[responsivevoice] infer [/responsivevoice] [ in-fur ] Quotation: Hardships of early human life favoured the evolution of certain cognitive tools, among them the ability to infer the presence of organisms that might do harm, to come up with causal narratives for natural events and to recognize that other people have minds of their own with their own […]
[responsivevoice] homage [/responsivevoice] [hom-ij ] Quotation: Men have always shown a dim knowledge of their better potentialities by paying homage to those purest leaders who taught the simplest and most inclusive rules for undivided mankind. Erik Erikson Social Example: Did you miss out on reading this Word of the Day? Catch up now! http://www.vocabularytoday.com/convivial-meaning-usage-quotes-and-social-examples/
[responsivevoice] convivial [/responsivevoice] [kuhn-viv-ee-uhl ] Quotation: I didn’t like filtering the story through me, saying, ‘Reader, you’ll be safe with me. While it gets a little dangerous, it’ll be okay because, after all, you’re with me, because I’m a warm convivial voice. But let’s be entertained by this horrible stuff.’ I didn’t like that. Michael Winter […]
[responsivevoice] invidious [/responsivevoice] [in-vid-ee-uh s ] Quotation: Though it might be invidious to mention individuals, yet I may be allowed to say how much I owe to the constant help of my wife, not quite my first, but much my most consistent collaborator, and over the longest period of years. Robert Robinson Social Example: Did you miss […]
[responsivevoice] overarching [/responsivevoice] [oh-ver-ahr-ching ] Quotation: We can believe we are being self-reliant and independent, and yet there is still clearly an overarching destiny, a Great Maker. So when we say we have faith in ourselves, we cannot really separate the small self from the large self. Julia Cameron Social Example: Did you miss out on […]
[responsivevoice] hawkish [/responsivevoice] [ haw-kish ] Quotation: Northeastern conservatism is moderate, accepts the modern welfare state, and dislikes mixing religion with politics. Western conservatism is hawkish, hates government, and embraces individual freedom. Southern conservatism is populist, draws on evangelical Christianity, and plays upon racial resentments. Jacob Weisberg Social Example: Did you miss out on reading this […]
[responsivevoice] claptrap [/responsivevoice] [ klap-trap ] Quotation: I, for one, find writing excruciating. Some mornings, as I’m on my way to my desk, my hands actually tremble with fear. The fear, of course, is that I’ll sit down at the desk and discover that what I’ve written is claptrap. Fear inevitably leads to procrastination. Rosemary Mahoney […]
[responsivevoice] bleak [/responsivevoice] [ bleek ] Quotation: I am always drawn to things that feel different to what I would experience at home: things that offer a combination of unfamiliarity and a sort of bleak glamour. I think the outback has that. Louis Theroux Social Example: Did you miss out on reading this Word of […]
[responsivevoice] incumbent [/responsivevoice] [ in-kuhm-buh nt ] What is the word of the day? The word of the day is ‘incumbent’. What is this word’s grammar? The word is an adjective, i.e., it adds more information about the noun or sentence. and also the word is a noun, i.e., it is the main subject of […]
The importance of health and hygiene is not unknown to anyone. We learn of never-heard-before diseases that are on an outbreak every now and often. It is, therefore, our responsibility to make sure that we keep all unhealthy and unhygienic habits and things at bay. We use several such words and read about them in […]