by Dwane | Aug 19, 2014 | Education, English, Latin, Vocabulary
Abnormal: not typical, something out of the ordinary. Don’t get this word confused with its positive equivalent, exceptional. If you are abnormal, you are exceptional… in a worrisome sort of way. Abnormal has an interesting derivation. Ab, of course, means...
by Dwane | Jul 22, 2014 | English, Latin, Vocabulary
Abdicate [ab: away + dicare: to dedicate, consecrate, or set apart] The literal meaning of abdicate is: to set oneself away from something. The dictionary definitions do not deviate far from the literal meaning. Abdicate: To relinquish; to renounce; to abandon; to...
