My Dictionary http://awordaday.wordpress.com Just another WordPress.com weblog Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:49:39 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/18c8117a6998479ca2d5e5bb9e8550b3?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png My Dictionary http://awordaday.wordpress.com Propensity http://awordaday.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/propensity/ http://awordaday.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/propensity/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:47:48 +0000 unnisworld http://awordaday.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/propensity/ ]]>

pro·pen·si·ty (pr-pns-t)
n. pl. pro·pen·si·ties
An innate inclination; a tendency. See Synonyms at predilection.

propensity

Noun

pl -ties Formal a natural tendency: his problem had always been a propensity to live beyond his means

]]> http://awordaday.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/propensity/feed/ 0 unnisworld Specter http://awordaday.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/specter/ http://awordaday.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/specter/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:33:07 +0000 unnisworld http://awordaday.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/specter/ ]]>

spec·ter (spktr)
n.
1. A ghostly apparition; a phantom.
2. A haunting or disturbing image or prospect: the terrible specter of nuclear war.

]]> http://awordaday.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/specter/feed/ 0 unnisworld Slay http://awordaday.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/slay/ http://awordaday.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/slay/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:24:19 +0000 unnisworld http://awordaday.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/slay/ ]]>

slay (sl)
tr.v. slew (sl), slain (sln), slay·ing, slays
1. To kill violently.
2. past tense and past participle often slayed Slang To overwhelm, as with laughter or love: Those old jokes still slay me.

]]> http://awordaday.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/slay/feed/ 0 unnisworld Catharsis http://awordaday.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/catharsis/ http://awordaday.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/catharsis/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:06:09 +0000 unnisworld http://awordaday.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/catharsis/ ]]>

A release of emotional tension, as after an overwhelming experience, that restores or refreshes the spirit.
4. Psychology
a. A technique used to relieve tension and anxiety by bringing repressed feelings and fears to consciousness.
b. The therapeutic result of this process; abreaction.

]]> http://awordaday.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/catharsis/feed/ 0 unnisworld Ambivalence http://awordaday.wordpress.com/2009/05/08/ambivalence/ http://awordaday.wordpress.com/2009/05/08/ambivalence/#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 08:00:03 +0000 unnisworld http://awordaday.wordpress.com/?p=403 ]]>

am·biv·a·lence <!–
play_w2(“A0243700″)
// –> (m-bv-lns)

n.

1. The coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings, such as love and hate, toward a person, object, or idea.
2. Uncertainty or indecisiveness as to which course to follow.
]]> http://awordaday.wordpress.com/2009/05/08/ambivalence/feed/ 1 unnisworld Fledgling http://awordaday.wordpress.com/2009/05/04/fledgling/ http://awordaday.wordpress.com/2009/05/04/fledgling/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 09:05:32 +0000 unnisworld http://awordaday.wordpress.com/2009/05/04/fledgling/ ]]>

fledg·ling also fledge·ling (fljlng) n. 1. A young bird that has recently acquired its flight feathers. 2. A young or inexperienced person. adj. New and untried or inexperienced: a fledgling enterprise.

]]> http://awordaday.wordpress.com/2009/05/04/fledgling/feed/ 0 unnisworld Minutia http://awordaday.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/minutia/ http://awordaday.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/minutia/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:09:47 +0000 unnisworld http://awordaday.wordpress.com/?p=399 ]]>

mi·nu·ti·a (m-nsh-, -sh, -ny-) n. pl. mi·nu·ti·ae (-sh-) A small or trivial detail:

eg:- It’s long on details, short on minutiae.

]]> http://awordaday.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/minutia/feed/ 0 unnisworld Canard http://awordaday.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/canard/ http://awordaday.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/canard/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:39:10 +0000 unnisworld http://awordaday.wordpress.com/?p=396 ]]>

ca·nard play_w2(“C0060500″) (k-närd)n.

1. An unfounded or false, deliberately misleading story.
eg:- People are spreading canards about the ICL going belly up
]]> http://awordaday.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/canard/feed/ 0 unnisworld Clarion http://awordaday.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/clarion/ http://awordaday.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/clarion/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:53:37 +0000 unnisworld http://awordaday.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/clarion/ ]]>

clar·i·on (klr-n) adj. Loud and clear: a clarion call to resistance. n. Music 1. A medieval trumpet with a shrill clear tone. 2. The sound of this instrument or a sound resembling it.

]]> http://awordaday.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/clarion/feed/ 0 unnisworld Quandary http://awordaday.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/quandary/ http://awordaday.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/quandary/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:53:44 +0000 unnisworld http://awordaday.wordpress.com/?p=390 ]]>

quan·da·ry (kwnd-r, -dr) n. pl. quan·da·ries A state of uncertainty or perplexity.

]]> http://awordaday.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/quandary/feed/ 0 unnisworld