🔊 Play callous [ kal-uhs ] What is the word of the day? The word of the day is ‘callous’. 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]accede[/responsivevoice] [ ak-seed ] Quotation: In order for sensation to accede to the objectivity of things, it must itself be changed into a thing. The agent of change is language: the sensations are turned into verbal objects. Octavio Paz Social Example: Did you miss out on reading this Word of the Day? Catch up now! […]
[responsivevoice]jejune[/responsivevoice] [ ji-joon ] Quotation: In Henry Adams, I discovered not only the prototype of the modern thinker but also someone who is more interesting: a viper-toothed, puling, supercilious crank, thwarted in ambition, aging gracelessly, mad at the cosmos, and ashamed of his own jejune ideals. He is nevertheless very dear to me. P. J. O’Rourke […]
[responsivevoice]desultory[/responsivevoice] [ des-uh l-tawr-ee ] Quotation: One book at a time… though I’m usually doing the research for others while I’m writing, but that sort of research is fairly desultory and I like to stick to the book being written – and writing a book concentrates the mind so the research is more productive. Bernard Cornwell […]
[responsivevoice]hubris[/responsivevoice] [ hyoo-bris ] Quotation: I refuse for any person or organized group to dictate to me what God is. That is really the height of insufferable hubris. I believe in just immediately putting to death or just putting over the cliff people who assume they know about God. Miriam Defensor-Santiago Social Example: Did you […]
🔊 Play opprobrium [ uh-proh-bree-uh m ] What is the word of the day? The word of the day is ‘opprobrium’. 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]quaint[/responsivevoice] [ kweynt ] Quotation: An excellent habit to cultivate is the analytical study of the King James Bible. For simple yet rich and forceful English, this masterly production is hard to equal; and even though its Saxon vocabulary and poetic rhythm be unsuited to general composition, it is an invaluable model for writers on […]
[responsivevoice]candor[/responsivevoice] [ kan-der ] Quotation: In all my public and private acts as your president, I expect to follow my instincts of openness and candor with full confidence that honesty is always the best policy in the end. Gerald R.Ford Social Example: Did you miss out on reading this Word of the Day? Catch up […]
[responsivevoice]beguile[/responsivevoice] [ bih-gahyl ] Quotation: To beguile is to deceive or lead astray, as Lucifer beguiled Eve in the Garden of Eden. Joseph B.Wirthlin Social Example: Did you miss out on reading this Word of the Day? Catch up now! http://www.vocabularytoday.com/abscond-meaning-usage-quotes-and-social-examples/
[responsivevoice]abscond[/responsivevoice] [ ab-skond ] Quotation: When I served in the Army, along the Iron Curtain we had a word for a person who absconds with information and provides it to another nation: traitor. We also had a name for a person who chooses to reveal secrets he had personally promised to protect: common criminal. Mike Pompeo […]