Friday, August 9, 2013
Learn-to-use-English -Words: Become an expert in the USE of English language ....
Learn-to-use-English -Words: Become an expert in the USE of English language ....: Become an expert in the USE of English language . Yes, You CAN!!! PURPOSE Th...
Become an expert in the USE of English language . Yes, You CAN!!!
1. The circumstances or conditions that surround one; surroundings.
2. The totality of circumstances surrounding an organism or group of
organisms, especially:
a. The combination of external physical conditions that affect and
influence the growth, development, and survival of organisms:"We shall never understand the natural environment until we see it
as a living organism" (Paul Brooks).
b. The complex of social and cultural conditions affecting the nature of an
individual or community.
3. Computer Science
a. The entire set of conditions under which one operates a computer, as it
relates to the hardware, operating platform, or operating system.
b. An area of a computer's memory used by the operating system and some
programs to store certain variables to which they need frequent access
environment [ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt]
noun
1. external conditions or
surroundings, esp those in which people live or work
2. (Life Sciences & Allied
Applications / Biology) Ecology the external surroundings in which a
plant or animal lives, which tend to influence its development and behaviour
3. the state of being environed;
encirclement
4. (Electronics & Computer
Science / Computer Science) Computing an operating system, program,
or integrated suite of programs that provides all the facilities necessary for
a particular application a
word-processing environment
environmental adj
environmentally adv
1. the aggregate of
surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu.
2. the air, water,
minerals, organisms, and all other external factors surrounding and affecting a
given organism at any time.
3. the social and
cultural forces that shape the life of a person or a population.
4. the hardware or
software configuration of a computer system.
[1825–30]
en•vi`ron•men′tal, adj.
en•vi`ron•men′tal•ly, adv.
syn: environment, milieu, ambiance, setting refer to the objects, conditions, or
circumstances that influence the life of an individual or community. environment may refer to physical or to social and
cultural surroundings: an
environment of grinding poverty. milieu, encountered most often in literary writing, refers to intangible
surroundings: a milieu of
artistic innovation. ambiance applies to the mood or tone of the
surroundings: an ambiance of ease
and elegance. setting tends to highlight the person or thing
surrounded by or set against a background: a
lovely setting for a wedding.
MATERIALISM
1. Philosophy The theory that
physical matter is the only reality and that everything, including thought,
feeling, mind, and will, can be explained in terms of matter and physical
phenomena.
2. The theory or attitude that
physical well-being and worldly possessions constitute the greatest good and
highest value in life.
3. A great or excessive regard for
worldly concerns.
ma·te
ma·te
ma·te
Materialism [məˈtɪərɪəˌlɪzəm]
1. interest in and desire for money,
possessions, etc., rather than spiritual or ethical values
2. (Philosophy) Philosophy the monist doctrine that matter is the
only reality and that the mind, the emotions, etc., are merely functions of it
Compare idealism [3] dualism [2] See also identity theory
3. (Philosophy) Ethics the rejection of any religious or
supernatural account of things
THE WORD APPEARS IN ; The very simplicity of his reasoning was
its strength, and his materialism was far more compelling than the subtly
complex materialism of Charley Furuseth.
(Cambridge University Press, 1920), will see that an old-fashionedmaterialism can
receive no support from modern physics.
You know, one of those uncouth new people one's so often coming
across nowadays, One of those free-thinkers you know, who are reared d'emblee
in theories of atheism, scepticism, and materialism.
IDEALISM : .
1. The act or practice of
envisioning things in an ideal form.
2. Pursuit of one's ideals.
3. Idealized treatment of a
subject in literature or art.
