Vocabulary Mondays: self-assurance

Artist:  Artis Harrison
Artist: Artis Harrison

Word:  self-assurance¹

Part of Speech:

Meaning:

  1. self-confidence.²

Word Usage:

As she sat in the chair for her interview she displayed self-assurance.


 

¹Thesaurus.com/browse/self-assurance
²Dictionary.com/browse/self-assurance

Vocabulary Mondays: misogyny

NounsWord:  ¹misogyny 

Part of Speech:  ²noun

Meaning:

  1. hatred, dislike, or mistrust of women.

Word Usage:

  • Misogyny is the basis for the all male group meetings.³

¹Thesaurus.com/browse/misogyny
²Dictionary.com/browse/misogyny
³http://www.gingersoftware.com/grammarcheck


 

Vocabulary Mondays: pruno

Artist:  Artis Harrison
Artist: Artis Harrison

Word:  ¹pruno

Part of Speech:  noun

Meaning:

prison/jail wine

Word Usage:

Pruno is made from bread, fruit cocktail, ketchup, apples and such.


 

¹wikipedia.org/wiki/Pruno

Vocabulary Mondays: appreciation

Artist:  Artis Harrison
Artist: Artis Harrison

Word:  ¹appreciation

Part of Speech:  ²noun

Meaning:

  1. gratitude; thankful recognition
  2. the act of estimating the qualities of things and giving them their proper value.²

Word Usage:

The employees had an appreciation dinner for their manager.


 

¹Thesaurus.com/browse/appreciation
²Dictionary.com/browse/appreciation

Vocabulary Mondays: gratitude

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Word:  gratitude

Part of Speech:  ¹noun

Meaning:

  1. the quality or feeling of being grateful or thankful.²

Word Usage:

He expressed his gratitude to everyone on the staff.³


¹Thesaurus.com./browse/gratitude>
[²][³]Dictionary.reference.com/browse/gratitude

Vocabulary Mondays: détente

Artist:  Artis Harrison
Artist: Artis Harrison

Word:  détente

Part of Speech:  noun

Meaning:

  1. a relaxing of tension, especially between nations, as by negotiations or agreements.

Word Usage:

¹Détente presupposes that the two powers will continue to disagree but seeks to reduce the occasions of conflict.


 

[¹]dictionary.reference.com http:/browse/détente