Monday, March 17, 2008

intelligence and legible

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Intelligence (N): intelligence is the ability to gain and apply knowledge and skills. this word is related to a Russian word "intellig...
Sunday, March 2, 2008

Immutable, mutability, transmute...

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Well people do you remember a series of comics by the name “teenage mutant ninja turtles”? It was about 4 turtles fighting against evil; I t...

perturb, imperturbable, turbid, turbulence...

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Perturb (V): Disturb gently. “Per” means “thoroughly” and “turbare” means “to disturb” which comes from “turba” which means “confusion.” .S...

Neo, neologism, neon...

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People remember the protagonist in the trilogy matrix reloaded. Yes I am talking about “Neo”. Neo comes from “neos”, which means “New, moder...

Kleptomania, Kletocracy..

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Kleptomaniac (N): Person who has a compulsive disorder to steal. “Kleptes” means “a thief” and “kleptein” means “to steal” and “mania” means...

plenary, replenish, deplete, replete, plenitude, plenty...

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Plenary (Adj): complete, full. This word is derived form the Latin root “plenus” which means “full”. Contextual example: After receiving pl...

Palimpsest, palindrome...

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Palimpsest (N): Parchment (Skin of an animal prepared for writing, painting) used for second time after the original writing has been erased...

humus, inhume and exhume...

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nhume (V): Bury; inter; entomb. This word can be broken as “in” meaning “in, within” and humus means, “earth”. The idea here is to place som...

amble, ambulate, somnambulist, noctambulist, ambulatory, ambulant...

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Amble (N and V): moving at an easy pace. The word amble comes from the root “ambulare”, which means, "to walk”. Contextual example: So...

Malleable, mallet...

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Malleable (adj): able to be hammered or shaped without cracking or breaking, easily influenced, flexible, liable to change. This word is ver...

Lucifer, lucid...

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Lucid (adj): 1) easily understood, clear, intelligible. 2) Showing an ability to think clearly. This word comes from th...

Acrophobia, acropolis, acronym and acrobat...

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Acrophobia (N): an abnormal fear of high places. This word comes form the Latin root “akron” which literally means “extreme”, but the root a...

Loquacious anyone???

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Loquacious (adj): talkative, garrulous. This word comes from the Latin root “loqui” which means “to talk”. Contextual example: Listening to...

Sedentary and resident...

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Sedentary (adj): involving sitting. The root for this word is ' sedere ' meaning sit. Know the roots to get the fruits! Usage The s...

Imponderable, preponderance , ponder, equiponderance and ponderous...

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Imponderable (adj): difficult or impossible to assess, without appreciable weight. The word comes from Latin root “ponderare” which means “...

Abundant, undulating and inundate

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Abundant (adj):Overflowing; more than sufficient, plentiful This word can be split into“ab”, which means “over” and “undare” which means, “...

Millennium, Biennial, Perennial, Annals:

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All the aforementioned words are derived from the Latin root “annus” which means “year”. Millennium (n): This word can be split up into “mi...

Vitreous, vitrify

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Vitreous (adj): resembling or containing glass. This word comes from the Latin root “vitreus” which means “glassy, transparent”. This root i...

Vagrant thoughts inside...

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vague (adj): Not clearly expressed, inexplicit, obscure. This comes from the L vagus 'wandering'. Context : The CEO was a bit vague...

Words from history...

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Chauvinist (N): blindly devoted patriot; zealous adherent of a group or a cause. Background This word comes from a legendary French soldier...
Friday, February 29, 2008

Melancholy and melanin...

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Melancholy (n): deep and long lasting sadness Melancholic (adj): sad or depressed This word is derived from the Greek root “melas” which mea...
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Monday, January 21, 2008

Calligraphy, Callisthenic's and Callipygian...

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Calligraphy (N): beautiful handwriting. This word can be broken as "kallos" which means "beauty" and "graphia...
Sunday, January 20, 2008

Abbreviate, brevity and brief...

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Abbreviate (V): shorten (a word, phrase, or text). This word can be split up as "ad" (as in ad infinitum (without limit)) which ...
Friday, January 11, 2008

Endorse and dorsal...

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Endorse (V): 1) sign, superscribe, autograph. 2) approve, support. This word can be split up as "in" which here means "on...
Saturday, January 5, 2008

Stellar, Constellation

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The other day I was watching this movie 'Italian job' in which "Charlize Theron" is in as "Stella Bridger", and ...
Friday, November 23, 2007

Euphemism, blasphemy…

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Euphemism (N): A figure of speech in which an offensive, harsh or blunt word or expression is avoided and one that is milder but precise or ...
Friday, October 26, 2007

Rustic and rusticate...

