Learn a new word every day // part1

[noorjabur]

Every day I will put a new word with its meaning and how to pronounce

The first word

Mendacious: كذوب


http://www.deretna.com/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=29253&stc=1&d=1260713249


Pronounced:
<men-day-shish>
My use:
You are never a mendacious person. You always tell the truth.


Means:
Given to lying.
False.
Counterfeit.


Literary:
By Elliot Carruthers
Always be gracious
truth you should keep
never be mendacious
and fast you will sleep
Memory trick:
mend . a . cious
mend (reminds of) = mend or fix
a (reminds of) a
cious (sounds like) shush or be quiet
mend a shush


Listen: 29253




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Mendacious © 2009 Elliot Carruthers

[noorjabur]

Surfeit: كمية زائدة



http://www.deretna.com/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=29254&stc=1&d=1260713401


Pronounced:
<sir-fit>

My use:
There is a surfeit if ideas in this meeting. I think we need to focus on the good and throw out the rest.


Means:
An excessive amount.
Overindulgence.

Literary:
By William Shakespeare
This is the feast that I have bid her to, And this the banquet she shall surfeit on.
Memory trick:surf and feit
surf (reminds of) = surf or waves that come over and over again
feit (sounds like) = fit or to adjust to a shape or size
surf fit


Listen: 29254


© 2009 NewWordADay

[noorjabur]

Emend: تصحيح النص



http://www.deretna.com/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=29255&stc=1&d=1260713030




Pronounced:
<e-mend>



My use:
I will emend your report. I will send it back with my corrections.



Means:
To make words better.
To correct text.

Literary:
By Carruthers



you say amend
to make words better
I say emend
because e is a great letter

Memory trick:
e . mend



e (reminds of) = e or words on the internet
mend (reminds of) = mendor fix
e mend




Listen: 29255



© 2009 NewWordADay
Emend © 2009 Carruthers

[noorjabur]

Gladsome: مبهج



http://deretna.com/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=29259&d=1260703648

Pronounced:
<glad-sum>


My use:
Today is a gladsome day. It is my birthday and there will be a party!


Means:
Causing joy, pleasure, or cheerfulness


Literary:
By Wordsworth
"Hours of perfect gladsomeness."

Memory trick:
glad . some
glad (reminds of) = glad or happy
some (reminds of) some or a bit of
To have some glad
Listen: 29259

© 2009 NewWordADay

[noorjabur]

Pollyanna: متفائل

http://www.deretna.com/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=29260&stc=1&d=1260705106


Pronounced:
<pol-ee-an-ah>


My use:
I am not being pollyanna about the test. I worked hard and I should be optimistic.

Explained: You call someone "Pollyanna" when they are expecting a good result for something that most likely will not have a good result.




Means:
Unreasonably optimistic.
Foolishly expecting a good outcome when one is not likely.




Origin:
Pollyanna was the name of the book and child heroine created by Eleanor Porter in 1913.



Literary:
By Carruthers

You say I'm pollyanna,
I say get in line,
because I have the stamina,
to be happy all the time



Memory trick:
polly . anna
polly (reminds of) = a parrot (the most famous parrot is polly) - a parrot repeats itself
anna (reminds of) = wanna or want

polly wanna - repeat want

Listen: 29260

© 2009 NewWordADay

[noorjabur]

Forthwith: فورا


http://www.deretna.com/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=29261&stc=1&d=1260705440


Pronounced:
<fourth-with>


My use:
Please send me the email forthwith. I need it right away.


Means:
Immediately.
Without delay.


Literary:
By Carruthers
If I say to be forthwith
I am not saying to be slow
so do not argue or be pith
because we have to go go go


Memory trick:
forth . with
forth (reminds of) = for
th (reminds of) = the
with (reminds of) = with

for the with


Listen: 29261

© 2009 NewWordADay

[noorjabur]

Confute:اثبات الزيف


http://www.deretna.com/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=29263&stc=1&d=1260741839



Pronounced
<con-fewt>


My use:
I have to confute you. My search on Google found the proof that your argument is wrong.


Means:
To prove false.
To overwhelm with evidence.
To silence someone with truth.



Literary:
By Chillingworth
No man's error can be confuted who doth not . . .
grant some true principle that contradicts his error.



Memory trick:
con . fute
con (means) = with
fute (means) = opposing evidence
with opposing evidence

Listen: 29263
© 2009 NewWordADay

[noorjabur]

Plethora: وفرة وغزارة


http://www.deretna.com/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=29264&stc=1&d=1260709226


Pronounced:
<pleth-or-uh>


My use:
You have a plethora things on your desk. There is barely any room to work.


Means:
Overfull.
Excess.
Superabundance.


Literary:
By William Somerset Maugham
Since the Paris days Hayward had immersed himself in the modern French versifiers, and, such a plethora of poets is there in France, he had several new geniuses to tell Philip about.

Memory trick:
ple . the . ora
ple (reminds of) = please
the (reminds of) = the
ora (reminds of) = aura or soul

please the aura

Listen: 29264

© 2009 NewWordADay

[noorjabur]

Allegory: قصة صغيرة


http://www.deretna.com/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=29265&stc=1&d=1260709592


Pronounced:
<al-ah-gor-ee >


My use:
The Tortoise and the Hare story is my favorite allegory. It teaches that hard work is better than quick and lazy


Means:
A short story that teaches a lesson - by using characters as examples that represent real life.
A prolonged parable that teaches a moral story.



Literary:
By Carruthers
When I tell a story
with animals that are funny
you know it is an allegory
when all ends just so sunny



Memory trick:
all . eg . ory
all (reminds of) = all
eg (reminds of) = eg. or example
ory (reminds of) = story

all example story

Listen: 29265

© 2009 NewWordADay

[noorjabur]

Onus: المسؤولية


http://www.deretna.com/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=29266&stc=1&d=1260710105

Pronounced:
<ohn-us >


My use:
The onus is on you to show me the paperwork. You're the one responsible for sending the document to us.


Means:
A burden.
An obligation.



Literary:
By Vivien Leigh
Some critics saw fit to say that I was a great actress. I thought that was a foolish, wicked thing to say because it put such an onus and such a responsibility onto me, which I simply wasn`t able to carry.



Memory trick:
on . us
on (reminds of) = on or upon
us (reminds of) = us
it is on us - it is upon us to do this

Listen: 29266

© 2009 NewWordADay

[Goodbye]

Thanks noor
waiting for part 2

[golden7700]

thank you very much for this initiation may allah bless you

[عنبتا]

well done noor
may allah bless you