VERB以外の必須単語：Day2
*paraphrase
to restate, put what someone else has expressed into different words.
cf. quote is to use or repeal the words of someone else, giving acknowledgement to the source paraphrase is to restate in different words what someone else has said or written
*ostensible
apparent,appealing or seemingly to be true,professed or declared as true without being demonstrated or proved
*digress (originally latin , digressus)
to wander,stray from the point, ramble,deviate,go off in another direction
Digress comes from latin digressus, which comes in turn from the prefix dis-,apart, and gradi,to go,walk,step. Digress means literally to go apart,walk away. From the same latin source comeingress the place you walk in,the entrance;and egress,the place you walk out,the exit.
Although digress was once in use of a physical wandering or turning aside,today
that sense is archaic instead it is used of speaking and writing that departs from the main point or subject at hand and wanders off in another direction.
The corresponding noun is digression.
*uncanny
eerie,strange,weird,mysterious:an uncanny experience
Uncanny refers to something which is strange in an unnatural or unearthly way,
something whose strangeness is unsetting or even frightening.
Uncanny may also be used to mean beyond what is normal or expected,strange in a remarkable or marvelous way, as an uncanny resemblance or uncanny ability.
*candor
frankness,openness,sincere expression
synonyms include straightforwardness,outspokenness,forthrightness,and ingeniousness.
Candor (noun) / candid (adjective) = frank , open, sincere
The candid person expresses his or her ideas frankly and openly with no hesitation. The forthright person speaks directly to the point,plainly and sometimes bluntly in a no-nonsense manner.The ingenious person speaks honestly and sincerely,with no hint of evasiveness or deception.
*morose
gloomy,moody,glum,grumpy,ill-tempered,depressed
More difficult synonyms of morose include dolorous,which means mournful,full of sadness;lugubrious,which means extremely gloomy or dismal;and saturnine,which means having a bitter disposition or sour outlook on life.
Antonyms include optimistic,jovial,sanguine,which means having a cheerful confident outlook on life.
Sullen and morose are close in meaning.
