This week we continue our vocabulary-building series, “The Closing Word.” Each week we provide a new word to help build your vocabulary and show you an example of how to use it. This week’s closing word: equable Pronounced: (EK-wah-bul) Adjective: 1. not varying 2. not easily irritated From Vocabulary.com: ”To correctly pronounce equable, accent the first syllable: [...]
This week we continue our vocabulary-building series, “The Closing Word.” Each week we provide a new word to help build your vocabulary and show you an example of how to use it. This week’s closing word: stalwart Pronounced: (STALL-wert) Adjective: 1. having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships 2. used especially of persons; dependable [...]
This week we continue our vocabulary-building series, “The Closing Word.” Each week we provide a new word to help build your vocabulary and show you an example of how to use it. This week’s closing word: cosset Pronounced: (KOSS-it) Verb: treat with excessive indulgence From Vocabulary.com: ”If your parents used to cosset you when you were little, [...]
This week we continue our vocabulary-building series, “The Closing Word.” Each week we provide a new word to help build your vocabulary and show you an example of how to use it. This week’s closing word: hibernal Pronounced: (high-BURN-ull) Adjective: characteristic of or relating to winter From Vocabulary.com: ”You can talk about anything wintry as being hibernal [...]
This week we continue our vocabulary-building series, “The Closing Word.” Each week we provide a new word to help build your vocabulary and show you an example of how to use it. This week’s closing word: indoctrinate Pronounced: (in-DOCK-trin-ate) Verb: teach doctrines to; teach uncritically From Vocabulary.com: ”If you indoctrinate someone, the goal is to have that [...]
This week we continue our vocabulary-building series, “The Closing Word.” Each week we provide a new word to help build your vocabulary and show you an example of how to use it. This week’s closing word: impecunious Pronounced: (im-puh-CYOON-ee-us) Adjective: not having enough money to pay for necessities From Vocabulary.com: ”Impecunious comes from the old Latin word [...]
This week we continue our vocabulary-building series, “The Closing Word.” Each week we provide a new word to help build your vocabulary and show you an example of how to use it. This week’s closing word: mettle Pronounced: (MET-ull) Noun: the courage to carry on From Vocabulary.com: ”Metal and mettle were used interchangeably meaning a solid material [...]
This week we continue our vocabulary-building series, “The Closing Word.” Each week we provide a new word to help build your vocabulary and show you an example of how to use it. This week’s closing word: belie Pronounced: (bee-LIE) Verb: 1. be in contradiction with 2. represent falsely From Vocabulary.com: ”We get belie from the Old English beleogan, [...]
This week we continue our vocabulary-building series, “The Closing Word.” Each week we provide a new word to help build your vocabulary and show you an example of how to use it. This week’s closing word: politic Pronounced: (PAHL-ih-tick) Adjective: 1. marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness 2. smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree [...]
This week we continue our vocabulary-building series, “The Closing Word.” Each week we provide a new word to help build your vocabulary and show you an example of how to use it. This week’s closing word: calumny Pronounced: (CAL-um-knee) Noun: 1. a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone’s words or actions [...]
