Month: November 2022
Word of the Day: Quiddity
Today’s Word of the Day is quiddity, a word that means “the quality that makes a thing what it is; the essential nature of a thing; a trifling nicety of […]
Word of the Day: Luminary
Today’s word of the day, thanks to the New York Times, is luminary. Luminary, according to dictionary.com, is a noun that means It can also be used as an adjective […]
Word of the Day: Temerity
Today’s word of the day is temerity, which means rash boldness or recklessness. According to etymonline.com, the word entered the language in the late fourteenth century “from Latin temeritatem (nominative […]
Media Criticism – Anakin’s Path
Grayson Schrader does a media analysis on Anakin’s path to the dark side…
Word of the Day: Promulgate
Todays’ word of the day is promulgate, thanks to the New York Times. To promulgate is “to make known by public statement or announcement” or “to put a law into […]
Word of the Day: Arbitrate
Today’s word is arbitrate, courtesy of the NY Times, and it means “to settle a dispute between parties with the goal of reconciling differences.” According to etymonline.com, the word first […]
Word of the Day: Augur
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of Merriam-Webster, is augur. The verb means to “show or suggest, especially from omens, that something might happen in the future” (https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day). It is […]