posture resurrection sengoku speculate virtue

posture

pos·ture /ˈpɒstʃə $ ˈpɑːstʃər/ noun

1. [uncountable and countable] the way you position your body when sitting or standing
   • good/bad etc posture
     • Poor posture can lead to muscular problems.
     • her upright posture
2. [singular] the way you behave or think in a particular situation
   • posture towards
     • He tends to adopt a defensive posture towards new ideas.

resurrection

res·ur·rec·tion /ˌrezəˈrekʃən/ noun [singular]

formal a situation in which something old or forgotten returns or becomes important again:

• a resurrection of old jealousies

sengoku

The Sengoku period (戦国時代 Sengoku Jidai, “Age of Warring States”; c. 1467 – c. 1600) is a period in Japanese history marked by social upheaval, political intrigue and near-constant military conflict.

speculate

spec·u·late /ˈspekjəleɪt, ˈspekjʊleɪt/verb

1. [intransitive and transitive] to guess about the possible causes or effects of something, without knowing all the facts and details.

   • She refused to speculate.

   • speculate on/about (why/what etc)
     • Jones refused to speculate about what might happen.
   • speculate that
     • Some analysts speculated that jobs will be lost.

2. [intransitive] to buy goods, property, SHARES in a compnay etc, hoping that you will make a large profit when you sell them.

   • speculate in/on
     • He speculated in stocks.

virtue

vir·tue W3 /ˈvɜːtʃuː $ ˈvɜːr-/ noun

1. [uncountable] formal moral goodness of character and behavior OPP vice
   • Women have often been used as symbols of virtue.
2. [countable] a particular good quality in someone’s character OPP vice
   • Among her many virtues are loyalty, courage, and truthfulness.
3. [uncountable and countable] an advantage that makes something better or more useful than something else
   • virtue of
     • Adam Smith believed in the virtues of free trade.
4. by virtue of something formal by means of, or as a result of something
   • She became a British resident by virtue of her marriage.
5. make a virtue of something to get an advantage from a situation that you cannot change, usually a bad one:
   • She made a virtue of her acting limitations by joking about them.
6. make a virtue of necessity to get an advantage from doing something that you have to do, or to pretend that you are doing it willingly

THESAURUS

advantage

• a good feature that something has, which makes it better, more useful etc than other things:
  • The great advantage of digital cameras is that there is no film to process.

benefit

• a feature of something that has a good effect on people’s lives
  • Regular exercise has many benefits, including reducing the risk of heart diseases.

merit

• a good feature that something has, which you consider when you are deciding whether it is the best choice
  • The committee will consider the merits of the proposals.
  • The merits and demerits of (=the good and bad features of) alternative funding systems were widely discussed in the newspaper.
  • The chairman saw no great merit in this suggestion (=he did not think that it was a good idea).

virtue

• an advantage that makes you believe that something is a good thing
  • They believed in the virtues of culture, civilization, and reason.

the good/great/best thing about something

• especially spoken
• used when mentioning a god feature of something.
• This phrase is rather informal and you should not use it in formal essays
  • The good thing about cycling is that you don’t have to worry about getting stuck in a traffic jam.

the beauty of something is that

• used when you want to emphasize that something has a very good or useful feature
  • The beauty of the plan is that it is so simple.

Reference

• Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English