Youth Voices Magazine

19/12/2025

18/12/2025

Does throwing on a jaunty hat make someone appear more genteel? Maybe, but something more definitive links the words: both jaunty and genteel come from the French word gentil, meaning 'of aristocratic

17/12/2025

As you might guess, the words espouse and spouse are hitched, both coming from the Latin verb spondēre, meaning 'to promise' or 'to betroth.' In fact, the two were once completely interchangeable,

17/12/2025

having knowledge or experience —used with with; having frequent or familiar association; concerned, occupied… See the full definition

16/12/2025

The adjectives conversant and conversational both descend from the Latin verb conversari, meaning 'to associate with.' Conversant dates to the Middle Ages; an early meaning of the word was simply '