Word of Today Day 7

Gentrification

Definition of GENTRIFICATION

:  the process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middle-class or affluent people into deteriorating areas that often displaces poorer residents 

Word of Today Day 6

fair market value

n. the amount for which property would sell on the open market if put up for sale. This is distinguished from "replacement value," which is the cost of duplicating the property. Real estate appraisers will use "comparable" sales of similar property in the area to determine market value, adding or deducting amounts based on differences in quality and size of the property.

Word of Today Day 5

Empathy 

: the feeling that you understand and share another person's experiences and emotions : the ability to share someone else's feelings

Word of Today Day 4

Death Penalty

(noun) the sentence of execution for murder and some other capital crimes.

Word of Today Day 3

Culture

Full Definition of CULTURE

1

:  cultivation, tillage

2

:  the act of developing the intellectual and moral facultiesespecially by education

3

:  expert care and training <beauty culture>

4

a :  enlightenment and excellence of taste acquired by intellectual and aesthetic training

b :  acquaintance with and taste in fine arts, humanities, and broad aspects of science as distinguished from vocational and technical skills

5

a :  the integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior that depends upon the capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations

b :  the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group; also :  the characteristic features of everyday existence (as diversions or a way of life} shared by people in a place or time <popular culture><southern culture>

c :  the set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes an institution or organization <a corporateculture focused on the bottom line>

d :  the set of values, conventions, or social practices associated with a particular field, activity, or societal characteristic <studying the effect of computers on printculture> <changing the culture of materialism will take time — Peggy O'Mara>

6

:  the act or process of cultivating living material (as bacteria or viruses) in prepared nutrient media; also :  a product of such cultivation

Word of Today Day 2

Bigot (noun)

Origin:  French, hypocrite, bigot

First Known Use: 1660

Definition
a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices; especially :  one who regards or treats the members of a group (as a racial or ethnic group) with hatred and intolerance

Word of Today Day 1

a fortiori

(ah-for-she-ory) prep. Latin for "with even stronger reason," 

which applies to a situation in which if one thing is true then it can be inferred that a second thing is even more certainly true. 

Thus, if Abel is too young to serve as administrator, then his younger brother Cain certainly is too young.