Word of the Day (ephemeral)-16MAR22

Word of the Day (ephemeral)-16MAR22

Today’s “Word of the Day” is ephemeral and it is an adjective meaning “temporary, short-term, transitory, momentary, short-lived, brief”.

Example Sentence: The writing is on the wall (a warning/indication that something bad/unpleasant is going to happen). A nation’s standing in the pecking order (hierarchy) based only on soft power is ephemeral. As the West twiddles its thumbs, ‘Ukraine’ proves that hard power dictates terms in geopolitics. Thucydides (Greek historian) understood it in Fifth Century BC and we are in for a rough time if we do not get it even now. 

Word of the Day (ephemeral)-16MAR22

This word is present in The Hindu article The war’s cold facts and what India needs to glean and click here to read it.

Courtesy: The Hindu

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