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Words of The Day

At each Toastmasters meeting, our club includes a "word of the day" as part of its agenda. The purpose of the Word of the Day is for all members to learn a new word, apply it during the meeting, and hopefully retain it for future use.

This list is a compilation of all "words of the day".  It is provided here so that members may refresh their memories from time to time, or to be sure not to present a word that has previously been used.

Last Word of the Day: Avant-Garde

tete-a-tete

noun

1. A private conversation between two people.
2. A short sofa intended to accommodate two persons.

Tete-a-tete comes from the French, literally "head-to-head."

inculcate

verb
1. to implant by repeated statement or admonition; teach persistently and earnestly (usually fol. by upon or in): to inculcate virtue in the young.
2. to cause or influence (someone) to accept an idea or feeling (usually fol. by with): Socrates inculcated his pupils with the love of truth.

efficacious

adjective

1. capable of having the desired result or effect; effective as a means, measure, remedy, etc.: The medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough.

parity

noun

1. equality, as in amount, status, or character.

2. equivalence; correspondence; similarity; analogy

3. Finance. a.equivalence in value in the currency of another country

                  b.equivalence in value at a fixed ratio between moneys of different metals

Fear

noun

1. a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid.

2. specific instance of or propensity for such a feeling: an abnormal fear of heights.

3. concern or anxiety; solicitude: a fear for someone's safety.

Tantalize

verb

To torment with, or as if with, the sight of something desired but out of reach; tease by arousing expectations that are repeatedly disappointed.

vivacity 

noun

1. "vital force, liveliness," from vivax (gen. vivacis) "lively,"
2. "long-lived," from vivere "to live"

Avant-Garde

noun
1. the advance group in any field, esp. in the visual, literary, or musical arts, whose works are characterized chiefly by unorthodox and experimental methods

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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