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Attorney (noun)

a person, typically a lawyer, appointed to act for another in business or legal matters



example: They paid a high-powered attorney to please their case.

Entourage (noun)

the group of people who travel with and work for an important or famous person:



The star arrived in London with her usual entourage of dancers and backing singers.



it can be used as singular or plural noun

Sturdy (adjective)

(of a person or their body) strongly and solidly built.



example: He had a sturdy, muscular physique.



Synonyms: strong, well built, muscular etc.

Acquaint (verb)

1. to make more or less familiar, aware


he came to the office to acquaint the manager with his plan.



2. to furnish with knowledge, inform


I acquainted the lady with her lost bag.



3. to bring into social contact


She acquainted her roommate with my cousin



Acquaintance (noun)



1. knowledge or experience of something.


The tourists had little acquaintance with the language


2. a person one knows slightly, but who is not a good friend


Ayan is nothing more than a facebook acquaintance.


i'll leave you two to get acquainted with each other

Fearmongering (noun)

the action of deliberately arousing public fear or alarm about a particular issue



His campaign for re-election was based on fearmongering and deception

Token of gratitude

symbol of appreciation/gratefulness



Please accept this gift as a token of my gratitude for all your help.

incur (verb)

to experience something, usually something unpleasant, as a result of actions you have taken:to incur debts/fines/bills



The play has incurred the wrath/anger of both audiences and critics.Please detail any costs/expenses incurred by you in attending the interview.

Enormity (noun) Enormous (adj)

very great size or importance:Nobody fully understands the enormity and complexity of the task of reviving the country's economy.I don't think you realize the enormity of the problem.



The application of the the ohm's law is enormous.



syn. vastness, wideness

The application of the the ohm's law is enormous.

Usher (noun) & (verb)

That guy who guided you to your seat? He's called an usher. You most often see ushers at movie theaters and weddings. An usher is someone with the job of helping people find their seats. At the movies, ushers take your tickets and tell you where to go. At some theaters and sports venues, the ushers might actually take you to your seat — they usher you there. If you're an usher in a wedding party, it's your job to walk guests down the aisle and to their seats.



ex. When he hands over the two tickets to the usher, I see that they cost over one hundred dollars each.



verb: take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums



ex. After his appearance as Santa, Gooden was ushered to a private room, where he was given something to eat before being driven back home.



Microsoft is ushering in a new design language with Windows 10


Culinary (adjective)

connected with cooking or kitchens:the culinary delights (= good food) of BeijingMy culinary skills are limited to boiling water (= I am not very good at cooking).

Sunny side up (adj)

(of an egg) fried without breaking the yolk or being turned over, with the yolk remaining visible and somewhat liquid inside.



How’d you like your eggs - scrambled or sunny-side up?

avert (verb)

1. to prevent something bad from happening:to avert a crisis/conflict/strike/famineto avert disaster/economic collapseSynonymavoid



2. to turn away your eyes or thoughts:I averted my gaze/eyes while he dressed.We tried to avert our thoughts from our massive financial problems.


remember, it has two meanings

Famine (noun)

a situation in which there is not enough food for a great number of people, causing illness and death, or a particular period when this happens:Another crop failure could result in widespread famine.There were reports of refugees dying of famine.Thousands of people emigrated during the Irish potato famine of 1845–46.

refugees are dying of famine.

invigorate (verb)

to make someone feel fresher, healthier, and more energetic:We were invigorated by our walk.

Stranded (adjective)

If you’re stuck somewhere with no way of getting anywhere else, you’re stranded. If you run out of gas while driving in the desert, you'll be stranded until someone finds you.



Drivers trapped on the motorway took to social media to complain about slow pace of rescue, some saying that were stranded for hours without food or fuel to heat their vehicles.

when you are ----- in an island

ramble (verb)


rambling (adjective)

to wander around in a leisurely, aimless manner:They rambled through the shops until closing time.to take a course with many turns or windings, as a stream or path.to grow in a random, unsystematic fashion:The vine rambled over the walls and tree trunks.to talk or write in a discursive, aimless way (usually followed by on):The speaker rambled on with anecdote after anecdote.verb (used with object), ram·bled, ram·bling.to walk aimlessly or idly over or through:They spent the spring afternoon rambling woodland paths.nouna walk without a definite route, taken merely for pleasure.



In rambling posts, he called himself a loser, and wrote that he must be either bipolar or a psychopath.



