Decadence 1100 Words You Need Decadence 1100 Words You Need /ˈdek.ə.dənts/ (noun) low moral standards and behavior, a state of decline in civilization and moral standards in a society, immorality, corruption, depravity, self-indulgence, dissolution, profligacy, dissipation, indecency The word decadence, which at first meant simply “decline” in an abstract sense, is now most often used…
Supplication 1100 Words You Need Supplication 1100 Words You Need /ˌsʌp.lɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ (noun) asking for help from a person in authority or from God, appeal made to someone in authority, addressing of requests, entreaty, petition, plea, prayer, solicitation, application Prayer and supplication are closely related and interconnected as they are both forms of reverence and invocation…
Ponder 1100 Words You Need Ponder 1100 Words You Need /ˈpɒndə/ (verb) to think about something very carefully, reflect on / upon, speculate, consider, deem, think over, contemplate, deliberate, weigh up, meditate over, ruminate In chapter 19 of the last work he ever completed, Bastiat pondered on the nature of war and who benefits from…
Araby by James Joyce Araby by James Joyce North Richmond Street, being blind, was a quiet street except at the hour when the Christian Brothers’ School set the boys free. An uninhabited house of two storeys stood at the blind end, detached from its neighbours in a square ground. The other houses of the street,…
Destitution 1100 Words You Need Destitution 1100 Words You Need /ˌdɛstɪˈtʃuːʃn,ˌdɛstɪˈtjuːʃn/ (noun) extreme poverty, deprivation, lacking the necessary means of subsistence, penury, hardship, need, impoverishment, insolvency, privation, indigence, misery UK asylum policy has increasingly restricted asylum seekers‟ access to welfare support, both while their application is being processed and if they are refused. Over recent…
Lush 1100 Words You Need Lush 1100 Words You Need /lʌʃ/ (adj) (especially of plants and vegetables): growing vigorously and luxuriantly, verdant, abundant, thriving, prolific, fertile, blossoming, leafy, grassy, blooming lavish, luxurious, opulent, profligate, sumptuous, deluxe, upmarket, rich Eliza paused. Her only link? What of the other items that had been stolen? Likely they were…
Two Strings to One’s Bow Two Strings to One’s Bow two or more ways to achieve success or a particular task, increasing the likelihood of achieving something through more than one method or way The salesman had both a real and an online store to sell his products to all potential customers. In other words,…
Fulsome 1100 Words You Need Fulsome 1100 Words You Need /ˈfʊls(ə)m/ (adj) excessive, too extreme, insincere, excessively complimentary, flattering, immoderate, sycophantic, obsequious, lavish, overgenerous, fawning Fulsome has a useful meaning as insincerely gushing, cloying and annoyingly excessive. I’ve written here in the past that this meaning is under siege. Now I’d say it’s on life…
The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one’s cheeks burned…
Obsequious 1100 Words You Need Obsequious 1100 Words You Need /əbˈsiːkwɪəs/ (adj) extremely eager to please or obey others, submissive, obedient, servile, seeking favor, fawning, sycophantic, flattering, compliant, deferential There is a difference between being self-disciplined and being obedient or obsequious. The intent of completing an act varies from a self-disciplined child and one who…