Irrefragable
Adjective
Latin, 16th century
Not able to be refuted or disproved; indisputable.
Example: Voting is an irrefragable right to any democratic society.
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Retro Quote – James Baldwin
“One writes out of one thing only – one’s own experience. Everything depends on how relentlessly one forces from this experience the last drop, sweet or bitter, it can possibly give. This is the only real concern of the artist, to recreate out of the disorder of life that order which is art.”
James Baldwin, Notes of a Native Son
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Word of the Week – June 12, 2021
Epigrammatic
Adjective
Latin, 17th century
Of the nature or in the style of an epigram; concise, clever, and amusing.
Example: Whether composing short stories or essays, I often rely upon my epigrammatic personality to get my point across.
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Word of the Week – June 5, 2021
Perspicacious
Adjective
Latin, 17th century
Highly perceptive, keen. Discerning, shrewd
Example: My perspicacious nature showed up early in childhood when I began reading around the age of 2.
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Word of the Week – May 29, 2021
Clerisy
Noun
German, 19th century
A distinct class of learned or literary people.
Example: I generally write essays and stories for the clerisy of the world.
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Word of the Week – May 22, 2021
Redivivus
Adjective
Origin: Latin, late 16th century
Come back to life; reborn.
Example: After an hour of exercise, writing in my journal, and a night of solid sleep, I felt a redivivus of my soul.
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Word of the Week – May 15, 2021
Synecdoche
Noun
Late Middle English, 1350s
A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa.
Example: My full name is Jorge Lazaro Alejandro De La Garza, but I often go by the synecdoche of “Chief Writing Wolf”.
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Word of the Week – May 1, 2021
Irrefragable
Adjective
Latin, 16th century
Not able to be refuted or disproved; indisputable.
Example: It’s irrefragable that conservative trickle-down economics is not economically productive.
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Word of the Week – April 24, 2021
Entelechy
Noun
Middle English, late 1500s
The supposed vital principle that guides the development and functioning of an organism or other system or organization. (Philosophy) The realization of potential.
Example: After years of self-doubt, I came to appreciate my own entelechy and could move forward.
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Word of the Week – April 17, 2021
Heuristic
Adjective
Greek, 19th century
Enabling a person to discover or learn something for themselves. A heuristic process or method.
Example: A college English instructor’s heuristic approach to literature prompted me to become a better writer.
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