Vocabulary
Affront (noun)
Affront (verb)
af·front
/əˈfrənt/
noun
verb
agenda
agenda noun
agen·da | \ ə-ˈjen-də \
Definition of agenda
1
: a list or outline of things to be considered or done
agendas of faculty meetings
2
: an underlying often ideological plan or program
a political agenda
Examples of agenda in a Sentence
The committee set the agenda for the next several years of research.
There are several items on the agenda for tonight's meeting.
aggrandize(verb)
aggrandize verb
ag·gran·dize | \ ə-ˈgran-ˌdīz also ˈa-grən-\
1: to make great or greater : INCREASE, ENLARGE
aggrandize an estate
2: to make appear great or greater : praise highly
3: to enhance the power, wealth, position, or reputation of
exploited the situation to aggrandize himself
Synonyms
canonize, deify, dignify, elevate, ennoble, enshrine, ensky, enthrone, exalt, glorify, magnify
Antonyms
abase, degrade, demean, humble, humiliate
Examples of aggrandize in a Sentence
a movie that aggrandizes the bad guys and makes the cops look like dopes
a generous grant, enabling the library to significantly aggrandize its collection of books on tape
“Our language, once homely and colloquial, seeks to aggrandize our meanest activities with polysyllabic terms or it retreats from frankness into a stammering verbosity.”
— Mary McCarthy
agile
agile adjective
ag·ile | \ ˈa-jəl , -ˌjī(-ə)l \
Definition of agile
1
: marked by ready ability to move with quick easy grace
an agile dancer
2
: having a quick resourceful and adaptable character
an agile mind
Synonyms
featly, feline, graceful, gracile, light, light-footed (also light-foot), lightsome, lissome (also lissom), lithe, lithesome, nimble, spry
Antonyms
awkward, clumsy, gawky, graceless, klutzy, lumbering, ungainly, ungraceful
Examples of agile in a Sentence
Leopards are very fast and agile.
The expressive movements of agile dancers filled us with joy.
agrarian
agrarian adjective
agrar·i·an | \ ə-ˈgrer-ē-ən \
1: of or relating to fields or lands or their tenure
agrarian landscapes
2a: of, relating to, or characteristic of farmers or their way of life
agrarian values
b: organized or designed to promote agricultural interests
an agrarian political party
Adjective
Poppersville is a town founded in 1811 as an agrarian community.
The agrarian crisis [in India] is an unnecessary tragedy, resulting directly from an economics of greed and a politics driven by the economies of greed.
Poem
of the
Day
'No Man is an Island' by John Donne No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as any manner of thy friends or of thine own were; any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind. And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee. |
The English writer and Anglican cleric John Donne is considered now to be the preeminent metaphysical poet of his time. He was born in 1572 to Roman Catholic parents, when practicing that religion was illegal in England. His work is distinguished by its emotional and sonic intensity and its capacity to plumb the paradoxes of faith, human and divine love, and the possibility of salvation. Donne often employs conceits, or extended metaphors, to yoke together “heterogenous ideas,” in the words of Samuel Johnson, thus generating the powerful ambiguity for which his work is famous. After a resurgence in his popularity in the early 20th century, Donne’s standing as a great English poet, and one of the greatest writers of English prose, is now assured.
John Donne 1572-1631
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