[responsivevoice] beget [/responsivevoice] [ bih-get ] Quotation: Poverty and ignorance, which beget terror, are not eradicated by firing artillery shells. Borders do not stop rockets, and barbed wire does not prevent terror. Shimon Peres Social Example: Did you miss out on reading this Word of the Day? Catch up now! http://www.vocabularytoday.com/malfeasance-meaning-usage-quotes-and-social-examples/
[responsivevoice] malfeasance [/responsivevoice] [ mal-fee-zuh ns ] Quotation: If I bring to light a company that’s poisoning customers, defrauding investors, or something like that… there just aren’t enough regulators in the world to keep up with all of the fraud and malfeasance that goes on out there, particularly in the little nooks and crannies of the market. […]
[responsivevoice] dereliction [/responsivevoice] [ der-uh-lik-shuh n ] Quotation: A winner-takes-all economy that offers only limited access to the middle class is a recipe for democratic malaise and dereliction. Klaus Schwab Social Example: Did you miss out on reading this Word of the Day? Catch up now! http://www.vocabularytoday.com/wrangle-meaning-usage-quotes-and-social-examples/
[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 […]