The rocker posted a rambling video on his Facebook page claiming he's broke and penniless

it has two meanings

magnanimity (noun) magnanimous (adj)

magnanimity: the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity.


✓He had the magnanimity to forgive her for lying about him.



magnanimous: A magnanimous person has a generous spirit. Letting your little sister have the last of the cookies, even though you hadn't eaten since breakfast, would be considered a magnanimous act.


✓Payton plays Ezekiel as a kind king with a magnanimous spirit that endears him to his many subjects.

amputate (v)


amputated (pp)

Use the verb amputate when you need to describe the surgical removal of a limb, such as an arm or a leg. For example, a doctor might amputate an accident victim's badly crushed arm



This year’s Knights were led on defense by a zealous linebacker, Shaquem Griffin, who tackles with one hand because his left hand was amputated when he was 4.

adequate (adj)

When you want to say that something is enough or good enough for a particular need, use the adjective adequate. You might have an adequate amount of flour for a batch of pancakes, but not a lot extra.


✓sufficient for the purpose“an adequate income”“the food was adequate”



Government subsidies in this country do not provide adequate funding for institutions to maintain services and high-quality exhibitions.

Lousy (adj)

Lousy things are terrible. The lousy things in life are the ones you complain about: your lousy job, the lousy weather, and the lousy pizza you had for lunch.



The slang word lousy is the perfect way to describe something particularly awful or rotten. When you're sick, you feel lousy, and when someone is mean or rude, they treat you in a lousy way. The original, literal meaning of lousy is "infested with lice," those creepy crawly parasites that hang out on people's scalps. It was once common to say a place was "lousy with" something (like tourists or poodles) to mean "swarming with" them.Definitions oflousy1adj very bad“a lousy play”Synonyms:icky, rotten, stinking, stinkybadhaving undesirable or negative qualitiesadj vile; despicableSynonyms:dirty, filthyawful, nastyoffensive or even (of persons) maliciousadj infested with lice“burned their lousy clothes”Synonyms:dirty, soiled, uncleansoiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime

intuitive (adj)

If you're intuitive, you can probably guess what this word means just by looking at it. No? Maybe you're not so intuitive, after all. Intuitive means having the ability to understand or know something without any direct evidence or reasoning process.


Psychics are intuitive. So are mothers when they know you're lying. A process can be said to be intuitive as well, if it can be easily learned without any prior training — like an easy-to-learn software program. In human beings, intuitiveness is often thought of as something more mystical, as in the ability psychics have to predict the future.



Those controls work well and are intuitive enough for me to grasp them immediately.



resilient (adj)

When something is strong and able to recover from damage quickly, call it resilient. If you're rough on your toys, the ones that don't break are resilient.



Formed from the Latin verb resilīre "to leap back," a resilient person is able to recover from an illness or a bad experience quickly. Politicians who are resilient to media criticism do not let critical journalists affect their focus, performance or relationship to their constituents. An object can be resilient also, but in this case, it is not damaged easily, or it returns to its original good shape quickly.



Sometimes in life’s worst moments, we realize how strong and resilient we truly are.

he is a resilient person, he will get well quickly

in lieu of

lieu (loo) means stead



in stead of



he gave me paytm money in lieu of cash

Trounce (noun)

when you trounce someone, you win decisively. if you win a chess match in 3 Moves, you trounce your opponent.



she was in a mood to trounce Jojo in checkers.


small company stocks, which trounced the rest of the market in 2016, got a post this year as investors bet that the companies would be big beneficiaries of a corporate tax cut bill

sumptuous (adj)

splendid and expensive looking



synonyms: lavish, luxurious, Deluxe, extravagant, costly.



the banquet was a sumptuous, luxurious meal



distraught (adj)

If you are upset, you are distraught. If you don't want to explain why you are pulling your hair out, just utter "Leave me alone; I'm distraught." It'll work.


“I’m really distraught and outraged at the prosecution and the FBI for their incompetence.”

silhouette (noun)

A silhouette is dark shadow, like a silhouette of a person standing under a street lamp, or a drawing that shows only the shape of an object.


A silhouette, pronounced "sil-ooh-ET," can be mysterious. After all, you can only see the shape of the person or object. So, it's fitting that the word's origin is a little mysterious, too. It was coined for Etienne de Silhouette, a French finance minister. One theory is that Silhouette decorated his chateau with the kind of dark outline drawings that now bear his name.



syn: outline



It’s one of the oldest trees on the property, with a broad spreading silhouette.

remorse (noun)

Remorse, a noun, is what you feel if you regret your actions or wish for another outcome.