4. Philosophy :The theory
that the object of external perception, in itself or as perceived, consists of
ideas
5 belief in or
pursuance of ideals
6 the tendency to
represent things in their ideal forms, rather than as they are
7 (Philosophy) any
of a group of philosophical doctrines that share the monistic view that
material objects and the external world do not exist in reality independently
of the human mind but are variously creations of the mind or constructs of
ideas Compare materialism [2]dualism [2]
idealist n
idealistic adj
idealistically ad
i•de•al•ism (aɪˈdi əˌlɪz əm)
noun
1. the cherishing or pursuit of
high or noble principles, purposes, or goals.
2. the practice of idealizing.
3. something idealized; an ideal
representation.
4. treatment of subject matter, as
in art, in which a mental conception of beauty or form is stressed.
5. any philosophical system or
theory that maintains that the real is of the nature of thought or that the
object of external perception consists of ideas.
THE STATEMENT and MY understanding
Brunton is a
fine writer( WITH SPIRITUAL LEANINGS ) who wrote convincingly about abstract
things in a very clear, understandable language Though he was initially
confused about the contradictions he found in Hinduism , he pursued
the subject passionately and discovered very satisfying
answers. This passage deals with two important aspects which haunt us even now.
We are not able to decide what is more important : Materialism or Spiritualism
in the modern situation. but the thing is that materialism has tremendous
limitation whereas spiritualism has no
limits .
Materialism is nothing but pursuing
material things and pleasures which becomes and end in itself. this usually
ends up in frustration and disappointment But the problem that arise out of our
material pursuit could be solved by spirituality which has the power to pierce
to the root the problem and solve it permanently. Many think that idealism is
madness but it is not. Idealism is “the
cherishing or pursuit of high or noble principles, purposes, or goals” . This
means that we have to aim high to achieve something in life.
” Hitch one’s wagon to a star To aim high, to have high ideals, to
be idealistic. Ralph Waldo Emerson apparently coined this metaphor which
appeared in his Society and
Solitude (1870):
Now that is the wisdom of a man
… to hitch his wagon to a star.  |
Thursday, August 8, 2013
Learn-to-use-English -Words: Become an expert in the USE of English language . ...
Learn-to-use-English -Words: Become an expert in the USE of English language . ...: Become an expert in the USE of English language . Yes, You CAN!!! PURPOSE The intention of this BLOG is to make you re...
Learn-to-use-English -Words: Become an expert in the USE of English language . ...
Learn-to-use-English -Words: Become an expert in the USE of English language . ...: Become an expert in the USE of English language . Yes, You CAN!!! PURPOSE The intention of this BLOG is to make you re...
Become an expert in the USE of English language . Yes You CAN!!!
Become an expert
in the USE of
English language .
Yes, You CAN!!!
PURPOSE
The intention of this BLOG is to make
you read a passage and study the words and think about it . Words have been separated
from the passage and their meaning have been given with other usages. The brief
writing about the statement is to provoke you further into thinking after assessment
.
BENEFITS
Presenting ideas ,helping to increase
your vocabulary, and helping you to
better your language. To understand words and their usage contextually
What
you should do ?
Read
the passage carefully , study the meanings with full attention ( in the process
you will come across many new words ) . then read the brief article given below
which is an addition to the ideas in the statement or an expansion of it .
“Human imagination seems to be turning to the macabre and the perverse.
Books and films are either on violence or sexual deviations. Nothing seems to awaken people
except unpleasant shocks”
L.K. ADVANI
MR. Advani’s
statement is to the point and there is much sense in what he says and there are
thousands of incidents to support his concern. Let us understand the words in
detail so that we get the full meaning of the statement :
Imagination
a. The formation of a mental image of something that is neither
perceived as real nor present to the senses.
b. The mental image so formed.
c. The ability or tendency to form such images.
2. The ability to confront and deal with reality by using the
creative power of the mind; resourcefulness: handled the
problems with great imagination.
3. A traditional or widely held belief or opinion.
4. Archaic
a. An unrealistic idea or notion; a fancy.
b. A plan or scheme
Synonyms: imagination,
fancy, fantasy
These nouns refer to the power of the mind to
form images, especially of what is not present to the senses. Imagination is the most broadly applicable: "In the world of words,
the imagination is one of the forces of nature" (Wallace Stevens).
