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: flout Pronounced: (FLOUT) Verb: 1. treat with contemptuous disregard 2. laugh at with contempt and derision From Vocabulary.com: “Flaunt is 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: avidity Pronounced: (uh-VID-uh-tee) Noun: a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something From Vocabulary.com: “People who like something 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: alacrity Pronounced: (ah-LACK-rah-tee) Noun: liveliness and eagerness From Vocabulary.com: “While the noun alacrity normally refers to someone’s peppy behavior, it can [...]
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: cohort Pronounced: (CO-hort) Noun: 1. a band of warriors (originally a unit of a Roman Legion) 2. a company 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: meretricious Pronounced: (mair-uh-TRISH-us) Adjective: 1. tastelessly showy 2. based on pretense; deceptively pleasing 3. like or relating to a prostitute [...]
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: raillery Pronounced: (RAIL-uh-ree) Noun: light teasing repartee From Vocabulary.com: “If you engage in raillery, you make fun of someone — but [...]
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: bedevil Pronounced: (buh-DEV-uhl) Verb: 1. be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly 2. treat cruelly [...]
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: disapprobation Pronounced: (dis-app-pro-BAY-shun) Noun: an expression of strong disapproval; pronouncing as wrong or morally culpable From Vocabulary.com: “Disapprobation is a noun [...]
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: jejune Pronounced: (jeh-JOON) Adjective: 1. lacking interest or significance or impact 2. displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity 3. [...]
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: raconteur Pronounced: (RACK-on-tuhr) Noun: a person skilled in telling anecdotes From Vocabulary.com: “Do you make going to the store to buy [...]
