Vocabulary

  • Vocabulary Monday on Saturday: misogynist

    Word:  misogynist Parts of Speech:  noun Meaning: a person that hates women   Continue reading

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Vocabulary Mondays: pansexual

    Word:  ¹pansexual Part of Speech:  Not sure but pansexual should be an adjective because it describes a particular quality of a word. Meaning: ²is sexual attraction, sexual desire, romantic love, or emotional attraction toward people of any sex or gender identity.… Continue reading

  • Vocabulary Mondays: surreptitiously

    Recently, I purchased a new Amish love story by Kelly Long.  She’s a new author for me.  But I needed something to read and enjoy during moments of downtime.  And the title Lilly’s Wedding Quilt intrigued me.  So it was… Continue reading