mean / mēn   verb   to intend Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them. English Proverb   to destine to a specific future or purpose If you don’t receive love from the ones who are meant to love you, you will never stop looking for it. From ‘The End of the World as We Know it: Scenes from a... Read More

adjective   having or displaying excessive self-esteem He who is too proud to ask is too good to receive. French Proverb   having or displaying self-respect It takes strength to be proud of yourself and to accept yourself when you know that you have something out of the ordinary about you. Abigail Tarttelin, 1987-   magnificent Haiti is a proud nation, rich in heritage... Read More

fit / fit   adjective   suitable by nature; adapted Learning makes a man fit company for himself as well as others. English Proverb   made ready or suitable Thought makes everything fit for use. Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882   prepared; ready Harry was watching his aunt, utterly bewildered, his head throbbing fit to burst. from ‘Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix’... Read More

bold / bold   adjective   showing fearlessness and daring; intrepid Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful. from ‘Measure for Measure’ by William Shakespeare, 1564-1616   presumptuous For it is really better for us not to know a thing, because God has not revealed it to us, than to know it according to man’s wisdom, because he has been bold enough to assume... Read More

nurse / nərs   noun   a person trained in the care of the sick and infirm, especially a licensed health care professional Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon. Dag Hammarskjold, 1905-1961   a woman who cares for children that are not her own, i.e., dry “ It is the nurse that... Read More

cache cache / kăsh noun 1. a hiding place for goods or treasures From a cache behind a hollow rotting log my companion brought out a variety of things,–a fifty-pound sack of flour, tinned foods of all sorts, cooking utensils, blankets, a canvas tarpaulin, books and writing material, a great bundle of letters, a five-gallon can of kerosene, an oil stove, and, last and... Read More

cel-e-bra-tion / ˌseləˈbrāSH(ə)n   noun   an act of observing and honoring an occasion or thing, usually with festivities and merrymaking Singing is like a celebration of oxygen. Bjork, 1965-   the festivities people engage in to honor and observe an occasion Ramadan is considered the most joyful month of the year, and the month ends with the greatest celebration of all, the breaking... Read More

star / star   noun   a natural luminous celestial body which is most visible at night The point is not to take the world’s opinion as a guiding star, but to go one’s way in life and working unerringly, neither depressed by failure nor seduced by applause. Gustav Mahler, 1860-1911   in astrology, a planet or arrangement of planets seen as influencing one’s... Read More

bird / bərd   noun   any warm-blooded vertebrate in the class Aves having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, covered with feathers, a beak with no teeth, and bearing its young in a hard-shelled egg Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings. Salvador Dali, 1904-1989   a fowl or game animal with feathers and wings Pheasants are one of... Read More

in-cul-cate / inˈkəlˌkāt   verb   to implant and teach through repeated admonition, usually followed by upon or in My mother inculcated wisdom in us, and I want to preserve her wisdom in writing. Govinda, 1963-   to influence someone to accept an idea, view, etc. I believe that it is of the utmost importance that we all should feel and inculcate among the... Read More