I found a neat website called DailyWritingTips.com and on there they have a "word of the day" section. If you click that link above, you're brought to the archive area where you can see past words of the day.
There are tons of great words there that you may not know. I'd like you to visit that site (DailyWritingTips.com/), find a word you do not currently know (or know well), and click on it. When you do that, you'll see the word and its definition. Come back here & post two words their definitions so we can all learn new words.
I'll start!
Word of the Day: Meritocracy
Meritocracy (mĕr’ĭ-tŏk’rə-sē) is a system where the advancement of individuals is based on their performance and ability. American companies, for instance, are said to be more meritocratic than Italian ones, where nepotism (family connections) prevail.
Now you try!
5 comments:
Zeitgeist -Noun
The spirit of the time or genius; general trend of thought or feeling characteristic of a particular period of time
Parlay – Verb
To bet or gamble (an original amount and its winnings) on a following race or contest
Nicole Cunningham
Effusive (ĭ-fyū’sĭv) is an adjective used to describe someone expressing his emotions excessively or enthusiastically. Such emotions could be gratitude, approval, praise, pleasure and so on. The opposite of effusive is restrained.
She is very effusive when talking about politics.
Maria C.
10/21/2010
A flounder and Founder- As noun, a flounder is a fish and a founder is someone who establishes something.
Compare and Contrast – In general use, such as in writing a “Compare/Contrast” easy, compare means “find the similarities” and contrast means “find the differences.”
Gail
Maim: Maim means to cripple someone. It can also be used generally where it means to damage something, making it defective.
*For the past eight years I have felt maim by the Gods; unable to move throughout life; useless.
Derision: Derision is a scornful treatment of someone or something; a mockery or ridicule.
*I feel like people have derision me for the majority of my life.
*means words used in sentences, I cannot believe I selected these two words. I did not realize it until I sat down and typed it.
SHENEA WALKER
Alliteration:The repetition of speech sounds is apoetic technique as useful to the poet as rhyme.
Factoid:The word "factoid" is used to mean both a both a "non-fact" and a "trivial fact"
Dorothea M
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