Vie
<veye>
content; fight; compete;
to struggle against an opponent to win a victory.
They vie for the attention of the teacher because they are competitive.
Memory trick:
Vi reminds of victory
At work:
We vie with the other company for every contract and we usually win.
(c) 2015 E. Carruthers
Follow us on Substack
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
IMMUTABLE
IMMUTABLE <Im-mute-ah-bul> Unalterable; permanent; total; An unchangeable and undeniable absolute An immutable law never changes bec...
-
Allay <ah-lay> relieve; calm; soothe; to reduce and fear or worry He is wearing a helmet and that should allay your worry about him ri...
-
Diverge <deye-verj> split; deviate; separate; to go off a path in a different direction. We decided to diverge onto the exit a...
-
Convoke <kon-volk> assemble; convene; call; to summon someone to a gathering. I use a dog whistle to convoke an excited group...
No comments:
Post a Comment