Vocabulary Memory: Esteem; noun

Esteem

əˈstēm/

noun

noun: esteem

1. 1.

   respect and admiration, typically for a person.

   "he was held in high esteem by colleagues"

   synonyms:

   respect, admiration, acclaim, approbation, appreciation, favor, recognition, honor, reverence; More estimation, regard, opinion "she was held in high esteem"

verb

verb: esteem; 3rd person present: esteems; past tense: esteemed; past participle: esteemed; gerund or present participle: esteeming

1. 1.

   respect and admire.

   "many of these qualities are esteemed by managers"

   synonyms:

   respect, admire, value, regard, acclaim, appreciate, like, prize, treasure, favor, revere "such ceramics are highly esteemed"

   • formal

     consider; deem.

     "I should esteem it a favor if you could speak to them"

Origin

Middle English (as a noun in the sense ‘worth, reputation’): from Old French estime (noun), estimer (verb), from Latin aestimare ‘to estimate.’ The verb was originally in the Latin sense, also ‘appraise’ (compare with estimate), used figuratively to mean ‘assess the merit of.’ Current senses date from the 16th century.

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Vocabulary Memory: Qualm; Noun

Qualm

kwäm,kwälm/

 

noun

noun: qualm; plural noun: qualms

1. an uneasy feeling of doubt, worry, or fear, especially about one's own conduct; a misgiving.

   "military regimes generally have no qualms about controlling the press"

   synonyms:

   misgivings, doubts, reservations, second thoughts, worries, concerns, anxiety; More hesitation, hesitance, hesitancy, demur, reluctance, disinclination, apprehension, trepidation, unease; scruples, remorse, compunction "I have no qualms about overseas travel"

   • a momentary faint or sick feeling.

Origin

early 16th century (in the sense ‘momentary sick feeling’): perhaps related to Old English cw(e)alm ‘pain,’ of Germanic origin.

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Vocabulary Memory: Xylem; noun

Xy·lem

ˈzīləm/

noun Botany

noun: xylem

1. the vascular tissue in plants that conducts water and dissolved nutrients upward from the root and also helps to form the woody element in the stem.

Origin

late 19th century: from Greek xulon ‘wood’ + the passive suffix -ēma .

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