Daily Content Archive
(as of Thursday, May 14, 2020)| Word of the Day | |||||||
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timorous
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Defining SyntaxSyntax refers to the ways in which we order specific words to create logical, meaningful sentences. How does syntax work together with the parts of speech? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 George CurzonCurzon (1859-1925) was a British statesman and champion of the colonial ideal. A member of the minor aristocracy, he was known for his intelligence as well as his ego. Viceroy of India when the Indian famine claimed up to 9 million lives, he instituted a number of reforms before eventually resigning in 1905 over a spat with a field marshal. He then served as chancellor of Oxford and became foreign secretary in 1919. What was the one thing he desperately wanted, and did not get, before he died? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 Rockefeller Foundation Established (1913)The Rockefeller Foundation is a private philanthropic organization established by John D. Rockefeller to promote "the well-being of mankind throughout the world." Its first grant was issued to the American Red Cross, and over the years, it has donated more than $14 billion in grants to fund medical research, education, agriculture, and work in a number of other fields. Before and during WWII, it worked to bring scholars and artists persecuted by the Nazis to the US. Who was saved in this way? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1316)Charles IV was a 14th-century Holy Roman Emperor, German king, and king of Bohemia. He was educated at the French court and fought the English at Crécy, where the heroic death of his father, John of Luxemburg, made him king of Bohemia. Pope Clement VI, to whom he had promised far-reaching concessions, helped secure his election as anti-king to Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV. After the death of Louis in 1347, Charles claimed the crown. He is considered the father of what modern-day nation? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 The sea—this truth must be confessed—has no generosity. No display of manly qualities—courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness—has ever been known to touch its irresponsible consciousness of power.Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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golf widow— A woman whose husband frequently absents himself from home so as to go and play golf. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Dhungri Fair (2020)This is a festival celebrated by Hindu women from the hills near Manali, at the north end of the Kullu Valley in the Himachal Pradesh State of India. A small wooden temple known as the Hidimba (or Dhungri) Temple stands among cedar trees near Manali. The women gather here to honor the goddess Hidimba, who fell in love with Bhima and became his wife in the famous Hindu epic Mahabharata, with a traditional dance. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: painterpaysagist - A painter of landscapes. More... pointillist - A painter who creates separate dots of pure color instead of mixed pigments; the pronunciation is PWAHN-tuhl-ist. More... pictorial - First meant "pertaining to a painter or painting," as it derives from Latin pictor, "painter." More... picturesque - Based on Italian pittore, "painter," its original meaning was "in the style of a painter." More... | |