Category Archives: Vocabulary

Word of the Day.

effulgence

Posted on March 8, 2017 by Ron

PRONUNCIATION: (i-FUL-juhn(t)s) http://wordsmith.org/words/effulgence.mp3 MEANING: (noun) The state of being bright and radiant; splendor; brilliance. (adjective) effulgent. USAGE: When can one stop using it?At times, you many use kamagra, and you notice that you have faster heart beats, you are sweating … Continue reading →

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NiFi

Posted on August 17, 2016 by Ron

PRONUNCIATION: (ni-fi) http://wordsmith.org/words/NiFi.mp3 MEANING: (noun) NiFi is a system of enhancing data through filtering with the help of point source security. It was developed by the National Security Agency to enhance and boost the underlying capacities of the host system … Continue reading →

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Thoughts for the Day

Posted on July 19, 2016 by Ron

Today in History (July 19th) 1814: Birthdays: American firearms inventor Samuel Colt. 1834: Birthdays: French painter Edgar Degas. 1848: Bloomers, a radical departure in women’s clothing, were introduced to the first women’s rights convention in Seneca Falls, N.Y. They were … Continue reading →

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Thoughts for the Day

Posted on July 9, 2016 by Ron

Today in History (July 9th): 1819: Birthdays: Elias Howe, inventor of the sewing machine. 1850: U.S. President Zachary Taylor died suddenly of cholera. He was succeeded by Millard Fillmore. 1868: The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, guaranteeing … Continue reading →

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Thoughts for the Day

Posted on June 23, 2016 by Ron

Today in History (June 23rd): 1763: Birthdays: French Empress Josephine, wife of Napoleon. 1845: The Congress of the Republic of Texas agreed to annexation by the United States. 1865: The last Confederate holdouts formally surrendered in the Oklahoma Territory. 1888: … Continue reading →

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Thoughts for the Day

Posted on May 23, 2016 by Ron

Today in History (May 23rd): Dilbert 1618: The Second Defenestration of Prague helped to instiage the Thirty Years’ War. 1701: Capt. William Kidd was hanged in London for piracy and murder. 1707: Birthdays: Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus, the father of … Continue reading →

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Thoughts for the Day

Posted on October 27, 2015 by Ron

Today in History (October 27th): 1659: William Robinson and Marmaduke Stevenson, two Quakers who left England in 1656 to escape religious persecution, were executed in the Massachusetts Bay Colony for their outlawed religious beliefs. 1682: The city of Philadelphia was … Continue reading →

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Pax Romana

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Ron

PRONUNCIATION: (PAKS ro-MAH-nuh) http://wordsmith.org/words/Pax_Romana.mp3 MEANING: (noun) 1) A peace imposed by a powerful state on a weaker or vanquished state. 2) An uneasy peace. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin, literally Roman peace. After the state of peace during the life of the … Continue reading →

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Hogen-Mogen

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Ron

PRONUNCIATION: (HOH-guhn-moh-guhn) http://wordsmith.org/words/hogen-mogen.mp3 MEANING: (noun) A person having or affecting high power. (adjective) Powerful; grand. ETYMOLOGY: From Dutch hoogmogend (all powerful), from Hooge en Mogende (high and mighty), honorific for addressing States General (legislature) of the Netherlands. Earliest documented use: … Continue reading →

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Vocabulary (October 19th)

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Ron

The Medieval Latin word for a bell was “clocca.” So when a device was invented that rang a bell every hour, English speakers called it a “clock.” And when they noticed that a loose outer garment resembled a bell in … Continue reading →

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