Word of the Day: August 20, 2018
intersect Definition: (verb) Meet at a point. Synonyms: cross Usage: These two fences intersect at the creek.
intersect Definition: (verb) Meet at a point. Synonyms: cross Usage: These two fences intersect at the creek.
Dame Mary Gilmore (1865) Gilmore was a prominent Australian socialist poet and journalist who gained a reputation as a champion of the working class and the oppressed. In the late 1890s, she moved to the New Australia utopian socialist settlement […]
Brains are at a discount in the married state. There is no demand for them, no appreciation even. Jerome K. Jerome (1859-1927)
rret Definition: (noun) Floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage. Synonyms: attic, loft Usage: There was yet an upper staircase, of a steeper inclination and of contracted dimensions, to […]
Virginia Clemm Poe (1822) When she was just 13, Virginia Clemm married her first cousin Edgar Allan Poe, who was 14 years her senior. For years, scholars have debated about the nature of this relationship, which was cut short when […]
Better than man doth woman understand children, but man is more childish than woman. Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)
transliterate Definition: (verb) To represent (letters or words) in the corresponding characters of another alphabet. Synonyms: transcribe Usage: The Arabic text had to be transliterated for the American actors so that they could learn to speak their lines convincingly.
Pope Pius VII (1742) Pius VII became pope in 1800, at a time of turmoil for the Catholic Church. A decade earlier, during the early stages of the French Revolution, the National Assembly tried to subordinate the Church to the […]
To learn is not to know; there are the learners and the learned. Memory makes the one, philosophy the other. Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870)
concoct Definition: (verb) Prepare or cook by mixing ingredients. Synonyms: cook up Usage: The witch concocted a sweet-smelling brew that would put the princess to sleep for 100 years.
Frederick Sanger (1918) After earning his PhD at Cambridge University in 1943, British biochemist Frederick Sanger decided to continue conducting his research at his alma mater. He remained there for the entirety of his four-decade career, making discoveries about the […]
Ocean, n.: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man—who has no gills. Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)
disburse Definition: (verb) Expend, as from a fund. Synonyms: pay out Usage: The aid will not be disbursed until next year, so until then, the refugees will have to fend for themselves.
New York, NY – Patrick B. Jenkins & Associates, a consulting firm specializing in strategic solutions for businesses and campaigns, government relations and community relations, announced that Bharati S. Kemraj, has joined the firm as a Senior Associate. She joins […]
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