3 days ago by Dictionary

I’m typing up reports for work and trying to sound all intellectual with my vocabulary, yet its becoming more and more obvious that I’m vocabular’ily challenged! I look up a word that I don’t know the meaning of just to find a one word definition whose meaning I don’t know either. So I look it up on ...

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4 days ago by Sunil Jose

A bigot is someone who has very strong opinions and prejudices — usually political or religious. He will not change his mind even if you prove him wrong; he is blindly devoted to his beliefs. He is very obstinate and has contempt for those who do not share his beliefs. “Bigot” is a much stronger wor ...

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4 days ago by Sunil Jose

When you dislike someone intensely, you can refer to him/her as your bete noire. These are mostly people that annoy you greatly. The word can be used with objects as well. *Rajeev’s bete noire is attending weddings. The first word is pronounced like “bet”; the “n” is like the “n” in “net”, “nip” and ...

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6 days ago by Sunil Jose

When you have a rendezvous with an individual you have a meeting with him at an appointed time. The word is used in formal contexts. *This coffee shop has become a rendezvous for college students. The “e” in the first syllable is like the “o” in “on”, “don”, and “con”. The “e” that follows in the se ...

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6 days ago by Sunil Jose

The word comes from the French “brouhaha” meaning “noisy chattering”. The word became popular in English after the Second World War. Nowadays, the word is normally used in informal contexts to mean a commotion or an angry complaint about something. *There is a report on the recent brouhaha over the ...

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15 days ago by Peter Robson

The word Retrouvaille™ (pronounced re-tro-vi with a long i.) is a French word meaning rediscovery. The program offers tools needed to rediscover a loving marriage relationship. Thousands of couples headed for cold, unloving relationships or divorce have successfully overcome their marriage problems ...

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28 days ago by Kat

Chakra is a Sanskrit word meaning spinning wheel. These are a system of seven energy centers located along the spine. Each chakra corresponds to an area of the body, a set of behavioral characteristics and stages of spiritual growth. Practicing yoga and focusing your energies during different postur ...

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28 days ago by Kat

Chakra is a Sanskrit word meaning spinning wheel. These are a system of seven energy centers located along the spine. Each chakra corresponds to an area of the body, a set of behavioral characteristics and stages of spiritual growth. Practicing yoga and focusing your energies during different postur ...

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30 days ago by Kert

roger o asked: I think the word has a positive meaning but I can’t think of the word. JAMIE

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31 days ago by Sunil Jose

The first syllable is like the word “skull” and the second is pronounced like the word “dug”. The “e” is like the “a” in “China”, while the final “y” is like the “i” in “hit”, bit”, and “sit”. The main stress is on the second syllable “dug”. The word is mostly used in formal contexts, and it is used ...

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