Hehe..
Need to buck up on my vocab.
No paper to scribble on.
Here goes.
Title.
Silent Assault, by Benjamin E. Miller
Pg 120/Para 9
At least you intend to use your mind. That's better than regurgitating asinine dogma and believing it's a sin to think.
Meaning/Explanation:-
Regurgitating:
re·gur·gi·tate [ri-gur-ji-teyt]
dʒɪˌteɪt–verb, -tat·ed, -tat·ing. –verb (used without object)
| 1. | to surge or rush back, as liquids, gases, undigested food, etc. |
| 2. | to cause to surge or rush back; vomit. |
| 3. | to give back or repeat, esp. something not fully understood or assimilated: to regurgitate the teacher's lectures on the exam. |
Or, I found a better explanation--> verb | |
| 1. | pour or rush back; "The blood regurgitates into the heart ventricle" |
| 2. | feed through the beak by regurgitating previously swallowed food; "many birds feed their young by regurgitating what they have swallowed and carried to the nest" |
| 3. | repeat after memorization; "For the exam, you must be able to regurgitate the information" |
| 4. | eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" [syn: vomit] [ant: keep down] |
Asinine:
as·i·nine [as-uh-nahyn]
–adjective
| 1. | foolish, unintelligent, or silly; stupid: It is surprising that supposedly intelligent people can make such asinine statements. |
| 2. | of or like an ass: asinine obstinacy; asinine features |
Dogma:
dog·ma
[dawg-muh, dog-] –noun, plural -mas, -ma·ta [-muh-tuh]
| 1. | a system of principles or tenets, as of a church. |
| 2. | a specific tenet or doctrine authoritatively laid down, as by a church: the dogma of the Assumption. |
| 3. | prescribed doctrine: political dogma. |
| 4. | a settled or established opinion, belief, or principle. |
After reading through the definitions of the words, I still have not a single idea what they mean. So, I seeked for my bro's assistance and this was what he had to say: "Rather than saying whatever u heard from someone else without thinking.Like speaking without any thoughts."
Agree? Disagree? No comments? =]
Hopefully, I helped enriched you vocabulary =D
Peace out.
xoxoxoxo
PS: There'll be more of this in the mere future. Just for the sake of reducing boredom. AND, lalala~ To help anyone who reads this pathetis thingy with their English loooooorh XD
BTW, just found out.
Peter (decrease) is a synonym of Reducing
And so are
-abase, abate, abridge, annihilate, bate, change, condense, conquer, contract, curb, curtail, cut, debase, decrease, defeat, degrade, demote, denigrate, deplete, depreciate, depress, diet, dilute, diminish, discount, downgrade, dwindle, emaciate, humble, humiliate, impair, lessen, level, lower, minify, minimize, overcome, pare, rebate, recede, scale, shorten, slash, slow, subdue, subject, subjugate, thin, trim, vanquish, weaken
-abridgement, conquest, declension, decrement, demotion, denigration, depreciation, diminution, lessening, minimization, mitigation, pejoration, reduction, subjugation
(shorten)-abbreviate, abridge, condense, curtail
(depreciate)-cheapen, depress, devaluate, devalue, downgrade, lower, mark down, write down
(decrease)-abate, diminish, drain, dwindle, ebb, lessen, let up, peter, rebate, tail away, taper
=D Happy reading... learning!!
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