Month 3 – Word of the day 31
Incisive
means
impressively direct
“Guilty”, the juror offered in a most incisive one.
Incisive
means
impressively direct
“Guilty”, the juror offered in a most incisive one.
Impetuous means rash David impetuously hugs complete strangers.
Denotation means the explicit or direct meaning or set of meanings of a word or expression, as distinguished from the ideas or meanings associated with it or suggested by it; the association or set of associations that a word usually elicits for most speakers of a language, as distinguished from those elicited for any individual…
Word for today is Somaticize means to convert (anxiety) into physical symptoms. Pronunciation: [suh–mat–uh-sahyz, soh-muh-tuh-] Brislin suggests take the culturally accepted route: somaticize, whether it is the liver, head, stomach or heart that takes the brunt. [ Source extract – The Development of Emotional Competence By Carolyn Saarni]
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.
Today’s word is Gimcrack means showy but useless. or a showy, useless trifle; gewgaw. Gimcrack comes from the Middle English term gibe crake and is of uncertain origin. It may be related to the Old French giber meaning “to shake.”
“Black box” means The “black box” isn’t black. It is orange. Before airlines made that color standard for their flight recorders, some Boeings used a yellow sphere, and the British had a gizmo called the Red Egg. So, why is it called “black”? One explanation goes this way: In 1939, an aviation engineer named Francois…