
Foolhardy: Bold but reckless
Pronounced as Fool + Hard + Ee. Simple, wasn’t it?
Foist: Give somebody something inferior without letting the other person know.
Pronounced as Faw (Replacing S in Saw with F) + Ist (from Fist).
Foment: To cause trouble
Pronounced as Foe + Ment (or Meant).
Dissension: Disagreement or difference of Opinion.
Pronounced as Dis + (T)ension (Tension without the T).
**Today we are covering four words, so the histories are left for you to discover and share with all of us!
Situational Uses:
- The foolhardy kid hurt himself while doing stunts with his brand new bike.
- The clever, dishonest shopkeeper foisted inferior products amongst the high-quality ones I bought.
- Politicians often foment emotions to influence people by clouding their judgement.
- The dissension between the two groups of people culminated into a riot of unimaginable proportions.
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It seems foolhardy to foist further and extensive debt (when over extension of credit is already the problem) surely dissension will inevitably foment.
Wow!
That is one fabulous sentence Ruth! All in one.
Thanks so much Ruth for making it so much fun @ WeboWord.
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