[responsivevoice] obliterate [/responsivevoice] [ uh-blit-uh-reyt ] Quotation: I am now certain that we have no alternative but to reduce urgently the levels of carbon that we are still pumping into the atmosphere as though tomorrow simply didn’t matter. If we don’t act collectively and individually, our children and their children will reap a whirlwind which […]
To begin with, let us understand what a collective noun vocabulary is; throughout our childhood, we have heard what a gathering of particular nouns is called. While we do know a few basic ones like a herd of cow and a hive of bees, we don’t know many others. This list will not just refresh […]
[responsivevoice] posit [/responsivevoice] [ poz-it ] Quotation: The natural inclination in all humans is to posit a force, a spirit, outside of us. That tendency toward superstitious magical thinking is just built into our nature. Michael Shermer Social Example: Did you miss out on reading this Word of the Day? Catch up now! http://www.vocabularytoday.com/sophistry-meaning-usage-quotes-and-social-examples/
[responsivevoice] sophistry [/responsivevoice] [ sof-uh-stree ] Quotation: Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society. John Adams Social Example: Did you miss out on reading this Word of the Day? Catch up now! http://www.vocabularytoday.com/beget-meaning-usage-quotes-and-social-examples/
[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 […]