The noun remorse has a very vivid origin. It comes from the Latin roots re for "again" and mordere "to bite." So, if you feel remorse, it means that your conscience is working on you, your past actions are biting you back, and making you feel very regretful. Synonyms for this word are "penitence," "rue," and "contrition." If you took a cookie from the cookie jar and ate it you can't return it; all you can feel is remorse for what you did!



a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)



A longtime comrade speaks of feeling crushed by a sense of remorse over his years of fighting Indians, a sense Blocker is reluctant to admit he shares.

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drool (verb)/(noun)

1.v saliva spilling from the mouth2.n pretentious or silly talk or writing3.v be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something



I am drooling for food as well as positive change right now.



“Look at their Instagram and it’s all oozing cheese and shiny burgers,” she drools.



The winning caricature, worth a $1,500 cash prize, showed Mr. Trump in a suit made of $100 bills, his hair on fire and drool dripping from his mouth.



pragmatism (noun)

When you practice pragmatism, you accept conditions as they are and make practical decisions. Your head is not in the clouds.



If you urge your daydreaming friend to accept that life is not a fairy tale and the only way to succeed is through hard work, that's pragmatism. This is an approach based on how things are, not on how you wish they were. This also refers to a philosophical doctrine built on the idea that something can only be true if it works. If you're known for your pragmatism, then you're realistic, logical, and know how to get things done.



In this world, it’s a good time to put pragmatism above politics.



His pragmatism led him to not care whether it was natural constitution or willful decision, systems age-old or newfangled, that led someone to a life filled with meaning and consolation.



Her pragmatic nature is such that she seemed almost frustrated explaining simple ideas about death and decluttering to a non-Swede such as me.

pristine (adj)

If something is pristine it's immaculately clean or has never been used. So please check your shoes before walking on a pristine white carpet.



A long, long time ago pristine was used to describe primitive or ancient things. It wasn’t until 1899 that the word grew to mean "unspoiled" or "pure." Ecologists strive to preserve pristine rain forests, just as vacationers are always looking for a pristine strip of beach to lounge on. A new car should arrive to you in pristine condition, and hopefully you'll do your best to keep it that way.



syn. clean, pure



Take for example an image of a pristine lake from the 1800s, compared next to a photo of that same lake today.



Peacekeepers, in pristine white uniforms, march on the cleanly swept cobblestones.

astounded (adj)


astounding (adj)

very surprised or shocked:[ + to infinitive ] I was astounded to hear that Tina had left.


** astounding **


surprisingly impressive or notable."the summit offers astounding views"synonyms: amazing, astonishing, staggering, shocking, surprising, breathtaking, striking, impressive, bewildering, stunning,


raving

irrational or incoherent talk."the ravings of a madwoman"synonyms: gibberish, rambling, babbling, wild talk, incoherent talk"he dismissed her words as the ravings of a hysterical woman"adjectiveinformal1.used to emphasize a particular quality."she'd never been a raving beauty"synonyms: very great, considerable, remarkable, extraordinary, singular, striking, outstanding, stunning"she'd never been a raving beauty"

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glimmer (noun)

A glimmer is a tiny glint of light or the sliver of an idea. Either way, it's a sign of a lot more going on behind the scenes.



syn. flicker



BusinessSportsScience / MedTechnologyAny glimmer of hope for a better Trump after the election, any speck of it once he took his oath of office, all that is now extinguished.

crumble(verb)

To crumble is to come apart into tiny pieces. If the doughnuts you bring to work crumble before you get there, you co-workers will have nothing but crumbs to snack on.



verb. break or fall apart into fragments“The cookies crumbled”“The Sphinx is crumbling”Synonyms:fall apartType of:disintegratebreak into parts or components or lose cohesion or unityverb. fall apart“the building crumbled after the explosion”Synonyms:break down, collapse, crumple, tumbleType of:change integritychange in physical make-upverb. fall into decay or ruinSynonyms:decay, dilapidateTypes:show 11 types...Type of:changeundergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature



the world is crumbling around me

incandescent (adj)

When heated, coals become incandescent, which means that they glow red-hot. You could also describe a brilliant and moving novel as incandescent.



