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a collection of word meanings gathered from websites all over the world, accumulated on a single page. We have designed this page especially for those who feel that they are not able to do
enough to hone their English skills, but don't you fret dear friends, because Lexicon is bound to improve
your English skills drastically.
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Word: Overt
Meaning: adj. Done or shown openly; plainly or readily apparent, not secret or hidden. “Overt hostility.”
Word: Mogul
Meaning: 1 capitalized Mogul : an Indian Muslim of or descended from one of several conquering groups of Mongol, Turkish, and Persian origin;
especially : Great Mogul
Example: "The philanthropic foundation created by the hedge fund mogul Ray Dalio is donating $50 million to NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital to address health social inequalities." — The New York Times, 14 Oct. 2020
Word: guttersnipe
Meaning: (noun)
A child who spends most of his time in the streets especially in slum areas.
Synonyms: street urchin
Usage: In Shaw's
Pygmalion, an elocution expert plucks a guttersnipe from Covent Garden market and teaches her to talk like a lady.
Word: quaternion
Meaning: noun: A set of four persons, things, etc.
Usage: “There were four of us then, not merely two, and in our quaternion the
vintage sap flowed freely, flowed and bled and boiled as it may never
again.”
John Hawkes;
The Blood Oranges; New Directions; 1972.
See more usage examples of
quaternion in Vocabulary.com’s
dictionary.
Thought: To understand is not to forgive. It is simply better than the alternative,
which is not to understand. -Alec Nove, economist, author, and professor
(24 Nov 1915-1994)