I’ve heard so many new words this weekend so some useful definitions in thread
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇" title="Down pointing backhand index" aria-label="Emoji: Down pointing backhand index">via Oxford English Dictionary app, only for 4+ age!
truth
truth /truːθ /
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="▶️" title="Right-pointing triangle" aria-label="Emoji: Right-pointing triangle"> noun
(plural truths /truːðz, truːθs/)
[mass noun] the quality or state of being true:
he had to accept the truth of her accusation.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="▶️" title="Right-pointing triangle" aria-label="Emoji: Right-pointing triangle"> (also the truth) that which is true or in accordance with fact or reality:
truth /truːθ /
(plural truths /truːðz, truːθs/)
[mass noun] the quality or state of being true:
he had to accept the truth of her accusation.
obfuscate /ˈɒbfʌskeɪt /
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="▶️" title="Right-pointing triangle" aria-label="Emoji: Right-pointing triangle">verb [with object] make obscure, unclear, or unintelligible:
the spelling changes will deform some familiar words and obfuscate their etymological origins.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="▶️" title="Right-pointing triangle" aria-label="Emoji: Right-pointing triangle">bewilder (someone):
the new rule is more likely to obfuscate people than enlighten them.
the spelling changes will deform some familiar words and obfuscate their etymological origins.
the new rule is more likely to obfuscate people than enlighten them.
evade /ɪˈveɪd /
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="▶️" title="Right-pointing triangle" aria-label="Emoji: Right-pointing triangle">verb [with object] escape or avoid (someone or something), especially by guile or trickery:
friends helped him to evade capture for a time.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="▶️" title="Right-pointing triangle" aria-label="Emoji: Right-pointing triangle">avoid giving a direct answer to (a question):
he denied evading the question.
friends helped him to evade capture for a time.
he denied evading the question.
mendacious /mɛnˈdeɪʃəs /
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="▶️" title="Right-pointing triangle" aria-label="Emoji: Right-pointing triangle">adjective not telling the truth; lying:
mendacious propaganda.
– DERIVATIVES
mendaciously adverb
mendaciousness noun
– ORIGIN early 17th century : from Latin mendax, mendac- ‘lying’ (related to mendum ‘fault’) + -ious.
mendacious propaganda.
– DERIVATIVES
mendaciously adverb
mendaciousness noun
– ORIGIN early 17th century : from Latin mendax, mendac- ‘lying’ (related to mendum ‘fault’) + -ious.
lie(2) /lʌɪ /
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="▶️" title="Right-pointing triangle" aria-label="Emoji: Right-pointing triangle"> noun an intentionally false statement:
they hint rather than tell outright lies
the whole thing is a pack of lies.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="▶️" title="Right-pointing triangle" aria-label="Emoji: Right-pointing triangle"> used with reference to a situation involving deception or founded on a mistaken impression:
all their married life she had been living a lie.
they hint rather than tell outright lies
the whole thing is a pack of lies.
all their married life she had been living a lie.
bastard /ˈbɑːstəd, ˈbastəd/
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="▶️" title="Right-pointing triangle" aria-label="Emoji: Right-pointing triangle"> noun
1-informal an unpleasant or despicable person:
he lied to me, the bastard!
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="▶️" title="Right-pointing triangle" aria-label="Emoji: Right-pointing triangle"> British informal a difficult or awkward undertaking, situation, or device:
it& #39;s been a bastard of a week.
2-archaic or derogatory a person
1-informal an unpleasant or despicable person:
he lied to me, the bastard!
it& #39;s been a bastard of a week.
2-archaic or derogatory a person