syn. intensely hot


syn. glorious/passionate


“an incandescent performance”



The glow from a ring of incandescent red lava in the crater of Bali’s Mount Agung is clearly visible



His movie is an incandescent reminder that the world’s most beautiful mysteries endure precisely because they remain unsolved.



she felt an incandescent love for life

appalling (adj)

causing shock or dismay, horrific, very bad, awful



the cat suffered appalling injury during the attack.



he witnessed some appalling acts of barbarism during the war.



your table manners are appalling-don't you know how to use a fork and knife?

ad hominem (adj)

An ad hominem remark appeals to personal feelings instead of logical reasons. If you're debating labor laws and you criticize your opponent's extra-marital affair instead of engaging his ideas, that's an ad hominem attack.



adj appealing to personal considerations (rather than to fact or reason)“ad hominem arguments”Synonyms:personalconcerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality

laud(verb)/lauded(adj)

To laud someone means to praise them extravagantly — usually in a very public manner. A music critic might laud a new song by calling it the best summer anthem ever created.



The word laud is from the Latin word laudere, meaning "to praise.” To laud someone is to glorify them, or to sing their praises, even if you’re not actually singing. Movie reviewers might laud Oscar-nominated films, and your high school principal might laud the class valedictorian at graduation.



syn. praise, glorify or honor



Pirro also lauded Trump’s efforts to stop illegal immigration and praise his fight against the Islamic State



The year’s other lauded newcomer, “SMILF,” prevails for its unapologetic, empathetic story about a single mom.




subtle (adj)

Something that is subtle is not obvious: a professional food taster might be able to perceive subtle differences of flavor that most people don't notice.



adj. difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze.


"his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change”



adj. able to make fine distinctions.


“a subtle mind”



While Eastern Washington currently isn’t as glitzy as Napa Valley, there’s a subtle beauty of changing colors and topography, particularly in the fall harvest season.



While points-based systems are designed to reduce racial bias, they reproduce this bias in more subtle ways.


blatantly (adv)

When you do something blatantly, you do it obviously, without trying to hide it. You might blatantly lie to your boss if you don't care about getting in trouble



Trump also made a habit of sharing racist and often blatantly false content on Twitter

blitzkrieg (adj)

a sudden attack that is intended to surprise and quickly defeat the enemy, involving aircraft and forces on the ground



Winning the game requires speed and sound blitzkrieg tactics.

perception (noun)

the ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through the senses."the normal limits to human perception"2.the way in which something is regarded, understood, or interpreted."Hollywood's perception of the tastes of the American public"

retrospective (adj)

Retrospective means looking back. An art exhibit that cover an artist's entire career is called a retrospective because it looks back at the work the artist has produced over many years


Retro- means back, -spect- means look (think: spectacles), so the word means literally 'a looking back.' Many people take a retrospective look at their lives on birthdays or on New Year's Eve to evaluate events and see how well they've met their goals. You could call the yearly evaluation you get from your boss a retrospective review of your work.



In 2005, the museum presented a retrospective of his work and a decade later, a show of his notebooks.

inferior (adj)

lower in rank, status, or quality."schooling in inner-city areas was inferior to that in the rest of the country"

depict (verb)

When you depict something, you draw a picture of it, describe it, or show what it looks like. So grab a crayon, a paint brush, or even an Etch-A-Sketch and start .



give a description of



synonyms: draw, describe, illustrate



He said films such as 1950’s “Broken Arrow” began to depict American Indians in a sympathetic light, allowing a more nuanced approach to the western.



This scene depicts country life



This stunning book features stories, poems, essays and artwork depicting what it is like to be an American Indian woman today


unkempt (adj)

Unkempt literally means “not combed,” but use it to describe anything with a sloppy appearance. Your hair probably looks unkempt when you roll out of bed in the morning. Keep it that way if you're going for the rock star look.


From the fusing of un- “not” with kempt “neat” comes the adjective unkempt. Kempt has fallen out of use, but unkempt persists as a popular word to describe anything unpolished, rough, or disorderly. Pig sties, the corrals where pigs live, are usually quite unkempt. That's why your mom keeps calling your messy, unkempt train wreck of a room a pig sty.



adj. not properly maintained or cared for“an unkempt garden”



not neatly combed“wild unkempt hair”



He was very hunched over, with unkempt clothes, hair and beard, and he was pulling a suitcase



Nepal is wild snd unkempt beauty

disperse (verb)

To make a crowd at a party disperse, you could take away the food, turn off the music and ask for volunteers to clean up. Disperse is to spread out people or things, making them move in different directions



syn: scatter, divide, spread out



The police dispersed the crowd

glutton (noun)

Do you like to eat and drink — I mean, really like to eat and drink? Then you might be a glutton.



n. a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess



This is when I became a reading glutton.


