Romans 12:3 “[Humble Service in the Body of Christ] For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you.”
The word for today is… nimiety (noun) - : excess, redundancy Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : There's no scarcity of English words for too much of a good thing—words like overkill, plethora, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, and preponderance, to name a few. In fact, you might just feel that nimiety itself
The word for today is… cadge (verb) - : to obtain (something) for free often by persuading or imposing on another : sponge Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Long ago, peddlers traveled the British countryside, each with a packhorse or a horse and cart—first carrying produce from rural farms to town markets, then
The word for today is… pique (verb, noun, noun) - verb 1a: to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff b: pride 2: to arouse anger or resentment in : irritate noun : a transient feeling of wounded vanity : resentment noun 1: a durable ribbed clothing fabric of cotton,
The word for today is… tontine (noun) - : a joint financial arrangement whereby the participants usually contribute equally to a prize that is awarded entirely to the participant who survives all the others Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Tontines were named after their creator, a Neapolitan banker named Lorenzo Tonti. In 1653,
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The word for today is… nimiety (noun) - : excess, redundancy Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : There's no scarcity of English words for too much of a good thing—words like overkill, plethora, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, and preponderance, to name a few. In fact, you might just feel that nimiety itself
