]