“I’m kind of a glutton with that, too. But mostly I drink wine.”

flatter (v)

verblavish praise and compliments on (someone), often insincerely and with the aim of furthering one's own interests."she was flattering him in order to avoid doing what he wanted"synonyms: compliment, praise, commend, admire, express admiration for, pay tribute to, say nice things about; Morecause (someone) to feel honoured and pleased."I was very flattered to be given the commission"synonyms: honour, gratify, please, give pleasure to, make someone pleased/glad, delight, gladden; informaltickle pink"I was flattered to be asked to join them"choose to believe something favourable about oneself, typically when this belief is unfounded."‘Don't flatter yourself! I wasn't doing it for your benefit!’"

jeopardize (verb)

Jeopardize means to put at risk or pose a threat. Jeopardize your career by posting silly pictures of yourself on Facebook. Jeopardize your friendships by posting silly pictures of your friends on Facebook.



v pose a threat to; present a danger toSynonyms:endanger, imperil, jeopardise, menace, peril, threatenType of:be, existhave an existence, be extantv put at riskSynonyms:adventure, hazard, stake, venture



The practice potentially jeopardizes the security of computer networks in at least a dozen federal agencies, U.S. lawmakers and security experts said.Type of:lay on the line, put on the line, riskexpose to a chance of loss or damage

reverberate (verb)

if you give a loud shout in a cavernous place, like a gym or a church, the sound of your voice will reverberate throughout the room. Reverberate means sound waves traveling back and forth, as in echo.



syn echo, reflect,



Those initial statements were already reverberating among many in the Mapuche community.

mitigated (adj)

Use the adjective mitigated to describe something that's been made less serious. If your friend gets a serious case of food poisoning, news of her mitigated symptoms will make you feel relieved



When something has lessened in intensity or seriousness, you can call it mitigated. If a judge decides on a mitigated sentence for your brother the car thief, it means he's not in quite as much trouble as he might have been, and you could say that hosting movie night at your house has mitigated, or reduced, the money you spend at the theater. The Latin root word, mitigatus, means make mild or gentle.



adj made less severe or intense“he gladly accepted the mitigated penalty”


Synonyms: alleviated, eased, relieved(of pain or sorrow) made easier to bear



The performance impact of the recent security updates should not be significant and will be mitigated over time, Intel said late on Thursday.

niche (noun)

A niche is a space that's all your own, from a literal corner or enclosure to some kind of professional specialty. Like finding a niche in the scented soaps market with peanut butter body wash and winning over a loyal, if not nutty, following.



a position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it“he found his niche in the academic world”



Baron Xi’an Kitchen + Bar is the sleek, new Chinese restaurant trying to find its niche on the Eastside.



jargon (noun)

Vocabulary.com DictionaryjargonJargon usually means the specialized language used by people in the same work or profession. Internet advertising jargon includes the terms "click throughs" and "page views."This noun can also refer to language that uses long sentences and hard words. If you say that someone's speech or writing is full of jargon, this means you don't approve of it and think it should be simplified. In Middle English, this word referred to chattering, so its origin is probably imitative: it echoes the sound of chatter or meaningless words.



noun: specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject



They named the condition with medical jargon: clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential.

subsume (verb)

Subsume means to absorb or include. A successful company might subsume a failing competitor through a merger, or love may subsume you in the early stages of a romance.Subsume is a verb that comes from the Latin words sub, which means “from below,” and sumere, which means “take.” So subsume means “to take from below,” like a sneak attack by some kind of deep-sea creature.



“This new system subsumes the old one”Type of: include



Some of this beautiful landscape known for vineyards and beach views was subsumed in a mushroom cloud.



He moved the company west to California in 1972, where it would decades later become subsumed into the multinational media conglomerations.

astute (adj)

Someone who is astute is clever and has good judgment. The kid running around with a bucket stuck on his head? Not so astute.



