A.Word.A.Day --camarilla
A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg On my morning walk, I came across an old table and some chairs on the sidewalk. A sign was taped to the furniture: My Spanish vocabulary isn't as extensive as I'd like it to be, but something about the sign didn't sound right. LIBRE reminded me of liberty and I felt this wasn't the meaning the homeowner had intended. But I believe we must give the other person the benefit of the doubt, so my interpretation is that the furniture is not only FREE (as in free beer), but also FREE (as in freedom). But you don't have to know Spanish to understand (some) Spanish. This week we'll see five other words borrowed from Spanish that may not be as common. camarilla (kam-uh-RIL-uh, Spanish: kah-mah-REE-yah) noun: A group of confidential scheming advisers. From Spanish, diminutive of cámara (chamber), from Latin camera (room), from Greek kamara (an object with an arched cover). See more usage examples of camarilla in Vocabulary.com's dictionary.
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A.Word.A.Day --harbinger
Jul 28, 2014 This week's theme Words that have changed with time This week's wordsharbingerobsequiousrestivegarblepabulum Add your 2 cents to our discussion on language and words. Or, if you wish, use paise, pence, yen, pesos, piasters, etc. A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg The linguist Ferdinand de Saussure once said, "Time changes all things: there is no reason why language should escape this universal law." A living language, just like humans, adapts with time. This week we'll see a few more words that ain't what they used to be. harbinger (HAHR-bin-juhr) noun: One that foreshadows the approach of something.verb tr.: To signal the arrival of something. Originally, a harbinger was a host, a person who provided lodging. "It is hard to elude the suspicion that it is a harbinger of further things to come." See more usage examples of harbinger in Vocabulary.com's dictionary. We are social creatures to the inmost centre of our being.
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A.Word.A.Day --presentiment
A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg Why do you like to learn new words? For some, it's the joy of discovering new and unusual specimens in the language and the stories behind them. Sometimes readers write to say, "I'll never have a chance to use these words!" Still, we take the point. This week we'll offer you five such practical words. presentiment (pri-ZEN-tuh-ment) noun: A sense that something is going to happen, especially something bad. From French pressentiment (premonition), from pressentir (to have a premonition), from Latin pre- (before) + sentire (to feel). "That the reader has a presentiment of what will happen doesn't necessarily impoverish its affecting mystery." See more usage examples of presentiment in Vocabulary.com's dictionary. The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible.
