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: potentate Pronounced: (PO-ten-tate) Noun: a ruler who is unconstrained by law From Vocabulary.com: “A potentate is a person so powerful 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: locution Pronounced: (low-CUE-shun) Noun: a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations From Vocabulary.com: “A person’s style 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: bedraggle Pronounced: (bih-DRAG-uhl) Verb: make wet and dirty, as from rain From Vocabulary.com: “Bedraggle is a word that was probably very [...]
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: retinue Pronounced: (RET-ih-noo) Noun: the group following and attending to some important person From Vocabulary.com: “A retinue is a group 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: eldritch Pronounced: (ELL-drich) Adjective: suggesting the operation of supernatural influences From Vocabulary.com: “Eldritch things are spooky and weird — they make [...]
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: perambulate Pronounced: (purr-AM-byuh-late) Verb: 1. walk with no particular goal 2. make an official inspection on foot of (the bounds [...]
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: bilious Pronounced: (BILL-yus) Adjective: 1. irritable as if suffering from indigestion 2. suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or [...]
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: plebeian Pronounced: (pluh-BEE-an) Adjective: of or associated with the great masses of people Noun: one of the common people 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: purvey Pronounced: (purr-VAY) Verb: 1. supply with provisions 2. spread or promote (an idea, view, etc.) From Vocabulary.com: “Purvey, which rhymes [...]
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: respectively Pronounced: (rih-SPECT-iv-lee) Adjective: in the order given From Vocabulary.com: “You can think of respectively as a word that lines things [...]
