Word of The DayWord of The Dayhttp://www.ourlittlebooks.com/word-of-the-day/2012-05-26T10:00:07ZSquarespaceWord of the Day - Virtue 05/26/12http://www.ourlittlebooks.com/word-of-the-day/2012/5/26/word-of-the-day-virtue-052612.htmlolbooks2012-05-26T10:00:07Z2012-05-26T10:00:07Z**Word of the Day- Virtue (n)- 1)Goodness; moral excellence; righteousness.  “Even though people sometimes were mean to him, he felt that basically, people were filled with virtue.”

2) By reason of; on the grounds of. “By virtue of his relationship with the owner’s daughter, he was able to secure a job at the company.”

3) Chastity. “She managed to get through high school with her virtue still intact.”

]]>Word of the Day - Nefarious 05/25/12http://www.ourlittlebooks.com/word-of-the-day/2012/5/25/word-of-the-day-nefarious-052512.htmlolbooks2012-05-25T10:00:41Z2012-05-25T10:00:41Z**Word of the Day- Nefarious (adj)- Wicked; evil; criminal; sinful; villainous.

“Within the Facebook community, there are some who will dissimulate information about themselves or organization in order to gain the confidence of vulnerable people for nefarious purposes.”

]]>Word of the Day - Juxtapose 05/24/12http://www.ourlittlebooks.com/word-of-the-day/2012/5/24/word-of-the-day-juxtapose-052412.htmlolbooks2012-05-24T10:00:14Z2012-05-24T10:00:14Z**Word of the Day- Juxtapose (v)- To put something side by side in order to compare or contrast.

“On her birthday, she always juxtaposed her past year accomplishments with her plans for her next year’s successes in order to plan her next year.”

]]>Word of the Day - Soporific 05/23/12http://www.ourlittlebooks.com/word-of-the-day/2012/5/23/word-of-the-day-soporific-052312.htmlolbooks2012-05-23T10:00:48Z2012-05-23T10:00:48Z**Word of the Day- Soporific (adj)- 1) Inducing sleep. “Unfortunately, he was known for his soporific sermons, so people tending to leave after the service but before his sermon.”

2) Sleepy; drowsy. “He was in such a soporific state, that he had to force himself to keep awake so not to drive off the road.”

]]>Word of the Day - Stultify 05/22/12http://www.ourlittlebooks.com/word-of-the-day/2012/5/22/word-of-the-day-stultify-052212.htmlolbooks2012-05-22T10:00:12Z2012-05-22T10:00:12Z**Word of the Day- Stultify (v)- 1) Cause to appear foolish, stupid absurd or inconsistent; make fun of. “The reviewer really stultified her recent novel.”

2) Make useless; make worthless; cripple. “The new law totally stultified all their hard work in getting the proposition passed.”

]]>Word of the Day - Shenanigan 05/21/12http://www.ourlittlebooks.com/word-of-the-day/2012/5/21/word-of-the-day-shenanigan-052112.htmlolbooks2012-05-21T10:00:12Z2012-05-21T10:00:12Z**Word of the Day- Shenanigan (n)- Prank; deceitful trick; mischief; deception.

“Luckily his shenanigans did not rise to the level of duplicitous acts, so he was just warned rather than actually let go.”

]]>Word of the Day - Dissimulate 05/20/12http://www.ourlittlebooks.com/word-of-the-day/2012/5/20/word-of-the-day-dissimulate-052012.htmlolbooks2012-05-20T10:00:53Z2012-05-20T10:00:53Z**Word of the Day- Dissimulate (v)- To conceal or disguise one’s true intentions or feelings.

“It was clear that his was dissimulating his feelings for the older woman in order to gain her hand, and her money, in marriage.”

]]>Word of the Day - Duplicity 05/19/12http://www.ourlittlebooks.com/word-of-the-day/2012/5/19/word-of-the-day-duplicity-051912.htmlolbooks2012-05-19T10:00:07Z2012-05-19T10:00:07Z**Word of the Day- Duplicity (n)- Deliberate deception; acting in bad faith; double-dealing; fraud.

“Because of the clear duplicity involved by one party, the entire deal was called off.”

]]>Word of the Day - Perfidy 05/18/12http://www.ourlittlebooks.com/word-of-the-day/2012/5/18/word-of-the-day-perfidy-051812.htmlolbooks2012-05-18T10:00:20Z2012-05-18T10:00:20Z**Word of the Day- Perfidy (n)- A breach or betrayal of trust or faith done deliberately.

“She was hurt to the bone by his outright perfidy as she had really trusted him.”

]]>Word of the Day - Archipelago 05/17/12http://www.ourlittlebooks.com/word-of-the-day/2012/5/17/word-of-the-day-archipelago-051712.htmlolbooks2012-05-17T10:00:20Z2012-05-17T10:00:20Z**Word of the Day- Archipelago (n)- A group of islands.

“They decided to travel to Hawaii, an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean.”

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