Fancy especially suggests mental invention that is whimsical, capricious, or playful and that is characteristically well removed from reality:
Fancy especially suggests mental invention that is whimsical, capricious, or playful and that is characteristically well removed from reality:
"All power of fancy over reason is a degree
of insanity" (Samuel
Johnson).
Fantasy is applied principally to elaborate or
extravagant fancy as a product of the imagination given free rein: "The poet is in command of
his fantasy, while it is exactly the mark of the neurotic that he is possessed
by his fantasy" (Lionel
Trilling)
Allied
words
1. creativity, vision, invention, ingenuity, enterprise, insight, inspiration, wit, originality, inventiveness, resourcefulness He has a logical mind and a little
imagination.
2. mind's eye, fancy Long
before I went there, the place was alive in my imagination.
3. interest, attention, curiosity, fascination Italian
football captured the imagination of the nation last season.
Quotations
"By the
Imagination" [Emily Dickinson]
"People can die
of mere imagination" [Geoffrey Chaucer The Miller's Tale]
"Nature uses
imagination to lift her work of creation to even higher levels" [Luigi
Pirandello Six Characters in Search of an Author]
"I have
imagination, and nothing that is real is alien to me" [George Santayana Little
Essays]
"Only in men's
imagination does every truth find an effective and undeniable existence.
Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life"
[Joseph Conrad A Personal Record]
"My imagination
makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the world and exiles me
from it" [Ursula Le Guin Winged: the Creatures on My Mind]
"Imagination,
the supreme delight of the immortal and the immature, should be limited. In
order to enjoy life, we should not enjoy it too much" [Vladimir Nabokov Speak,
Memory
MACABRE
1. Suggesting the horror of death and decay; gruesome: macabre tales of
war and plague in the Middle Ages. See Synonyms atghastly.
2. Constituting or including a representation of
death.
[Ultimately from Old French (Danse) Macabre, (dance) of
death, perhaps alteration of Macabe, Maccabee, from LatinMaccabaeus, from Greek Makkabios.]
ma·ca
bre·ly adv.
Word History: The word macabre is
an excellent example of a word formed with reference to a specific context that
has long since disappeared for everyone but scholars.
Macabre is first recorded in the
phrase Macabrees daunce in a work written around 1430 by John
Lydgate. Macabree was thought by Lydgate to be the name of a French
author, but in fact he misunderstood the Old French phrase Danse Macabre, "the
Dance of Death," a subject of art and literature.
In this dance, Death leads people of
all classes and walks of life to the same final end. The macabre element
may be an alteration of Macabe, "a Maccabee."
The Maccabees were Jewish martyrs who
were honored by a feast throughout the Western Church, and reverence for them
was linked to reverence for the dead. Today macabre has no connection
with the Maccabees and little connection with the Dance of Death, but it still
has to do with death
macabre -
shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the
grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the
victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human
sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle
ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen"
alarming - frightening because of an
awareness of danger
PERVERSE
1. Directed away from what is right or good;
perverted.
2. Obstinately persisting in an error or fault;
wrongly self-willed or stubborn.
3.
a. Marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict.
b. Arising from such a disposition.
4. Cranky; peevish.
Adjective
1. deliberately deviating from what is regarded as normal, good, or
proper
2. persistently holding to what is wrong
3. wayward or contrary; obstinate; cantankerous
4. Archaic perverted
[from Old French pervers, from Latin perversus turned
the wrong way]
perversely adv
perverseness n
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perverse - marked by a disposition
to oppose and contradict; "took perverse satisfaction in foiling her
plans"
negative -
characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or
resistance; having no positive features; "a negative outlook on
life"; "a colorless negative personality"; "a negative
evaluation"; "a negative reaction to an advertising campaign"
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