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: acerbity Pronounced: (ah-SERB-uh-tee) Noun: 1. a sharp bitterness 2. a sharp sour taste 3. a rough and bitter manner 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: declivity Pronounced: (dih-KLIV-ih-tee) Noun: a downward slope or bend From Vocabulary.com: “The word declivity comes from the Latin words de, which means [...]
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: rancorous Pronounced: (RANK-uh-russ) Adjective: showing deep-seated resentment From Vocabulary.com: “The word rancorous can be traced back to the Latin word rancere, which [...]
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: screed Pronounced: (SKREED) Noun: 1. a long monotonous harangue 2. a long piece of writing 3. an accurately leveled strip [...]
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: mellifluous Pronounced: (mell-IF-floo-us) Adjective: pleasing to the ear From Vocabulary.com: “You might think that that mell in mellifluous has something 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: propitious Pronounced: (pro-PISH-us) Adjective: presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs of success From Vocabulary.com: “When the timing [...]
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: countermand Pronounced: (COUNT-uhr-mand) Verb: cancel officially Noun: a contrary command cancelling or reversing a previous command From Vocabulary.com: “Counter means “opposing” [...]
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: spurious Pronounced: (spYOO-ree-us) Adjective: 1. plausible but false 2. intended to deceive 3. born out of wedlock From Vocabulary.com: “Anytime you [...]
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: proscribe Pronounced: (pro-SCRIBE) Verb: 1. command against 2. forbid, especially by law From Vocabulary.com: “Proscribe sounds similar to the word prescribe, [...]
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: dilettante Pronounced: (DILL-uh-taunt) Noun: an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge [...]
