In a recent interview‚ I was asked to share four words that describe me. As I shared the words‚ overcomer‚ hard worker‚ integrity‚ and leader‚ I soon realized that they were more than words‚ but represented life experiences that shaped my identity and have defined who I am today. While those experiences were not what I necessarily wanted or asked for‚ they provided an opportunity to learn a strong work ethic‚ live with integrity‚ grow in my leadership‚ and become an overcomer of life’s struggles
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What is your favorite word‚ and why? My favorite word is callipygian. It is a Greek word‚ originally derived in the 1640’s or 50’s to describe a statute of Aphrodite. It is an adjective. It means having a well-shaped buttocks. It’s essentially a more sophisticated way of saying “DAMN‚ look at that ba-donk-a-donk!” After reading that‚ you may think I am a perverted animal. Please‚ let me explain. It started when I was a junior in high school. My friend came rushing down the halls laughing‚ his
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Roots Ac‚Acr Meaning sharp Words Acrimonious Meaning bitter‚ caustic Acerbity Acidulate bitterness of temper to make somewhat acid or sour Aev‚Ev age‚era Primeval Coeval Medieval or Mediaeval of the first age of the same age or era of the middle ages Agog Leader Demagogue pedagogue false leader of people teacher (leader of children) Agaro to discuss or speak Panegyric formal praise Ali another Alias alienate assumed (another)
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Nicholas sparks was born on December 31‚ 1965 in Nebraska. He was the middle child in his family‚ his older brother is Michael Earl Sparks and his younger sister is Danielle Sparks who died at the age of 33 of a brain tumor. Seven of Nicholas books have been made into movies and they are a message in the bottle‚ A walk to remember‚ The notebook‚ Nights in rodanthe‚ Dear John‚ Last song‚ The lucky one and Safe haven. In total Nicholas has wrote eighteen books in all‚ Dear John being his twelfth book
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What happen to the days when people spoke and you didn’t have to type it up on Google to find out what they are saying to you? I understand and speak Ebonics myself‚ but my nieces‚ nephew‚ and my children’s generation had taken it to a whole new level of words that are not even in the English dictionary. They toke two completely different words combine together only to form a whole new word. Not like when I was growing up where we took the words and just change its meaning and sometime played on
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him saying this to me. The word‚ love in the romantic sense‚ is something that would take so much out of me to say to a person. Love is something that you express to someone that you can not‚ in any way‚ see living your life without. The last time I saw the young man who supposedly loved me‚ was on my seventeenth birthday when he told me I was a waste of his time. Love is the strongest emotion and most powerful word anyone can say to someone else. Some people use the word love everyday as though it
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feel. If utopias all come from people’s imaginations‚ then there are as many different utopias as there are different people. The way Ayn Rand uses the word utopia in the book Anthem is different from the way most people in our world imagine the perfect or ideal place. An imaginary place is usually different for everyone. It depends on what you think a perfect place would be. When I think about the perfect place‚ it has day after day of warm weather‚ a nice beach‚ and no one there but me! It’s
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Doctor Doctor is a word which has more than one meaning. The Oxford English Dictionary defines the word doctor as a noun – someone who is qualified to practise Medicine‚ as a title - someone who holds the highest academic degree from a university‚ or as a verb – to doctor something by treating or altering it. It is of course used in numerous sub contexts but the three main ones are as a noun‚ title and verb. Doctor comes from the Latin doctoris. The English took it from the Old French‚ who
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The Words Movie Review The Words--a movie about a story within a story within another story--stars Bradley Cooper‚ Zoe Saldana‚ Jeremy Irons‚ and Dennis Quaid. Although it seems perplex‚ The Words is a thought provoking and heartbreaking drama movie that is destined to leave you wanting more. Evolving around Rory‚ an aspiring writer living in New York City‚ The Words reveals how one remarkable story written during World War 2 is taken and plagiarized. Despite this unlawful act‚ the novel becomes
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What Are You Proud Of? By: Mulki Abshir Certain things happen in your life that you never forget; sometimes they’re happy moments‚ other times sad moments and sometimes they’re even powerful moments like when it’s your turn to be bullied. I’ve always thought that when your friends or you get bullied‚ by ignoring the bully would make them leave you alone but I realized it just makes things worse. It was 3rd grade in Elementary School‚ a year that I realized something important. So far
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