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Month: January 2020

Word of the Day: Sagacious

Today’s word of the day, courtesy of www.dictionary.com, is sagacious, an adjective meaning “having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; shrewd.” The IPA transcription looks like this: […]

January 31, 2020January 31, 2020 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Feuilleton

Today’s word of the day, courtesy of Anu Garg of “A.Word.a.Day” at the Wordsmith website, is feuilleton. The noun means “a part of a European newspaper devoted to light literature, […]

January 30, 2020January 30, 2020 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Copious

Today’s word of the day, thanks to Quizlet, is copious. According to www.dictionary.com, copious means “large in quantity or number; abundant; plentiful,” or “having or yielding an abundant supply,” or […]

January 29, 2020January 30, 2020 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Serendipity

Today’s word of the day, thanks to the 18th century English writer Horace Walpole, is serendipity. The noun means “an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident” or “good fortune; […]

January 28, 2020January 29, 2020 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

A Conversation with Mark Sibley-Jones

In this conversation, Mark Sibley-Jones talks about where the idea for his novel By the Red Glare came from, the research that made the novel come alive, and where his historical and theological commitments lie.

January 27, 2020February 24, 2021 Jonathan Sircy Literary Studies, News and Events

Word of the Day: Boojum

Today’s word of the day, courtesy of the Oxford English Dictionary, boojum, a word coined by Lewis Carroll in his poem The Hunting of the Snark. The poem was originally […]

January 27, 2020January 28, 2020 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Culpable

Today’s word of the day, thanks to Word Genius, is culpable, an adjective meaning 1. “Deserving of blame,” or 2. “Responsible for a crime,” according to the website. Dictionary.com defines […]

January 26, 2020January 27, 2020 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Pithy

Today’s word of the day, thanks to the GRE Word of the Day website, is pithy. I mean, of course, that the word we are going to define is the […]

January 25, 2020January 26, 2020 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Parasynonyms

Today’s word of the day, courtesy of Word Genius, is parasynonym, a linguistic term “to describe words with close similarities, but not exactly matching definitions.” According to Wiktionary, it is […]

January 24, 2020January 25, 2020 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Word of the Day: MacGuffin

Today’s word of the day, courtesy of Word Genius, is MacGuffin. A MacGuffin, according to Word Genius, is “1  An object or event that serves as a plot device in […]

January 23, 2020January 24, 2020 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Word of the Day: Nurture

Today’s word of the day, courtesy of the Mirriam-Webster Dictionary website, is nurture, which means “1. to supply with nourishment; 2. to educate; and 3. to further the development of; […]

January 22, 2020January 23, 2020 Paul Schleifer Word of the Day

Faith and Freedom: A Chat with SWU's IJM Chapter President Madeline Johnson

Madeline Johnson is a Junior Human Services major at Southern Wesleyan University. She serves as the Chapter President for SWU’s IJM (International Justice Mission), works as the Campus Initiative Director […]

January 16, 2020April 28, 2021 CIFC Staff News and Events

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