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You exercise your body to stay physically in shape, so why shouldn't you exercise your brain to stay mentally fit? With these daily exercises you will learn how to flex your mind, improve your creativity and boost your memory. As with any exercise, repetition is necessary for you to see improvement, so pick your favorite exercises from our daily suggestions and repeat them as desired. Try to do some mentalrobics every single day!
o-bei-sance
noun :: A gesture or movement of the body, such as a curtsy, that expresses deference or homage. Obedience.
"Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he, But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door-- Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door-- Perched, and sat, and nothing more." --Poe, Edgar Allan
noun :: A gesture or movement of the body, such as a curtsy, that expresses deference or homage. Obedience.
"Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he, But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door-- Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door-- Perched, and sat, and nothing more." --Poe, Edgar Allan
Verbs are the parts of a sentence that denote action or existence. An example of an action verb is 'eat' as in, "I eat the cookie." An example of a verb that indicates existence is 'is' as in, "Bob is a boy." A sentence can also contain a verb phrase, which is several words strung together. For example in the sentence, "I will be hungry later", the verb phrase is 'will be hungry'.
ab-jure
verb :: To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow; to recant; to abandon forever; to reject; repudiate
"Once a man has lost his self-respect, and has decided to abjure his better qualities and human dignity, he falls headlong, and cannot choose but do so." --Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
verb :: To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow; to recant; to abandon forever; to reject; repudiate
"Once a man has lost his self-respect, and has decided to abjure his better qualities and human dignity, he falls headlong, and cannot choose but do so." --Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
up-braid
verb :: To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to reproach; to rebuke; to chide.
"She had still to tax and upbraid her for her part in the unhappiness which had been wrought on Lilla, and for her share in causing her death." --Stoker, Bram
verb :: To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to reproach; to rebuke; to chide.
"She had still to tax and upbraid her for her part in the unhappiness which had been wrought on Lilla, and for her share in causing her death." --Stoker, Bram
turn-coat
noun :: One who forsakes his party or his principles; a renegade; an apostate.
"I might have expected naught better from a turncoat foreign knave such as thee, who once joined in the councils of De Montfort, and then betrayed his friends to curry favor with the King." --Burroughs, Edgar Rice
noun :: One who forsakes his party or his principles; a renegade; an apostate.
"I might have expected naught better from a turncoat foreign knave such as thee, who once joined in the councils of De Montfort, and then betrayed his friends to curry favor with the King." --Burroughs, Edgar Rice
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