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: palter Pronounced: (PAUL-terr) Verb: be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information From Vocabulary.com: “Palter is an [...]
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: jibe Pronounced: (JEYEb) Verb: 1. be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics 2. shift from one side 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: morass Pronounced: (MORE-ass) Noun: 1. a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot 2. a complicated or confused [...]
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: equanimous Pronounced: (ee-QWAN-ih-muss) Adjective: in full control of your faculties From Vocabulary.com: “People who are equanimous seem enviably composed and balanced. [...]
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: prowess Pronounced: (PROW-ess) Noun: 1. a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation 2. bravery [...]
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: espouse Pronounced: (ih-SPOWZ) Verb: 1. choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans 2. take up the [...]
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: Attenuate Pronounced: (uh-TEN-you-ate; uh-TEN-you-uht) Verb: 1. become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude 2. weaken the consistency of (a chemical [...]
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: biome Pronounced: (BUY-ohm) Noun: a major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate; [...]
Noun (n.) (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people
