is read as \OB-si-kwee\ which means funeral rites
The word usually appears in plural form...obsequies \OB-si-kwiz\!
I have attended a few obsequies in my life though mostly the Christian way. I only heard how they are done the Islam way. Other than these, I knew nothing else about obsequies.
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Opprobrious
\uh-PRO-bree-uhs\ means outrageously disgraceful or shameful
Related terms: ignominious, despicable, contemptible
Example1: It is considered to be opprobrious to bear a child out of wedlock.
Example2: I am telling you, my in-laws are outrageously despicable. I never thought I am capable of loathing somebody but after what they have done to me...phew! They are dead to me!
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Related terms: ignominious, despicable, contemptible
Example1: It is considered to be opprobrious to bear a child out of wedlock.
Example2: I am telling you, my in-laws are outrageously despicable. I never thought I am capable of loathing somebody but after what they have done to me...phew! They are dead to me!
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Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Ostentatious
\os-ten-TEY-shuh
s\ means actions, manner, qualities exhibited, etc intended to attract notice OR a pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others.
Boasting is the act of making an ostentatious speech which has also been studied by an evolutionary psychologist, Robert Wright.
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Boasting is the act of making an ostentatious speech which has also been studied by an evolutionary psychologist, Robert Wright.
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Monday, July 5, 2010
Obfuscate
Pronounced as \OB-fuh-skeyt, ob-FUHS-keyt\ meaning....
-----verb (used with object) 1. to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy
-----------------------------------2. to make obscure or unclear
-----------------------------------3. to darken
Example: The president deliberately obfuscate his statement about graft and corruption.
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-----verb (used with object) 1. to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy
-----------------------------------2. to make obscure or unclear
-----------------------------------3. to darken
Example: The president deliberately obfuscate his statement about graft and corruption.
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Sunday, June 27, 2010
Oneiric
\oh-NY-rik\.... of, pertaining to, or suggestive of dreams; dreamy
Everyone seems to like oneiric images which he/she often times wants to be interpreted with the help of a book about dreams. I, too, was once fond of dream interpretations though I never put any weight to whatever meaning the book says. Hehe!
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Everyone seems to like oneiric images which he/she often times wants to be interpreted with the help of a book about dreams. I, too, was once fond of dream interpretations though I never put any weight to whatever meaning the book says. Hehe!
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