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Today's word to know is:

Felicitate(v.)

Definition :

1. to compliment upon a happy event
2. to congratulate


Examples in context:

*I felicitate you on your memory.

* What a glorious entertainment and pleasure would fill and felicitate his spirit!

*Every true heart must felicitate itself that its lot is cast in this kingdom.

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Today's word of the day is:

Perambulate (intransitive verb)
\puh-RAM-byuh-layt\

Definitions:

1.To walk through or over.

2.To travel over for the purpose of surveying or inspecting.

Use in context:

If you don't like boats -- and it's surprising how many people who come here don't like boats -- you can perambulate the shoreline, take a swim, sit in the lounge and read, or do nothing more than sit on the dock

Every weekend, the police close off ten to fifteen blocks of some Manhattan avenue. The merchants line the curbs, and the New Yorkers slowly perambulate up and down.

Source: dictionary.com

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Today's word to know is:

irascible (adj.) :

Definition : easily angered or provoked, irritable

Examples in context :

A grouch is irascible. The students generally abused substitute teachers, but they knew that even substitute teachers become irascible on Monday mornings. an irascible old man an irascible response

Source: English-for-students.com

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Today's word to know is:

Froward (adj.)

Pronunciation : fro-ard

Definition:

1. Stubbornly contrary and disobedient
2. Given to acting in opposition to others
3. Habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition


Synonyms: balky, contrarious, contrary, difficult, impossible, ornery, perverse, wayward


Examples in context:

• Chaste women are often proud and froward, as presuming upon the merit of their chastity.

• They went quietly down into the roaring streets, inseparable and blessed; and as they passed along in sunshine and shade, the noisy and the eager, and the arrogant and the froward and the vain, fretted and chafed, and made their usual uproar.

• He was forward thinking enough to write a foreword for his book on his career as a froward soccer forward.

Source: English-for-students.com

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Today's word to know is:

Circuitous (adj.)

Pronunciation : ser-kyo-itess

Definitions:

1. lengthy because very indirect
2. being or taking a roundabout, lengthy course
3. marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct
4. deviating from a straight course
5. not direct in manner or language or behavior or action
6. not direct in spatial dimension


Synonyms: anfractuous, circular, devious, indirect, oblique, roundabout, tortuous

Examples in context:

• The circuitous bus route between the two cities went here, there and everywhere and it took an extremely long time to get anywhere.

• A circuitous argument is very similar to a circular argument, which is one that ends up where it begins or attempts to prove something without offering any new information. To say, A majority is that which exists when there is a majority, is to give a circular, or tautological, definition of the word majority.

Source: English-for-students.com

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Today's word of the day is:

impassioned (adj.)

Definition :

1. filled with intense feeling or passion

2. passionate

3. ardent

Examples in context:
*An impassioned appeal
*An impassioned orator or discourse
*An impassioned plea for justice

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Here's another chance to grow your intellect with today's "word to know"


Today's word is: Invective (adj.)

Definition: insulting or abusive speech

Example in context:

•The critic's searing review was filled with bitterness and invective.


Although you may know the definition to this word, you are encouraged to explore new vocabulary words daily. Whenever you come across a word you do not know the meaning to, write it down and look it up later. Try to use the word in a sentence and in your conversations today.

Source: english-for-students.com

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How is this segment going to help you? Well studies show that your intelligence is directly correlated to your vocabulary. Although you may know the definition to this word, you are encouraged to explore new vocabulary words daily. Whenever you come across a word you do not know the meaning to, write it down and look it up later. Try to use the word in a sentence and in your conversations today.
Set a goal for yourself to learn 5 or more new words per week.

Today's word is: Improvident (Adjective)

Pronunciation : im-provvi-dnt

Definition:
1. failing to put money aside or give any thought to the future
2. reckless, especially in the use of material resources
3. characterized by unthinking boldness and haste

Synonyms:
brash, foolhardy, harum-scarum, hasty, headlong, hotheaded, ill-considered, impetuous, impulsive, incautious, madcap, precipitant, precipitate, rash, reckless, slapdash, temerarious, unconsidered, thriftless, unthrifty

Antonyms:
careful, cautious, miserly, provident, thrifty

Contextual Examples:
• All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry. Haste is blind and improvident.

• Some of them retained a little of the thrift and forethought of the civilized man, and became wealthy among their improvident. neighbors.

Related Words:
• improvidence : Noun

• improvidently : Adverb

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Info source: English-for-students.com

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Inchoate [in-koh-it, -yet] adj. Not yet completed or fully developed.
Synonym: Rudimentary.
*Since the robbery was foiled by the FBI, it is considered an inchoate crime.

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Sine qua non [sahy-nee kwey non] noun: An indispensable condition, element, or factor;
Synonym: Essential
*Her presence was the sine qua non of every social event.

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Ubiquitous [yoo-bik-wi-tuhs] adj.: Being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time;
Synonym: omnipresent

*When David is working, his supervisor seems ubiquitous as he always catches David slacking.

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I dedicate this post to both my fourth grade teacher Mrs. Lively and my AP English teacher Mr. McGowan. I didn’t appreciate their efforts to build my vocabulary until my junior year in college. After many years, they are still my inspiration to never stop learning. In the spirit of learning, I challenge you to learn the words and to use them in your conversations.


Vituperate [vahy-too-puh-reyt] verb : To use or address with harsh or abusive language; revile.
Synonyms: censure, vilify, berate.
Antonyms: praise, commend.

*After she wrecked her brand new car, Sharon’s parents vituperated and grounded her indefinitely.