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: passel Pronounced: (PASS-ull) Noun: (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent From Vocabulary.com: “The informal passel is [...]
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: soporific Pronounced: (SOP-oh-riff-ick) Adjective: 1. sleep inducing 2. inducing mental lethargy Noun: a drug that induces sleep From Vocabulary.com: “In [...]
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: Taciturn Pronounced: (TASS-ih-turn) Adjective: habitually reserved and uncommunicative From Vocabulary.com: “Having its origin in the Latin tacitus, “silent,” taciturn came to be [...]
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: Obviate Pronounced: (OB-vee-eight) Verb: 1. do away with 2. prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening From Vocabulary.com: “The prefix ob means “to [...]
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: Comity Pronounced: (CALM-it-ee) Noun: a state or atmosphere of harmony or mutual civility and respect From Vocabulary.com: “Comity is one of [...]
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: Picayune Pronounced: (pick-ah-YOON) Adjective: (informal) small and of little importance From Vocabulary.com: “There are several newspapers in America called the Picayune, because [...]
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: Pariah Pronounced: (puh-RYE-uh) Noun: a person who is rejected (from society or home) From Vocabulary.com: “Pariah takes its name from a [...]
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: feckless Pronounced: (FECK-less) Adjective: 1. generally incompetent and ineffectual 2. not fit to assume responsibility From Vocabulary.com: “Did you know 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: jeremiad Pronounced: (JARE-uh-MY-add) Noun: a long and mournful complaint From Vocabulary.com: “Use the noun jeremiad to talk about any list of [...]
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: pergola Pronounced: (PURR-go-la) Noun: a framework that supports climbing plants From Vocabulary.com: “Other words for pergola are trellis or arbor. The [...]