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Rustic (adj):having to do with the life in country,simple and charming in a way seen typical of the countryside. Contextual example: Each da...
Saturday, October 20, 2007

philanderer, philanthropist, philatelist, philology and philoprogentive...

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philanderer (N): faithless lover; flirt Philander means a lover and the word can be split as philo + andr man. Synonyms: Casanova, Lothario,...

Errant, erratic, erroneus...

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Errant (Adj): wandering “Errer” means “to travel about”, it is derived from “iterare”, which comes form Latin “iter” which means a journey (...

Amazon...

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Amazon (N): Female warrior; A tall, aggressive and strong willed women. A member of a nation of women warriors reputed to be living in Scyt...

Gerrymander...

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Gerrymander (V and N): Change voting district line in order to favor political party; manipulate in order to gain an unfair advantage. This ...

Ludo, prelude, elude, delude, ludicrous, ludification...

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Ludo (N): A board game played with dice in which the one who reaches the destination first wins. Yes people we used to play this game right...

Panegyric, pandemonium, panacea, panoramic,pantheon, pantomime, pandemic...

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All (Pan) of these words come from the root “pan”, which means “all:. · Panegyric (N): Formal praise. Synonyms: accolade, acclamation, eulo...

Aplomb, plumb and plummet...

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Aplomb (N): poise, assurance Synonyms: Self-confidence, calmness, equanimity, sang-froid Contextual Example: It was evident that the aplomb ...

Impetuous, impetus and centripetal...

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Impetuous (adj): violent, hasty, rash. Well although these words are common in vernacular, there is a lot hidden behind them. All these wor...

Petrify and petroleum...

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Petrify (V): Turn to stone.If there are any fort minor fans over here (like me) they should have heard this word many times. (Whys everybody...

Cornucopia and copious...

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Cornucopia (N): Horn overflowing with fruit and grain; symbol of abundance. The horn of the goat that suckled Zeus (Chief god of ancient Gre...

Corrode, rodent and erode...

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Corrode (V): Destroy by chemical action.This word can be broken up as “cor” which is a variant of co, which means “together, jointly” and “r...

Mollify, emollient and emolliate...

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Mollify (V): Soothe Synonyms: Appease, calm, placate, pacify, assuage, conciliate, propitiate. Example: Being in an irreconcilable mood she ...

Stygian...

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Stygian (Adj): Gloomy; hellish; deathly; infernal.The Barron’s quote “Stygian derives form Styx the chief river in subterranean land of the ...

Don't nettle me...

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Nettle (V): Vex; annoy.This word comes from the plants of genus “Urtica”, which have flowers with stinging hairs. Which produce irritation o...

Beauty is just skin deep...

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Pachyderm (N): Thick-skinned animal.Examples of such animals are Elephant, Hippopatamus and rhinoceros.This word can be broken as “Pachy” (t...

It's all about money honey...

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Imburse, Reimburse, and Disburse all these words come from the same Latin root “Bursa”, which means “a purse”Imburse: pay, reimburse.Literal...

Mary Magdalene...

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Maudlin (Adj): sentimental, oversentimental, mawkish, and lachrymose.Da Vinci fans you might know where this word comes from. Remember someb...

Minatory and taurus...

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Minatory (Adj): Threatening, menacing.This word can be broken as “minari”, which means, “threaten”, and “taur”, which means “bull”. Actually...

Words coming all the way from India...

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Pariah (N): Outcast, Untouchable. This word comes from a member of a very low cast family. Literally this word means a “Hereditary drummer”....

Tycoon and typhoon...

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In Barrons they come together both of the words start with “T” and end with “N” who are they? I am very sorry to break this mystery very qui...

Cloister and claustrophobia...

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Cloister (N): A place of religious exclusion, Monastery, convent.This comes from the root “claudere” which means to close .The word is deriv...

Immure and mural...

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For starters take a look at to our two good old barons words “immure” and “mural” they seem to be slightly related. Actually both the words ...
Thursday, October 18, 2007

Germania: words having german origin.

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Carousal (N): A bout of carousing, a drunken revel. This word can be split as "gar" which means "all" + "aus" ...
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Monday, October 15, 2007

Why am I so much gung-ho about words?

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Here I would like to introduce you people to the concept of patterns, let’s start with the definition: An arrangement or order discernible i...
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