[responsivevoice]propensity[/responsivevoice] [ pruh-pen-si-tee ] Quotation: Redwoods have an enormous surface area that extends upward into space because they have a propensity to do something called reiteration. A redwood is a fractal. And as they put out limbs, the limbs burst into small trees, copies of the redwood. Richard Preston Social Example: Did you miss out […]
[responsivevoice]unfettered[/responsivevoice] [ uhn-fet-er ] Quotation: It is more raw and unfettered and I’m more likely going into something you could call extreme cartooning. There’s a lot of that in the course of ‘Holy Terror.’ There are interludes where there are pictures – cartoon pictures – of modern figures and they are all wordless. It’s up […]
[responsivevoice]probity[/responsivevoice] [ proh-bi-tee ] Quotation: The man Dickens, whom the world at large thought it knew, stood for all the Victorian virtues – probity, kindness, hard work, sympathy for the down-trodden, the sanctity of domestic life – even as his novels exposed the violence, hypocrisy, greed, and cruelty of the Victorian age. Robert Gottlieb Social […]
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 […]