Learn a new word every day // part2

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Moiety

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Pronounced:
<moy-it-tee>

My use:
I now have the bigger moiety You have the smaller half of the pie.

Means:
A half
One of two equal parts

Literary:
By Addison
"The more beautiful moiety of his majesty's subject."
Memory trick:moi . ety
moi (reminds of) = sounds like moy or more
ety (reminds of) sounds like itty or small
more itty - two halfs are more itty than the whole

Listen: 29649

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Faux

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Pronounced:
<foh or foe>


My use:
I like faux flowers. Even though they are fake, they are still pretty and you do not have to water them.


Means:
Not genuine or real.
An imitation of the genuine thing.

Literary:
By Elliot Carruthers
The clothes you wear
may just be faux
but saving money
means clever you show
Memory trick:faux
faux (reminds of) = fox or clever
clever like a fox

Listen: 29650

© 2009 NewWordADay
Faux © 2009 Elliot Carruthers

[noorjabur]

Anomalous



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Pronounced:
<ah-nom-ma-lis>


My use:
A sunny day in winter is very anomalous. Such a nice day is unexpected, but wonderful.


Means:
Deviating from a general rule.
Irregular.
Unusual.

Literary:
By Carruthers

Is it otter, beaver, duck?
it's really is quite anomalous
parts put there by luck
the funny looking platypus
Memory trick:
a . nomal . ous
nomal (reminds of) = normal spelled without an "r"
nomal is not quite no(r)mal

Listen: 29651

© 2009 NewWordADay
Anomalous © 2009 Elliot Carruthers

[noorjabur]

Enkindle



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Pronounced:
<in-kin-del>


My use:
I will enkindle you before the meeting. I will give you a motivating talk to excite you.


Means:
To excite.
To rouse into action.
To incite.

Literary:
By Roger de Rabutin
Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great.
Memory trick:
en . kindle
en (means) = to make
kindle (means) = small twigs which light easily
to make kindle

Listen: 29652

© 2009 NewWordADay

[noorjabur]

Provisional



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Pronounced:
<pro-vidge-in-al>


My use:
I am a provisional consultant. I work there six months and then go to another company after that.


Means:
Temporary.

Literary:
By Francois Jacob
For me, this world of questions and the provisional, this chase after an answer that was always put off to the next day, all that was euphoric. I lived in the future.
Memory trick:
pro and vision
pro (reminds of) = probably
vision (reminds of) = vision
probably a vision - visions are temporary

Listen: 29653

© 2009 NewWordADay

[noorjabur]

Sib

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Pronounced:
<syb>

My use:

She is my sib and he is my sib. She is my sister and he is my brother. They are my siblings.


Means:

Related by blood.



We tend to say sibling, but sib is actually a word.

Sib comes from the Greek 'Sippa' which means "kinship,


Literary:

Your kindred is but . . . little sib to you. --Chaucer.



Memory trick:

sib
sib (reminds of) = sibling


Listen: 29654

© 2009 New Word A Day

[noorjabur]

Antedate




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Pronounced:
<ant-ti-dayt>


My use:
I will not antedate my doubts. I will not worry about something that may happen in the future. After all, it may never happen.


Means:
To date before the true time.


Literary:
By Elliot Carruthers

Remember it's a waste of time
to worry about what may await
for it often turns out sublime
as we do not meet that fate

Memory trick:
ante . date
ante (means) = before
date (means) = date

before date


Listen: 29655

© 2009 NewWordADay
Antedate © 2009 Carruthers

[noorjabur]

Caper

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Pronounced:
<kay-pa>


My use:

If we complete the project, I will caper around the room.


Means:
To leap or jump about in a sprightly manner.
To prance.
To dance.

Literary:
By Shak
He capers, he dances, he has eyes of youth.

Memory trick:
cape . r
cape (reminds of) = a cape or superhero cape
r (reminds of) are
cape are for dancing

Listen: 29656


© 2009 New Word A Day

[noorjabur]

Fructuous
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Pronounced:
<fruk-to-us>


My use:
My new skills are fructuous. They pay a lot for good knowledge.


Means:
Productive.
Profitable.

Literary:
By Carruthers

If we are fructuous
the day will be sunny
and a truck for us
will carry home the money


Memory trick:
fruc . tuo . us
fruc (reminds of) = fruit or fruitful
tuo (sounds like) to
us (reminds of) us

fruitful to us


Listen: 29657


© 2009 New Word A Day

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Germane



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Pronounced:
<jur-mayn>

My use:
Please keep your statements germane to the topic. I don't want to talk about other issues.


Means:
Closely related.
Closely allied.


Literary:
By Elliot Carruthers
A bird has two wings
so does an airplane
remember that these things
really are germane

Memory trick:
germ . mane
germ (reminds of) = very small or very small difference
mane (reminds of) = main or most important

germ main
small difference and most important

Listen: 29658

© 2009 NewWordADay
Germane © 2009 Carruthers

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[Goodbye]

Thanks Noor

[دروب 1 Droob]

Thanks a lot Noor
for sharing.

[nora]

thank you so much noor
may allah blessed you
( we'll wait part 3 ( in sha allah