Astute (from Latin) is a formal and flattering adjective for someone with a good head on their shoulders.



marked by practical hardheaded intelligence“an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease”



The Abbeville Court’s observation about administrative costs being disproportionate to school district size remains both accurate and astute.

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lumpy (adj)

Lumpy things are uneven and full of bumps or chunks. While lumpy oatmeal might be good, a lumpy mattress can make it impossible to get a good night's sleep.



It's easier to play a game of croquet on a smooth lawn, rather than a lumpy field full of bumps and holes. And you may find a silky bowl of chocolate pudding delicious, but be disgusted by the texture of a lumpy serving of tapioca pudding.



The stew was lumpy with the thickening flour.


Alone, on his lumpy mattress, he thought of death – not his own, but his son’s.



discernible (adj)

Discernible means noticeable. If your extra hours training are having no discernible influence on your basketball game, it means your game has not changed.



You can use discernible in two senses. First, you can use it to describe something you physically see: Because the sky was so clear, the ship was discernible from miles off. You can also use it to describe something you sense or understand: When your younger brother told he was sorry he broke your baseball bat, the truth was discernible in his voice.



adj. capable of being seen or noticed“a discernible change in attitude”



The Olfatrix smell tower in the corner was capable of generating over two thousand discernible odors.



verb. discern



it is hard to discern how Mr. Cooper views his job, or his relationship with a hard to control chief executive, beyond a sense of duty.

lingua franca (noun)

A region usually adopts a lingua franca, or common language, when its inhabitants speak many different languages or dialects.



India, a country in which people speak hundreds of different languages, chose Hindi in the 1950s to be its lingua franca so that citizens would be able to communicate with each other.



noun:


a common language used by speakers of different languages



The lingua franca of the international world of tennis is, naturally, English, but that doesn’t mean things don’t get lost in translation.

pervasively (adv) / pervasive (noun)

When something is pervasive, it's everywhere. Common things are pervasive — like greed and cheap perfume.



Ever notice how certain trends seem to spread all over the place? When something — like a hairstyle — is super-common, it's pervasive. Pervasive things can't be escaped. Playing video games is pervasive among kids. Talking about the weather is pervasive among adults. Ideas, diseases, habits, and all sorts of things can be pervasive. If you're sick of seeing something because you're seeing it again and again, it must be pervasive.



syn: notable



First, and most pervasive, is the role of religion, which dominates the work of outliers through much of the show



“the pervasive odor of garlic”



The results also provide some new insights into how exercise pervasively affects our metabolisms, Dr. Whitham says.



au fait (adj)

To be au fait is to be up-to-date and well-acquainted with something. When you’re au fait, you know something well.



This French term, which means “to the fact,” apples to those things you know plenty of facts about, especially current facts. A doctor should be au fait with medical advances. A quarterback should be au fait with different team’s defenses. This word has to do with current knowledge. If you haven’t watch a TV show for years, you’re not au fait with it. Being au fait is like being abreast, au courant, or up on.



"Kids are very au fait today with social media and all of that, so this is a way forward."

intrepid (adj)

Intrepid is just a fancy word for describing a person or action that is bold and brave. Super heroes are intrepid in their struggle for truth, justice and the American way.



Some synonyms are fearless, courageous, dauntless, or valiant, but the word intrepid suggests a lack of fear in dealing with something new or unknown. This adjective comes from Latin intrepidus, formed from the prefix in- "not" plus trepidus "alarmed."



adj. invulnerable to fear or intimidation



Synonyms: audacious, brave, dauntless, fearless, hardy, unfearing



His supporters would later depict Garza as an intrepid officer who possibly saved a woman and three children.

Tantrum (noun)

A tantrum is a short-lived fit of frustration. Kids have them. Politicians have them. Reality show stars have them. I bet even you have had one!



To understand what tantrum means, stake out a supermarket and observe parents with toddlers. Soon, you will see a small child, incapable of expressing the complexities of why he or she really needs a lollipop, erupt into a full-blown tantrum. When people explode into tantrums, they no longer seem able to control their impulses. (I can’t have that lollipop or that place on the island? Well, I’m going to FREAK OUT!) Even the most mature of us are susceptible to tantrums when we are tired, hungry or discouraged.



noun: a display of bad temper



Many people interested in parrots don’t realize — until it’s too late and they’ve become owners — that the birds cry for attention and throw tantrums like a toddler.




House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, the Bakersfield Republican, accused Democrats of holding a “tantrum” because they did not get what they wanted in the House bill.