Throw the baby out with the bathwater: To discard something valuable and something not valuable…
Tag: english
Redundant [ri-duhn-duhnt]: wordy or repetitive 1-) Redundant writing styles are not popular in a society…
Superfluous [soo–pur-floo-uhs]: more than needed; unnecessary excessive 1-) The teacher failed the student for his…
Outsized [out-sahyz]: unusually large 1-) The NBA player hired a custom tailor to fulfill his…
A cappella [ah kuh–pel–uh]: singing without instrumental accompaniment 1-) Happy Birthday is usually sung a…
Imagine you have $86,400 in your account and someone steals $10 from you. Will you be upset and throw all of the $86,390 away in hopes of getting back at the person that took your $10? Or move on and live? Move on and live, right. See, we all have 86,400 seconds every day, so don’t let someone’s negative 10 seconds ruin the rest of the 86,390. Don’t sweat the small stuff, life is bigger than that.
Bedevil [bih-dev–uh l]: to torment or harass 1-) Trauma tends to bedevil its victims. 2-) The…
Assert [uh–surt]: To state with confidence or assurance; adj. assertive 1-) To assert something is…
Word of the Day is a fun idea I came up with to help my…
Vicious [vish–uhs]: Nasty, vile, or malicious 1-) The editorial on the local mayor was characterized…
Enlighten [en-lahyt-n-muh nt]: to give knowledge to; n. Enlightenment 1-) The age of enlightenment in European…
Curtail [ker-teyl ]: Reduce, minimize 1-) The budget decreases meant that legislators would need to…
Fluency is the ultimate goal of studying a foreign language. Fluent speakers can express themselves…
Regenerative [ri-jen-er-uh-tiv, –uh-rey-tiv]: able to regenerate. 1-) Modern science has uncovered that neurons are regenerative.…
Prodigious [pruh–dij–uhs]: great in size, amount, etc 1-) The young musician had a prodigious talent.…
People traveling to the United States for the first time often don’t know what to…
Voluminous [vuh–loo-muh-nuhs]: of great volume, size, or extent 1-) None of the politicians read the…
What is it about me that others would change if they could?
Impeccable [im-pek–uh-buhl]: perfect, flawless 1-) The foreigner’s accent was impeccable. 2-) Paintings are rarely impeccable…
The average person speaks around 15-25,000 words in a day. Going a day without conversation…
Serendipity [ser-uh n-dip-i-tee]: Good luck; fortune 1-) Scottish biologist Alexander Fleming famously invented Pencillin by accident—call…
Arcane [ahr-keyn]: obscure; understood by a few people only. 1-) The professor’s arcane instructions were…
Your accent is the first thing people notice when you speak in a foreign language.…
Grandiose [gran-dee-ohs]: grand, especially in a showy or excessive fashion. 1-) The charismatic politician was…
Infantile [in-fuhn-tahyl]: babyish, childish 1-) The teenager was despised for his infantile behavior. 2-) Infantile…
Mesmerize [mez-muh-rahyz]: to fascinate or amaze 1-) The street performer mesmerized audiences with his powerful…
Language is something I am really passionate about. I have studied Spanish on and off…
Manifest [man–uh-fest]: to appear; to make appear; clear, apparent (manifest) 1-) The ill patient prayed…
Distasteful [dis-teyst-fuhl]: unpleasant or offensive 1-) The distasteful remark offended the judge. 2-) Distasteful medicine…
Mystify [mis-tuh-fahy] to confuse or puzzle 1-) The case mystified detectives—they had no suspects and…
Enchant [en-chant]: to have a magical effect on (adj. enchanted—having a magical quality) 1-) The…
Just as a treasure exposed is quickly spent, so also any virtue that becomes famous or well publicized vanishes. Just as wax is quickly melted by fire, so the soul is emptied by praise, and loses firmness of virtue.
Disempower [dis-em-pou-er ]: to make weak; to take power away from. N. Disempowerment (antonym: empower,…
I find that most of wake up day, not because we genuinely ‘want’ to, but because we have to. We have to be somewhere, do something, answer to or take care of someone. But when you shift your intention and create a genuine desire – event enthusiasm – for waking up in the morning, your entire life changes.
How we start our day determines how we create our life. Are you snoozing through your morning… snoozing through your life… and snoozing through your unlimited potential… Or are YOU committed to waking up each day with passion, purpose, and a plan so you can create the life you truly want and deserve?
Inculcate [in-kuhl-keyt]: to instill or impart, by repetition; to cause to accept an idea/feeling 1-)…
The old saying, “You snooze, you lose,” may have a much deeper meaning than any of us realizes. When you delay waking up until you have to–meaning you wait until the last possible moment to get out of bed and start your day–consider that what you’re actually doing is resisting your life. Every time you hit the snooze button, you’re in a state of resistance to your day, to you life, and to waking up and creating the life you say you want… It’s as if you’re saying, I don’t want to live my life, at least not to the fullest.
Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives: where we focus our attention
Infuriate [in-fyoor-ee-eyt]: to anger or enrage 1-) The defendant’s dismissive attitude infuriated the judge. 2-)…
Victor [vik-ter]: winner, champion (victor is used but is a little more formal and less…
Photogenic [foh-tuh–jen-ik]: someone who looks good in photos 1-) Are instagram models photogenic or photoshopped?…
Invincible [in-vin-suh-buhl]: incapable of being conquered n. invincibility 1-) The economic problems facing the country…
Uncanny [uhn-kan-ee]: seemingly supernatural or inexplicable; mysterious 1-) The child’s genius was uncanny—how could a…
Bliss [blis] Pure joy Adj: Blissful 1-) There is a saying—ignorance is bliss—which implies that…
Glamor [glam-er]: the quality of being attractive/ exciting/adventurous, etc. adj. glamorous 1-) Not everybody is…
Sullen [suhl–uhn]: someone showing irritation or evidence of being in a bad mood by being…
Adversarial [ad-ver-ser-ee-al]: of or befitting an adversary (enemy/opponent) 1-) The lawyer’s adversarial approach aggravated viewers…
HelloTalk is the world’s leading language exchange application. Thousands of people regularly use the program…
Supreme [suh–preem]: Excellent; highest in rank, quality, etc. 1-) The president of most countries is…
Vindictive [vin-dik-tiv]: seeking revenge; 1-) The father was vindictive after the assault on his daughter.…
Entitled [en-tahyt-l]: being owed something or having a sense that you are owed something even…
Prophetic: involving prophets or prophecy; highly predictive 1-) Have you had any prophetic encounters in…
Craft [krahft]: To create or produce; (as a noun) something crafted by hand; an art…
Indignant [in-dig-nuhnt]: feeling or characterized by anger. 1-) The mother was indignant with her son…
Modest [mod-ist]: not acting or dressing in a way that draws unnecessary attention to oneself;…
Prolific [pruh–lif-ik]: Highly productive; fruitful. 1-) The prolific writer published a short story every week…
Golden [gohl-duhn]: of or like gold; excellent. 1-) Amazon is the gold standard of the…
Alienate [eyl-yuh-neyt, ey-lee-uh-]: To create emotional distance between; to make hostile or unfriendly 1-) The…
Restructure [ree-struhk-cher]: To change the structure of something; to reorganize or redeesign. 1-) The mayor…
Inflate [in-fleyt]: to fill with air; to puff up with pride. 1-) I inflated the…
What is the most important tool for learning a foreign language? The answer is a…
Inspired [in-spahyuhrd]: having special motivation to do something 1-) The musician delivered an inspired performance…
Underrate [uhn-der-reyt]: not to give proper credit or recognition for the ability of someone or…
