by Dwane | Feb 24, 2015 | English, Latin, Vocabulary
Acuity: sharpness of thought, vision, or hearing. The ability to think accurately and clearly. Penetrating intelligence. Acuity is insight, perception, sagacity, or astuteness. Pronunciation: Acuity We often use this word in the phrase “mental acuity.” In idiomatic...
by Dwane | Feb 23, 2015 | Education, English, Latin, Vocabulary
Acute Oh, man. There are so many definitions for this word. Here we go… 1. Sharp at the end. An acute angle in geometry, is one which is less than a right angle, or less than ninety degrees. An acute angled triangle is one whose three angles are all acute,...
by Dwane | Feb 23, 2015 | Education, English, Greek, Vocabulary
Exodus: a mass departure. Exodus is also is the name of the second book of the Bible, which, of course, describes a mass departure. Sick of lousy working conditions, the Hebrews head for the beach. Exodus comes from the Greek ἔξοδος, pronounced éksodos, which further...
by Dwane | Feb 21, 2015 | Education, English, Latin, Vocabulary
Dozen: The number twelve of things of a like kind; as a dozen of eggs. Dozen comes from Old French dozaine, meaning: a dozen. Dozaine derives from and earlier word doze, meaning: twelve. Doze is from Latin word for twelve, duodecim. Duodecim is a combination of duo:...
by Dwane | Feb 21, 2015 | Greek, Vocabulary
Parable: A story in which a lesson is expressed in terms of something else. A story illustrating a lesson using analogy. A short story that teaches a lesson. A simple story illustrating a moral or religious lesson. Parable comes from a combination of two Greek...
by Dwane | Feb 21, 2015 | Education, English, Greek, Latin, Vocabulary
Some time ago, my interest in Latin took a sharp turn. Actually, I ran of the road. Instead of studying Latin, instead of reading books in Latin, instead of reading books about Latin… I started tracking down the English words that had come from Latin. On...
