Words of the day (20/2/2015)

VOCABULARY

FOIBLE (NOUN)

Definition: a strange habit or characteristic that is seen as not important and not harming anyone:

Example:

- We all have our little foibles.

SOPORIFIC (ADJECTIVE)/SOPORIFICALLY (ADVERB)

Definition: causing sleep or making a person want to sleep:

Example;

- the soporific effect of the heat.

LIBERATING (ADJECTIVE)

Definition: making you feel free and able to behave as you like:

Example;

- Taking all your clothes off can be a very liberating experience. 

LIBERTY (NOUN)- Freedom

Definition: 1. (formal) the freedom to live as you wish or go where you want:

Example:

- For most citizens, liberty means the freedom to practise their religious or political beliefs.

- Hundreds of political prisoners are to be given their liberty (= released from prison).

- Of the ten men who escaped this morning from Dartmoor Prison, only two are still at liberty (= free or not yet caught).

Be at liberty to do sth

Definition: to be allowed to do something:

Example:

- I'm not at liberty to reveal any names.

Liberties [plural] formal

Definition:  freedom to live as you wish or go where you want:

Example:

- These laws will restrict our ancient rights and liberties.

PLURALISTIC (ADJECTIVE)

Definition: including or considering many different types of people, with different beliefs, opinions, and needs:

Example:

- A pluralistic society allows its members to express their beliefs freely.

- We need to take a pluralistic approach to education.

PLURALIST (NOUN)

Definition: a person who believes that the existence of different types of people, beliefs, and opinions within a society is a good thing.