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: ply Pronounced: (PLIE) Verb: 1. use diligently 2. wield vigorously 3. apply oneself diligently 4. travel a route regularly 5. [...]
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: prolix Pronounced: (pro-LICKS) Adjective: tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length From Vocabulary.com: “A book that feels [...]
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: vagary Pronounced: (VAYG-uh-ree) Noun: an unexpected and inexplicable change in something (in a situation or a person’s behavior, etc.) From Vocabulary.com: [...]
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: acclivity Pronounced: (ah-CLIV-uh-tee) Noun: an upward slope or grade (as in a road) From Vocabulary.com: The word acclivity traces back 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: dross Pronounced: (dross) Noun: 1. worthless or dangerous material that should be removed 2. the scum formed by oxidation at [...]
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: puerile Pronounced: (PURE-uhl) Adjective: 1. displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity 2. of or characteristic of a child From Vocabulary.com: [...]
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: cavil Pronounced: (CAV-ill) Verb: raise trivial objections Noun: an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions [...]
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: contretemps Pronounced: (CON-tre-tahn) Noun: an awkward clash From Vocabulary.com: “The word contretempis French – contre means “against” and temps means “time.” A mishap, perhaps caused [...]
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: maunder Pronounced: (MON-durr) Verb: 1. speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly 2. talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice [...]
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: inure Pronounced: (in-YOOR) Verb: cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate From Vocabulary.com: “Although the Latin roots of inure mean [...]
