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Word of the Day – Virgin

  • Noun:  Virgin
    1. a person who has never had sexual intercourse
    2. a person who is naive, innocent, or inexperienced, especially in a particular context.    “a political virgin”
    3. Entomology – a female insect that produces eggs without being fertilized.
  • Adjective:
    1. being, relating to, or appropriate for a virgin.    “his virgin bride”
    2. not yet touched, used, or exploited. “a virgin forest”
  •  Synonyms:
    1. chaste
    2. virginal
    3. celibate
    4. abstinent
    5. unused
    6. untouched
    7. innocent
  • Usage:
    1. “My soul flits away into the virgin forests and to the savannas. All is beautiful.” ~~ from Les Miserable by Victor Hugo
  • Encountered:
    1. I used the word at work in the sense of being inexperienced; “I was a virgin at picking at people until Chris taught me how.”  They ran away from me like I had said something pornographic.

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Word of the Day – Redoubt

  • Noun:  Redoubt
    1. a temporary or supplementary fortification, typically square or polygonal and without flanking defenses.
    2. a defended position :  protective barrier
    3. a secure retreat
  •  Synonyms:
    1. bastion
    2. barrier
    3. defense
    4. stronghold
  • Usage:
    1. “The battery, which, if completed, would have been almost a redoubt, was ranged behind a very low garden wall, backed up with a coating of bags of sand and a large slope of earth. This work was not finished; there had been no time to make a palisade for it. “
  • Encountered:
    1.  While reading Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

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Word of the Day – Provenance

Provenance

  • Noun:
    1. the place of origin or earliest known history of something.
    2. a record of ownership of a work of art or an antique, used as a guide to authenticity or quality.
  • Synonyms:
    1. origin
    2. source
    3. derivation
  • Usage:
    1.  He wondered about the provenance of the tomahawk embedded in the skull he had just excavated.

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Word of the Day – Pedagogy

Pedagogy

  • Noun:
    1. the method and practice of teaching, especially as an academic subject or theoretical concept.
    2. the function or work of a teacher; teaching.
  • Synonyms:
    1. coaching
    2. erudition
    3. tutelage
  • Usage:
    1. The trailer suggests that Whiplash is a film about an abusive teacher, who terrorizes students into stretching for their talent, always wondering if the pedagogy is worth the trauma..
  • Encountered:
    1. Listening to a movie review for Whiplash on KDHX

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