Noun > Piffling As you breathe out, make a dismissive sound with your lips like “ppfff.” It’s a sound that says, “Whatever,” or “That’s dumb,” or “That doesn’t matter.” It’s the sound people probably had in mind when they started Read More …
Noun > Piffling As you breathe out, make a dismissive sound with your lips like “ppfff.” It’s a sound that says, “Whatever,” or “That’s dumb,” or “That doesn’t matter.” It’s the sound people probably had in mind when they started Read More …
(no object) informal to spend more money than usual on something for yourself You should let yourself splurge once in a while. — often + on We decided to splurge on a bottle of good wine for dinner. — splurge Read More …
(count) 1 : an official paper that gives information about something or that is used as proof of something It is important to keep all of your financial documents in a safe place. legal/official/historical documents An important classified document has Read More …
We can trace this word back to the Greek nomas, meaning “roving” or “wandering.” A nomad is a person with no permanent home who lives by roaming from place to place. So, nomadic people live by roaming from place to Read More …
Today we’ll focus on mistakes with adjectives and adverbs. The first one involves the word “enough”: ERROR #1 Don’t say: This box isn’t enough big for all the books. Say: This box isn’t big enough for all the books. Enough Read More …
This word has Latin roots that literally mean “bad-wishing.” Malevolent people and things are evil or harmful toward others. Pronunciation: muh LEV uh lunt Part of speech: Adjective: “malevolent hackers,” “the presence they sensed was malevolent.” Other forms: malevolence, malevolently Read More …