Today’s “Word of the Day” is “demur“ and it is a verb meaning “raise objections, raise doubts, object, refuse, show reluctance, express reluctance, hesitate”.
Example Sentence: Differences persist, meanwhile, over Ukraine’s ambition to join Nato. The country’s defence minister, Oleksii Reznikov, argues it is already a member de facto (actually). Nato’s secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, worried about triggering a wider war, demurs. This is irrational (ridiculous). Putin has shown he needs no excuse to up the ante. Kyiv should be given all the security assurances it requires – and to which it is legally entitled under the 1994 Budapest memorandum.
This word is present in Nato faces an all-out fight with Putin. It must stop pulling its punches and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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