[responsivevoice] nexus [/responsivevoice] [ nek-suh s ] Quotation: One of the most exciting things about dark energy is that it seems to live at the very nexus of two of our most successful theories of physics: quantum mechanics, which explains the physics of the small, and Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity, which explains the physics of […]
[responsivevoice] apogee [/responsivevoice] [ ap-uh-jee ] Quotation: The first half of the 1960s was the apogee of what might be termed the Age of Cool – as defined by that quality of being simultaneously with-it and disengaged, in control but nonchalant, knowing but ironically self-aware, and above all inscrutably undemonstrative. Martin Filler Social Example: Did […]
[responsivevoice] trite [/responsivevoice] [ trahyt ] Quotation: What makes climbing great for me, strangely enough, is this life-and-death aspect. It sounds trite to say, I know, but climbing isn’t just another game. It isn’t just another sport. It’s life itself. Which is what makes it so compelling and also what makes it so impossible to […]
[responsivevoice] duress [/responsivevoice] [ doo-res ] Quotation: My hats off to anybody filming the action, because you get beat up. If I’m going to get the crap kicked out of me, I would love 15,000 people on hand to tell me that I’m doing good or I’m doing bad. So, if I’m going to be […]
[responsivevoice] corpulence [/responsivevoice] [ kawr-pyuh-luh ns ] Quotation: Experience has taught me to believe that, these human beans are the most insidious enemies man, with a tendency to corpulence in advanced life, can possess, though eminently friendly to youth. William Banting Social Example: Did you miss out on reading this Word of the Day? Catch up […]
[responsivevoice] denigrate [/responsivevoice] [ den-i-greyt ] Quotation: There is hope for humanity, but in order for us to get there, we really have to interrogate not just what it takes to change laws, but what it takes to change the culture that supports laws that uplift humanity and also supports laws that serve to denigrate […]
There is no doubt that if you are a fan of English literature, especially Shakespeare, then you are here. Some of you are here only because of the man and his era interests you and come to understand his novels better. If you are a reader of literary books, then you would know how some […]
[responsivevoice] gossamer [/responsivevoice] [ gos-uh-mer ] Quotation: From the first opening of our eyes, it is the light that attracts us. We clutch aimlessly with our baby fingers at the gossamer-motes in the sunbeam, and we die reaching out after an ineffable blending of earthly and heavenly beauty which we shall never fully comprehend. Lucy […]
[responsivevoice] precocity [/responsivevoice] [ pri-kos-i-tee ] Quotation: Having been built in the fashion I was as a child – created and then deflated – has left me with a distinct feeling of failure. Because I did not live up to my precocity, I experience it to be like a cross between a has-been and a […]
[responsivevoice] maudlin [/responsivevoice] [ mawd-lin ] Quotation: I get very tired of books that feel emotionally empty. I would much rather have writers err on the side of being overly sentimental than not. I think that the perfect balance is a story that moves you without being maudlin, but I don’t enjoy books that are […]