Tag: vocabulary

If you've heard of a CEO, there's a good chance that you have heard of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) ...

Lawyers have legalese and doctors have medical terms. Each profession has a set of words that is used within its ...

Courtesy Business Week One key skill for entrepreneurs to be successful is to communicate. Part of the ability to communicate ...

AM/IM comes from the Latin word amare, "to love." Amiable means "friendly or good-natured," and amigo is Spanish for "friend." ...

HOSP/HOST comes from the Latin word hospes and its stem hospit- meaning both "host" and "guest." Many words based on ...

PAC/PEAS is related to the Latin words for "agree" and "peace."  The Pacific Ocean--that is the "Peaceful Ocean"--was named by ...

BELL comes from the Latin word meaning "war." Bellona was the little-known Roman goddess of war; her husband, Mars, was ...

Apotheosis (noun) Exaltation to divine rank or stature; deification. Elevation to a preeminent or transcendent position; glorification: "Many observers have ...

Fortitude for·ti·tude // (fôr'tĭ-tōōd', -tyōōd')   n.  Strength of mind that allows one to endure pain or adversity with courage. for'ti·tu'di·nous (-tōōd'n-əs, ...

Exemplary ex·em·pla·ry (ĭg-zěm'plə-rē)   adj. Worthy of imitation; commendable: exemplary behavior. Serving as a model. Serving as an illustration; typical. ...