by Wordpandit | Feb 27, 2012 | Contextual Vocabulary |
Shouting in an Echo? Reverberating may be the resounding of voice in an echo, or continuity in reflection of light. Pronunciation: ri-vur-buh-reyt; adj. ri-vur-ber-it The dictionary definitions of Reverberating are as follows: 1. To become reflected 2. To become...
by Wordpandit | Sep 21, 2011 | Contextual Vocabulary |
Overweening in Context: In the given context, overweening shows Rupert Mudoch’s influence and how it forced a prime minister to flow out to meet him. Obviously, this word can be negative only. And remember, the word ‘over’ is always used as a negative suffix. For...
by Wordpandit | Sep 21, 2011 | Contextual Vocabulary |
Renege in Context: People often do this. At times it becomes part of their nature: to renege agreements, promises and like. Barack Obama has done it and that is what the paragraph highlights. He has backed down on a few of his promises, in other words, he has reneged...
by Wordpandit | Sep 21, 2011 | Contextual Vocabulary |
Litany in Context: Litanies are pretty common. Need to see one? Be on the lookout for a girlfriend going after her boyfriend. What ensues in the conversation is a long list of complaints that just does not seem to end. It goes on and on, it is a recital of sorts. That...
by Wordpandit | Sep 20, 2011 | Contextual Vocabulary |
Maxim, proverb, gnome, aphorism, apothegm, sententia–all mean the same thing: they represent a short, easily remembered expression of a basic principle, general truth, or rule of conduct. They are essentially nuggets of wisdom served to you in a short and sweet...
by Wordpandit | Sep 20, 2011 | Contextual Vocabulary |
Obscurantism is word that comes to us from the word obscure. Obscure, we all know, means to make things less visible or clear. It is making things hazy. And obscurantism is a policy of opposition to enlightenment or the spread of knowledge, that is to make knowledge...
