Opulence 1100 Words You Need Opulence 1100 Words You Need /ˈɒpjʊl(ə)ns,ˈɒpjʊləns/ (noun) wealth and riches, affluence, luxury, sumptuousness, prosperity, lavishness, abundance, fortune, so much money Opulence is much more than a collection of assets. It’s a journey fueled by vision, passion, courage and drive, on a constant quest to shift horizons. To reach emotional fulfillment…
Indoctrinate 1100 Words You Need Indoctrinate 1100 Words You Need /ɪnˈdɒktrɪneɪt/ (verb) to teach certain principles, to teach someone or a group of people to accept a set of beliefs uncritically or unconditionally, instill, instruct, program, train, coach, brainwash, propagandize Indoctrination is a large and important issue in (not only moral) education. It is considered…
The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe Available in the public domain at: https://www.gutenberg.org/ TRUE!-NERVOUS–very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am! but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses–not destroyed–not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven…
Scion 1100 Words You Need Scion 1100 Words You Need /ˈsaɪ.ən/ (noun) a young member or child of a rich and famous family, offspring, progeny, younger member of family, last issue, child, heir, descendant, son, daughter, chip off the old block Overall, America’s rich just keep getting richer — thanks in large part to Internet…
Take the wind out of someone’s sails Take the wind out of someone’s sails to frustrate someone by unexpectedly shocking them, make someone feel less confident, belittle, put someone down, humiliate, deflate, devalue, look down on At the same time, I recognize that because leadership is hard and can be personally risky, it is not…
The Little Match Girl The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen Most terribly cold it was; it snowed, and was nearly quite dark, and evening– the last evening of the year. In this cold and darkness there went along the street a poor little girl, bareheaded, and with naked feet. When she left home…
احساس Meaning in Farsi احساس Meaning in Farsi /ehsās’/ (noun) Watch this video on YouTube English: feeling, perception, sense Farsi: حس کردن، درک، دریافتن Verb: احساس کردن Examples: .پویا نسبت به قبولی در امتحان احساس خوبی نداشت Pouya did not feel good about passing the exam. .نسرین بعد از تصادف احساس درد شدیدی در کمرش…
Lugubrious 1100 Words You Need /luːˈguː.bri.əs/ (adj) sad and depressed, morose, gloomy, mournful, melancholic, somber, doleful, miserable, cheerless, wretched, dismal, downbeat, depressing No such consideration can excuse my difficulty with “lugubrious.” I do recall when I first saw that one. A classmate in high school wrote in my yearbook “The vicissitudes of life are very…
Maudlin 1100 Words You Need Maudlin 1100 Words You Need /ˈmɔːd.lɪn/ (adj) overemotional and sentimental, tearfully sentimental, feeling sad, self-pitying, weepy, tearful, moody, delicate, touchy: She began to busy herself with getting dinner ready. Staring out the window, her mind drifting as she peeled potatoes. She looked at what she had and grabbed a couple…
The Bet by Anton Chekhov The Bet by Anton Chekhov IT WAS a dark autumn night. The old banker was walking up and down his study and remembering how, fifteen years before, he had given a party one autumn evening. There had been many clever men there, and there had been interesting conversations. Among other…