Month: January 2020
Word of the Day: Sagacious
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of www.dictionary.com, is sagacious, an adjective meaning “having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; shrewd.” The IPA transcription looks like this: […]
Word of the Day: Feuilleton
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of Anu Garg of “A.Word.a.Day” at the Wordsmith website, is feuilleton. The noun means “a part of a European newspaper devoted to light literature, […]
Word of the Day: Copious
Today’s word of the day, thanks to Quizlet, is copious. According to www.dictionary.com, copious means “large in quantity or number; abundant; plentiful,” or “having or yielding an abundant supply,” or […]
Word of the Day: Serendipity
Today’s word of the day, thanks to the 18th century English writer Horace Walpole, is serendipity. The noun means “an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident” or “good fortune; […]
A Conversation with Mark Sibley-Jones
In this conversation, Mark Sibley-Jones talks about where the idea for his novel By the Red Glare came from, the research that made the novel come alive, and where his historical and theological commitments lie.
Word of the Day: Boojum
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of the Oxford English Dictionary, boojum, a word coined by Lewis Carroll in his poem The Hunting of the Snark. The poem was originally […]
Word of the Day: Culpable
Today’s word of the day, thanks to Word Genius, is culpable, an adjective meaning 1. “Deserving of blame,” or 2. “Responsible for a crime,” according to the website. Dictionary.com defines […]
Word of the Day: Pithy
Today’s word of the day, thanks to the GRE Word of the Day website, is pithy. I mean, of course, that the word we are going to define is the […]
Word of the Day: Parasynonyms
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of Word Genius, is parasynonym, a linguistic term “to describe words with close similarities, but not exactly matching definitions.” According to Wiktionary, it is […]
Word of the Day: MacGuffin
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of Word Genius, is MacGuffin. A MacGuffin, according to Word Genius, is “1 An object or event that serves as a plot device in […]
Word of the Day: Nurture
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of the Mirriam-Webster Dictionary website, is nurture, which means “1. to supply with nourishment; 2. to educate; and 3. to further the development of; […]
Faith and Freedom: A Chat with SWU's IJM Chapter President Madeline Johnson
Madeline Johnson is a Junior Human Services major at Southern Wesleyan University. She serves as the Chapter President for SWU’s IJM (International Justice Mission), works as the Campus Initiative Director […]