Vocabulary
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Vocabulary Monday on Saturday: misogynist
Word: misogynist Parts of Speech: noun Meaning: a person that hates women Continue reading
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Vocabulary Mondays: self-assurance
Word: self-assurance¹ Part of Speech: Meaning: 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 Continue reading
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Vocabulary Mondays: forward-looking
Word: forward-looking Part of Speech: adjective Meaning: planning for or anticipating possible future events, conditions, etc.; progressive. Word Usage: Morgan’s forward-looking gave her insight on finishing her project without glitches. Continue reading
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Vocabulary Mondays: misogyny
Word: ¹misogyny Part of Speech: ²noun Meaning: 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 Continue reading
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Vocabulary Mondays: pruno
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 Continue reading
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Vocabulary Mondays: appreciation
Word: ¹appreciation Part of Speech: ²noun Meaning: gratitude; thankful recognition 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 Continue reading
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Vocabulary Mondays: gratitude
Word: gratitude Part of Speech: ¹noun Meaning: 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 Continue reading
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Vocabulary Mondays: détente
Word: détente Part of Speech: noun Meaning: 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… Continue reading