Category Archives: Vocabularies

Adj. Of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws. Draco, Athenian lawmaker whose code of laws prescribed death for almost every offence (circa 7th century BC). (Source: WordWeb)

Verb. fall behind, waste time.

Prisoner's restraint, Obstacle; a basket with a cover.

Latin, Nescius = Ignorant

Subterfuge: Something intended to misrepresent the real event.

Fawning, toadyish, flattering, sycophantic, bootlicking. 拍马屁，谄媚

Specious: Plausible but false I recently read Gilbert Tennent's "The Danger of an Unconverted Ministry", and found many things I've been sorrowed towards the ministries in America being said there. The term Specious was used to describe such ministers.

Cavil: "An evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections" I didn't know there's a word for this. Tho I have seen many smartypants trying to do this.

A use of literary works, to emphasize on a term using two different words. Hence, from the greek term "one through two". Usually converting adjective to noun. I believe there are such used in the Bible. However, I would stress … Continue reading →

Because of Protagoras' Homomensura (man is the measure of all things), we see the birth of Sophists. This why we see many could do things with ulterior motives and yet not feel guilty.