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Holy Writ
Meaning:
A writing or utterance having unquestionable authority
Usage:
- His budget is not carved in stone; it is not Holy Writ, and it can be changed
- But just because these people claim to be experts, doesn’t mean that all their notions should be treated as Holy Writ
- The financial precepts presented by him were not necessarily Holy Writ
fugacious
Adjective
Meaning:
Lasting for a short duration;
Usage:
Savor the fugacious pleasures of life as intensely as the more enduring ones
indoctrinate
Verb
Meaning:
To instruct especially in fundamentals or rudiments; teach; to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view or principle; educate, instruct, train, tutor; to brainwash (however, the term isn’t always used in a negative context)
Usage:
- The goal should be to teach politics, rather than to indoctrinate students in a narrow set of political beliefs
- He indoctrinated children in proper safety procedures
mawkish
Meaning:
Effusively or insincerely emotional
Usage:
The death of a child belonged to a different realm- that of a Greek tragedy or a mawkish movie
tergiversation
Noun
Meaning:
Evasion of straightforward action or clear-cut statement; equivocation; desertion of a cause, position, party or faith; equivocation
Usage:
Like most politicians, he has the gift for tergiversation
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