TODAY'S WORD

COM -prefix or col- or con-

With, together; jointly

Ex. commingle
colinear
concentrate

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

-St. Augustine, saint (354-430)

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TORUS

1. A large molding of convex profile commonly occuring
as the lowest molding at the base of a column.

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DYSTOPIA

An imaginery place where people lead dehumanized
and often fearful lives.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

The reason for going on a journey is to see and discover things you may have never knew existed.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Faith is an oasis in the heart which will never be reached
by the caravan of thinking.

-Kahlil Gibran, poet (1883-1931)

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PRESCIENT

Foresight; human anticipation of the course of events.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Courage is grace under pressure.

-Ernest Hemingway, American author (1899-1961)

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HEMI- prefix

Half

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BICOASTAL

Of or relating to or living or working on both the east and
west coasts of the United States.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer
than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more
awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing
through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?

-Kahlil Gibran, poet (1883-1931)

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DIDACTIC
1. a: Designed or intended to teach.
b: Intended to convey insturction
and information as well as pleasure
and entertainment.

2. Making moral observations.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Loving what you do is more important
than how much money you earn from it.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Plan for this world as if you expect to live forever;
but plan for the hereafter as if you expect to die tomorrw.

-Solomom Ibn Gabirol, Spanish poet (1021-1058)

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LAGNIAPPE

1. A small gift given with a purchase to a customer.

2. A gratuity.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

All around as a person, on right decisions, on holding your money,
on doing your trade, a good education is a must. I don't think I would have done as good without one.

-Bobby Vinton, American entertainer
(b. 1935)

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QUORUM

The number of members of a group required to be present
to transact business.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

And in the end it's not the years in your life that count.
It's the life in your years.

-Abraham Lincoln, American president (1809-1865)

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