Word of The Dayhttp://www.ourlittlebooks.com/word-of-the-day/Sat, 26 May 2012 10:00:07 +0000en-USSquarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)Word of the Day - Virtue 05/26/12Our Little Books Word of the Daydefinition of virtueword of the dayolbooksSat, 26 May 2012 10:00:07 +0000http://www.ourlittlebooks.com/word-of-the-day/2012/5/26/word-of-the-day-virtue-052612.html459809:8550626:16356831**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.”

]]>http://www.ourlittlebooks.com/word-of-the-day/rss-comments-entry-16356831.xmlWord of the Day - Nefarious 05/25/12Our Little Books Word of the Daydefinition of nefariousword of the dayolbooksFri, 25 May 2012 10:00:41 +0000http://www.ourlittlebooks.com/word-of-the-day/2012/5/25/word-of-the-day-nefarious-052512.html459809:8550626:16356823**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.”

]]>http://www.ourlittlebooks.com/word-of-the-day/rss-comments-entry-16356823.xmlWord of the Day - Juxtapose 05/24/12Our Little Books Word of the Daydefinition of juxtaposeword of the dayolbooksThu, 24 May 2012 10:00:14 +0000http://www.ourlittlebooks.com/word-of-the-day/2012/5/24/word-of-the-day-juxtapose-052412.html459809:8550626:16356812**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.”

]]>http://www.ourlittlebooks.com/word-of-the-day/rss-comments-entry-16356812.xmlWord of the Day - Soporific 05/23/12Our Little Books Word of the Daydefinition of soporificword of the dayolbooksWed, 23 May 2012 10:00:48 +0000http://www.ourlittlebooks.com/word-of-the-day/2012/5/23/word-of-the-day-soporific-052312.html459809:8550626:16237421**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.”

]]>http://www.ourlittlebooks.com/word-of-the-day/rss-comments-entry-16237421.xmlWord of the Day - Stultify 05/22/12Our Little Books Word of the Daydefinition of stultifyword of the dayolbooksTue, 22 May 2012 10:00:12 +0000http://www.ourlittlebooks.com/word-of-the-day/2012/5/22/word-of-the-day-stultify-052212.html459809:8550626:16237394**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.”

]]>http://www.ourlittlebooks.com/word-of-the-day/rss-comments-entry-16237394.xmlWord of the Day - Shenanigan 05/21/12Our Little Books Word of the Daydefinition of shenaniganword of the dayolbooksMon, 21 May 2012 10:00:12 +0000http://www.ourlittlebooks.com/word-of-the-day/2012/5/21/word-of-the-day-shenanigan-052112.html459809:8550626:16237302**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.”

]]>http://www.ourlittlebooks.com/word-of-the-day/rss-comments-entry-16237302.xmlWord of the Day - Dissimulate 05/20/12Our Little Books Word of the Daydefinition of dissimulateword of the dayolbooksSun, 20 May 2012 10:00:53 +0000http://www.ourlittlebooks.com/word-of-the-day/2012/5/20/word-of-the-day-dissimulate-052012.html459809:8550626:16237277**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.”

]]>http://www.ourlittlebooks.com/word-of-the-day/rss-comments-entry-16237277.xmlWord of the Day - Duplicity 05/19/12Our Little Books Word of the Daydefinition of duplicityword of the dayolbooksSat, 19 May 2012 10:00:07 +0000http://www.ourlittlebooks.com/word-of-the-day/2012/5/19/word-of-the-day-duplicity-051912.html459809:8550626:16237247**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.”

]]>http://www.ourlittlebooks.com/word-of-the-day/rss-comments-entry-16237247.xmlWord of the Day - Perfidy 05/18/12Our Little Books Word of the Daydefinition of perfidyword of the dayolbooksFri, 18 May 2012 10:00:20 +0000http://www.ourlittlebooks.com/word-of-the-day/2012/5/18/word-of-the-day-perfidy-051812.html459809:8550626:16237214**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.”

]]>http://www.ourlittlebooks.com/word-of-the-day/rss-comments-entry-16237214.xmlWord of the Day - Archipelago 05/17/12Our Little Books Word of the Daydefinition of archipelagoword of the dayolbooksThu, 17 May 2012 10:00:20 +0000http://www.ourlittlebooks.com/word-of-the-day/2012/5/17/word-of-the-day-archipelago-051712.html459809:8550626:16237197**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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