Word of the day 4 23-12

Word of the Day

OCS

April 23 2012

Percent per·cent Definition: One one-hundredth part: 1/100

Part of Speech: Noun Synonym: Percentage, share, portion, part Antonym: Related words: proportion

A resolution must receive fifty-one percent of the votes to pass.

Your grade is eighty percent, meaning that out of one hundred parts of the task, you showed mastery in eighty parts.

Period pe·ri·od Definition: An interval of time

Part of Speech: Noun Synonym: epoch, era, age, term Antonym: Related words: time frame, hours

It was a short waiting period.

Picasso's early career is divided into his blue period and rose period.

Policy pol·i·cy Definition: A course of action adopted and

pursued by a group.

Part of Speech: Noun Synonym: procedure, plan, action, practice,

scheme, theory Antonym: Related words: plan of action

The document outlined our nation’s foreign policy.

Honesty is the best policy.

Potential po·ten·tial Definition: Possible, as opposed to actual:

capable of being or becoming

Part of Speech: Noun, Adjective Synonym: potency, possible, likely Antonym: actual, existent Related words: possibility

Mr. Jones has great potential as a sales manager.

The scientists discussed the potential uses of nuclear energy.

principle prin·ci·ple Definition: A fundamental, primary, or general

law of truth from which others are derived; a tenet

Part of Speech: Noun Synonym: rule, belief, morals, standards Antonym: Related words: value, pillar

Sometimes it's not about the money but the principle of the thing.

The technique is based on the principles of modern physics.