Word of the Day: Frugal and Frugality

Word of the Day: Frugal and Frugality

frugal   fru-gal / ˈfrü-gəl   adjective   1.      careful with money; thrifty Living a frugal lifestyle gives you the opportunity to invest more money towards your future. John Rampton, ?-   2.      meager Vegetarian and frugal it may be, but the...

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Word of the Day: Spin

Word of the Day: Spin

spin / spin   verb   1.      to twist some material into thread or yarn A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff tospin. George Herbert, 1593-1633   2.      to create a thread by putting forth from the body a...

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Word of the Day: Animal

Word of the Day: Animal

an-i-mal / a-nə-məl   noun   1.      any of the members of kingdom Animalia, which have sensory and nervous systems, gather food and can move on their own Man is the only animal that blushes – or needs to. Mark Twain, 1835-1924   2.      living...

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Word of the Day: Produce

Word of the Day: Produce

pro-duce / prə-ˈdüs (v), ˈprō-(ˌ)düs (n)   verb   1.      to cause to exist Fine words do not produce food. Nigerian Proverb   2.      to exhibit or bring to notice It is wrong for man to say that he is certain of the objective truth of any...

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Word of the Day: Repent and Repentance

Word of the Day: Repent and Repentance

  repent re-pent / ri-ˈpent verb   1.      to turn from sin and better oneself To grieve over sin is one thing, to repent is another. Frederick William Robertson, 1816-1853   2.      to feel regretful or contrite over past actions To spend the...

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Word of the Day: Poem

Word of the Day: Poem

po-em / ˈpō-əm   noun   1.      a composition typically written in verse which may or may not rhyme Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree. from ‘Trees’ by Joyce Kilmer, 1886-1918   2.      something suggestive of a...

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Word of the Day: Headlong

Word of the Day: Headlong

head-long / ˈhedˌlôNG   adjective   1.      done suddenly and quickly As a boy holding to a post or pillar whirls about it with headlong speed without any fear of falling, so perform your worldly duties, fixing your hold firmly upon God, and you...

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Word of the Day: Decorum

Word of the Day: Decorum

de-co-rum / di-ˈkȯr-əm   noun   1.      dignified speech or behavior When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out. Abbie Hoffman, 1936-1989   2.      a particular sense of order In golf, the customs and etiquette and...

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