In today’s episode, we’re going to learn the word pithy, terse, ostensible, integral manifest, disparate, apt, ellipsis, meritorious, and inimical. We’re going to learn 10 new words in context, and let me tell you about these 10 words we’re going to learn. We’re going to talk about Proverbs, and of course, since it’s a word power episode, That’s not going to be everything. Danny: Have you ever wondered about the power of Proverbs? Well, we’re gonna talk today about this power that comprises the wisdom of the ages, and this is exactly what the title of today’s word power episode is all about. You know what they say-“Old habits die hard.” Interactive Activities Flashcards Nevertheless, proverbs continue to be treasured heirlooms, passed from one generation to the next. Yet research suggests that such discipline can cause children to be more inimical than their peers. For example, “Spare the rod and spoil the child” implies that physical punishment builds good character in children. But this prepackaged wisdom is not always useful or meritorious. Poetic devices like rhythm and ellipsis make their lessons so condensed and powerful that they sound true. Yet in spite of the passing of time, many proverbs remain quite apt. This may also account for the expression “The cat’s out of the bag.” Some old sayings, like “An apple a day keeps the doctor away,” don’t seem valid anymore. A poke was a bag for carrying goods, and shoppers who thought they were buying a pig in a poke might discover too late that they had bought a cat instead. For example, “Don’t buy a pig in a poke” originated hundreds of years ago in the European marketplace, where unscrupulous merchants substituted cats for pigs. While a few can probably be attributed to a specific person, most were invented by ordinary people in everyday circumstances. The origins of proverbs are disparate the Bible, mythology, and ancient philosophy are all sources of proverbial wisdom. They tend to follow patterns, like “Where there is X, there is Y” and “One of something is worth great amounts of something else.” This latter design is manifest in such advice as “One good head is better than a hundred strong hands” (England), “A friend is better than a thousand silver pieces” (Greece), and “A moment is worth a thousand gold pieces” (Korea). Proverbs are an integral part of the oral tradition of most cultures and are often similar from one country to the next. This may explain the ostensible folk wisdom of “Look before you leap” and “Absence makes the heart grow fonder.” They tend to have several layers of meaning and apply to various situations. Sometimes referred to as “the wisdom of thousands, the wit of one,” proverbs are chunks of human experience compressed into terse sentences. They use devices associated with poetry-rhythm, rhyme, and metaphor-to create vivid images that teach life’s lessons. These pithy statements are examples of proverbs, often called the shortest art form.
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