Ignominy adds a bit of drama to public shame and disgrace. It’s not just hang your head and feel ashamed, it’s having all your dirty linen out for everyone to see.

Needs to be said in a melodramatic voice: “Oh the ingomniny of having everyone know my dirty little secrets!”

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what is going on in the immediate vicinity. The ambient temperature is the air temperature around you.

Ambient music was invented by Brian Eno, ex of Roxy Music. A kind of mushy electronic wallpaper that sets a mood. In theory, the music should respond to your mood rather than set it, but I don’t think they’ve sorted that bit out yet. Unless you know different?

Learn a new word every day.
Repeat it and remind yourself what it means at least three times in a day.
Try to use the word in conversation or writing today.
Get a dictionary and look words up.