Learn a new (English) word

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  1. Gauri03

    Gauri03 Moderator Staff Member IL Hall of Fame

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    Your example using the word embezzle is an excellent one. It stresses the fact that the land was entrusted to the farmers by the government and they illegally appropriated the land for themselves. It is this misuse of authority to usurp something that one is expected to protect or care for that makes embezzlement different from theft.

    Here is another example,

    It is common for Indian politicians to embezzle government resources for their personal use.
     
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  2. geevee68

    geevee68 Platinum IL'ite

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    This is an excellent and highly informative thread here.Makes it interesting to learn new words everyday.Looking forward for learning new words here.
    Thank you for commencing this.

    geevee
     
  3. zingy

    zingy Local Champion Staff Member Platinum IL'ite

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    Re: Positive words for a Positive difference (One Word A Day)

    One word a day (May 28 2010)[FONT=&quot]SWIMMINGLY [/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]Adverb. [/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot] 1. with no problems or difficulties; [/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot] "despite of some mishaps, everything went swimmingly"[/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot] [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Synonyms: smoothly [/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot] [/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]Usage:[/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot][/FONT][FONT=&quot]Things are going [/FONT]swimmingly[FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]He was [/FONT]swimmingly[FONT=&quot] [/FONT][FONT=&quot]avoiding injury while swimming[/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]She had a turn for narrative, I for analysis; she liked to inform, I to question; so we got on swimmingly together[/FONT]
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    [/FONT]
    References
    www.dictionary.reference.com
    www.thefreedictionary.com

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  4. sofiz

    sofiz Senior IL'ite

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    Geevee, Thanks for the appreciation. Why don’t you share your sentence using the words you learn here.. When everyone who visits the thread shares their own sentence, we would have lots of examples to learn from. It would even be an opportunity to find out if we have understood the word and made the correct usage.

    Thankyou Gauri for sharing your sentence with us. I hope more will do the same.

    Zingy, feel free to post your sentence using words suggested by others too. We can all learn from each other.

    Here’s my sentence: My husband knows most of the roads in Abu Dhabi like the back of his hand. Since we went with him, we reached the new place swimmingly.
     
  5. sofiz

    sofiz Senior IL'ite

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    Word: Intermittent
    Meaning:
    1. Stopping and starting at intervals. "intermittent rain showers"
    2. Alternately containing and empty of water: an intermittent lake.

    Usage:
    Since the lodge we stayed in was close to the railway station, we could hear the hooting of trains intermittently.
     
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  6. OOPALL

    OOPALL Silver IL'ite

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    Here's my word for the day!

    Meticulous:
    taking or showing extreme care about minute details, being precise.

    There is another word within the description of the meaning.
    Minute:
    Extremely small in size or detail.
     
  7. sofiz

    sofiz Senior IL'ite

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    Dear ladies,
    Please remember to share your sentence using the last posted word, every time you visit this thread It will help you as well as every other person following the thread
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    New word posts are welcome as soon as you finish sharing your sentence that uses the previously defined word.

    Please excuse me for being meticulous about thread rules, but I was hoping that even a minute effort from each visitor in sharing her usage of the already-defined word could help everybody understand the word better.
    It would help us understand if our usage was correct. This would also motivate others to share new posts.
    I wish that my fellow ILites would just share their usage of the last defined word swimmingly without me having to remind them intermittently.
     
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  8. zingy

    zingy Local Champion Staff Member Platinum IL'ite

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    Re: Positive words for a Positive difference (One Word A Day)

    IL forums are all meticulously moderated.
    We meticulously planned for our weekend trip giving attention to all things I may need yet missed to carry my toothbrush

    Todays word
    HEYDAY
    Noun
    The period of greatest popularity, success, or power; prime.
    Synonyms: efflorescence, flush, peak, prime, blossom, flower, bloom

    Usage
    In Vedenthangal it will be heyday for the people interested in photography.
    In its 1970s, early 80s heyday, ' The Pops ' soared.

    References
    www.dictionary.reference.com
    www.thefreedictionary.com
     
  9. sofiz

    sofiz Senior IL'ite

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    All children eagerly wait for their birthdays as they know that it would be heyday for them
     
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    sofiz Senior IL'ite

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    Word: fallacy

    Meaning:
    an incorrect or misleading notion or opinion based on inaccurate facts or invalid reasoning​
    unsound or invalid reasoning​

    Sentence: Shall i call all declarations of haunted houses as fallacies?
     

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