by Dwane | Mar 9, 2015 | Education, English, Latin, Vocabulary
Admit: to allow to enter. There are so many definitions and so many variations of this word, it is probably best to begin with the etymology. Admit comes from the Latin verb admitto, which also has many definitions. Admitto means: to urge on to spur to a gallop to...
by Dwane | Mar 7, 2015 | Education, English, Latin, Vocabulary
Admonish: To warn or notify of a fault; to reprove with mildness, to reprove without harshness. Admonish can also mean: To counsel against wrong practices; to caution or advise. To instruct or direct. The English word derives from the French admonester, which came...
by Dwane | Mar 5, 2015 | Ebook, Education, English, Latin, Vocabulary
Adjective: In grammar, a word used with a noun, to express the quality of the noun. An adjective gives attributes to the noun. It limits, defines, or specifies the noun. Thus, in the phrase, a wise ruler, wise is the adjective. I am sorry. If you are an...
by Dwane | Mar 4, 2015 | Ebook, English, Latin, Vocabulary
Adhere: to stick to. This is the primary meaning. For example: The stamp adheres to the envelope. (If you are under 20 years of age, look it up.) There are several other meanings for adhere. Adhere also means, to be joined. Figuratively, the word means, to hold...
by Dwane | Mar 3, 2015 | Ebook, Education, English, Latin, Vocabulary
Adequate: sufficient; equal to the requirement, okay, passable, satisfactory, mediocre. Though it not longer carries this meaning in English, adequate once meant to equalize. The old meaning is closer to its Latin roots. In Latin the preposition ad means, to or...
