[responsivevoice]credulity[/responsivevoice] [ kruh-doo-li-tee ] Quotation: The New Age movement looks like a mixed bag. I see much in it that seems good: It’s optimistic; it’s enthusiastic; it has the capacity for belief. On the debit side, I think one needs to distinguish between belief and credulity. Huston Smith Social Example: Did you miss out on […]
[responsivevoice]demit [/responsivevoice] [ dih-mit ] Quotation: If life urges you to demit, ignore, and keep pushing your limit. Amlan Social Example: Did you miss out on reading this Word of the Day? Catch up now! http://www.vocabularytoday.com/exacerbate-meaning-usage-quotes-and-social-examples/
[responsivevoice]exacerbate [/responsivevoice] [ ig-zas-er-beyt ] Quotation: If accessing the Internet becomes more difficult for low-income communities, academic and employment competition may be undermined, and could damage the prospects of upward mobility for low-income New Yorkers and further exacerbate income inequality. Letitia James Social Example: Did you miss out on reading this Word of the Day? […]
[responsivevoice] connote [/responsivevoice] [ kuh-noht ] Quotation: I think the most dangerous word in the English language is ‘should.’ ‘I should have done this.’ Or ‘I should do that.’ ‘Should’ implies responsibility. It connotes demand. Which is just not the case. Life ebbs and flows. Chris Pine Social Example: Did you miss out on reading […]
[responsivevoice] relegate [/responsivevoice] [ rel-i-geyt ] Quotation: Culture exists and evolves to relegate to habit categories of interactions the constant conscious reference to which would make human interaction impossible. David Mamet Social Example: Did you miss out on reading this Word of the Day? Catch up now! http://www.vocabularytoday.com/underpin-meaning-usage-quotes-and-social-examples/
[responsivevoice] underpin [/responsivevoice] [ uhn-der-pin ] Quotation: If you think dealing with issues like worthiness and authenticity and vulnerability are not worthwhile because there are more pressing issues, like the bottom line or attendance or standardized test scores, you are sadly, sadly mistaken. It underpins everything. Brene Brown Social Example: Did you miss out on […]
[responsivevoice] beleaguer [/responsivevoice] [ bih-lee-ger ] Quotation: I suppose there must be some way in which I’m compelled to show some side of myself – or of people – that’s paranoid and fraught and beleaguered and downtrodden, just as Tom Cruise wants to show that he’s terrifyingly upbeat and terrifyingly heroic all the time. Paul Giamatti […]
[responsivevoice] serpentine [/responsivevoice] [ sur-puhn-teen ] Quotation: Getting to Valle Nevado is half the fun. A serpentine road from Santiago wriggles up the spine of Andean peak for an hour, then traverses a valley and finally up again. The hotel is perched on a rugged mountain crag at 3,000m: no other sign of human development […]
[responsivevoice] marauding [/responsivevoice] [ muh-raw-ding ] Quotation: I never get to the end of mortifying sin because sin in my heart, where it’s still marauding even though it’s no longer dominant, sin in my heart is constantly expressing itself in new disorderly desires. J. I. Packer Social Example: Did you miss out on reading this […]
[responsivevoice] anathema [/responsivevoice] [ uh-nath-uh-muh ] Quotation: In fact, if you think hard about it, animal conservation should actually be anathema to the Darwin-loving liberal agenda, which holds up evolution – and not altruistic compassion – as the final word on the survival of a species. S.E.Cupp Social Example: Did you miss out on reading […]