Vocabulary Mondays: self-assurance

Part of Speech:

Meaning:

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: 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.

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

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

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 http:/browse/détente

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.
³The Oxford Dictionary of English definition is quoted as stating ‘not limited or inhibited in sexual choice with regard to gender or activity.’

Word Usage:

Kate’s parents are upset with her because she is pansexual.

[¹][²][³]Wikipedia.com. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pansexuality