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mediocrity

Posted on By Mista Cai

mediocrity


Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

words

mediocrity
a brilliant leader, surrounded by mediorities

credential

  • recruitment is based mainly on academic credentials.

vet

  • All reports are vetted before publication.

skyrocket

  • skyrocketing inflation; The trade deflicit has skyrocketed.

resilience

  • the resilience of youth; People showed remarkable resilience during the war.

perseverance

  • The only way to improve is through hard work and dogged perseverance.

ghoulish, ghoul

  • Tokyo Ghoul

malign

  • She feels she has been much maligned by the press.

soothe

  • This should soothe the pain.

oblivious

  • He drove off, oblivious of the damage he had caused.

obsolete

  • With technological changes many traditional skills have become obsolete.

supersede

  • THe theory has been superseded by more recent research.

anecdotal

  • His findings are based on anecdotal evidence rather than serious research.

panorama

  • There is a superb panorama of the mountains from the hotel.
homicide, the crime of killing sb deliberately

rook, a large black bird of the crow family.

dissertation, a long piece of writing on a particular subject, especially one written for a university degree.

invocation, the act of making a particular function start