Month 3- Word of the day 27
Minatory
means
With a menacing quality
The thief gave his victim a minatory gaze before leaving her in the alley.
Minatory
means
With a menacing quality
The thief gave his victim a minatory gaze before leaving her in the alley.
Vaulting Horse An apparatus that consists of a padded leather-covered rectangular form, 1600 to 1630 mm long and 350mm wide, used in vaulting competitions in gymnastics.
Today’ word is Canoodle means to caress, fondle or pet amorously. It is a slang. You two want to be left together. You want to canoodle. Do it while you can! ~ H.G. Wells, Mr. Britling Sees it Through.
A monthly recap of words if you have missed any in descending order:- Neume Gimcrack Flivver Woodnote Tulipomania Befriend Frenemy enshrine Embalm Gambol Lexicographer Milquetoast Festoon Somaticize Endemic Bonhomie Bellwether Kerflooey Sitzmark Aeromancy Zenith Vicissitude Canoodle Sylvan Hoi Polloi Wafflestompers Thug Joie de Vivre Valetudinarian Contretemps Avuncular
Iftar means the meal eaten by Muslims to break their fast after sunset every day during Ramadan
Secede means withdraw To achieve a goal, and to follow after, is succeed.
Word for today Thug means a cheat or rogue. It is derived from the Hindi word- thag. Words do not exist in a vacuum. They are shaped in a context surrounding their evolving use. What was once innocuous might now carry offensive connotations. So, is the case with today’s word “Thug”.