Tag: Words

ANNUNCIATION Following yesterdays’s word you might think that this was the way an announcement is announced. In a way it is but it has a particular meaning: It is the announcement by the Angel Gabriel to Mary that she would bear the child, Jesus. Learn a new word every day. Repeat it and remind yourself…

PRONUNCIATION This is the one word that generally gets mispronounced. That’s a “nun” in the middle not a “noun”. Pronunciation is the way a word is pronounced. Be haughty and correct people when they get it wrong – it’s great fun and they might stamp on your toe in thanks. A smidgen is a small…

SENTIENT Being sentient is to be able to feel or perceive things – more than just being alive, having intelligence too. Being sentient, you are possessed of sentience. 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…