NEW WORD TODAY

I always have to stop and think about these two @Former-Member. They can be tricky. 😁

Attempted to think bout these words and not sure what it all means...impact??

I agree hamburger, it has that brain drain mental gymnastics Effect on me too, thats why I posted it, because i wanted to Affect the way people think when they use these words lol �y

BEAR vs BARE
The grizzly bear (animal name), the action bear (to carry), and the descriptive bare (to strip clear):


BARE (descriptive)

(1) Unclad, unwrapped, undressed, uncovered, stripped, undressed, disrobe, with nothing on, naked, in a state of nature, exposed...

(2) Plain, straightforward, plain, simple, basic, pure, essential, bare-bones, fundamental, stripped down, cut down, stark, bald, cold, hard (to the bone, yoke, Authentic, Real, the ro ot, the core)...


BEAR (bore, borne):

The past form is 'bore' and the ed form is 'borne'
Bear means to tolerate something, usually something that you dislike. It is most commonly used in the expression can't bear (can't bare the pain...)

(1) CARRY, bring, transport, move, convey, take, fetch, haul, lug, shift; deliver; EG: "Bill arrived, bearing a large picnic hamper"

(2) SUPPORT, carry, hold up, prop up, keep up, bolster up; brace, shore up, underpin, buttress, reinforce... EG: "the track has horizontal concrete slabs, which bear the weight of the vehicle"

AVATAR (noun)
1. Hinduism - a manifestation of a deity - incarnate divine teacher.
2.An icon or figure representing a particular person in a computer game, Internet forum, etc

LAME
1. Unable to walk without difficulty as the result of an injury or illness affecting the leg or foot. "his horse went lame" 2. Unconvincingly feeble. "the TV licensing teams hear a lot of lame excuses"
SYNONYMS: feeble, weak, thin, flimsy, transparent, poor, puny; unconvincing, implausible, unlikely, hollow, hard to believe; informalpathetic, half-baked, hard to swallow
"a lame excuse"

ESTRANGE: verb, Past tense: estranged;
To cause (someone) to be no longer on friendly terms with someone.
"he became estranged from his father"
SYNONYMS: alienate, antagonize, disaffect, make hostile/unfriendly, destroy the affections of, turn away, drive away, distance, put at a distance; sever connections between, set against, set at variance, set at odds with, make hostile to, drive a wedge between, cause antagonism between, sow dissension between: "Se realized that she had estranged her favourite uncle". Of a husband or wife - no longer living with their spouse.
adjective: estranged - "his estranged wife"

Hi @Former-Member
I loove words too.
Breath is what you take e.g. He took a breath. Breathe is what you do e.g. Don't hold your breath. Just breathe.

Obdurate is one of my favorites too. Obdurate I = stubborn me and I am too! But in a positive way. 🎶🎵

PLATITUDE
a remark or statement, especially one with a moral content, that has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful.
"she began uttering liberal platitudes"
SYNONYMS: cliché, truism, commonplace, hackneyed/trite/banal/overworked saying, banality, old chestnut; bromide, inanity, tag
"a string of empty platitudes"