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: espy Pronounced: (es-PIE) Verb: catch sight of From Vocabulary.com: “Though you can use the verb espy whenever you want to say [...]
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: mollify Pronounced: (MALL-if-eye) Verb: 1. cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of 2. make more temperate, [...]
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: mendacity Pronounced: (men-DASS-uh-tee) Noun: the tendency to be untruthful From Vocabulary.com: “Mendacity comes from the Latin root word mendacium, or “lie.” Don’t [...]
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: aggrandize Pronounced: (uh-GRAND-eyes) Verb: add details to From Vocabulary.com: “The verb aggrandize not only means “to make appear greater”; 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: truculent Pronounced: (TRUCK-you-lent) Adjective: defiantly aggressive From Vocabulary.com: “This word has no connection to truck, but the similar sound is still [...]
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: succor Pronounced: (SUCK-er) Noun: assistance in time of difficulty Verb: help in a difficult situation From Vocabulary.com: “In archaic times, succor [...]
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: vernal Pronounced: (VUHR-null) Adjective: 1. suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh 2. of or characteristic of or occurring in spring [...]
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: amity Pronounced: (AM-ih-tee) Noun: 1. a state of friendship and cordiality 2. a cordial disposition From Vocabulary.com: “The word amity refers [...]
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: wile Pronounced: (while) Noun: the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) From Vocabulary.com: “Language experts [...]
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: ambit Pronounced: (AM-bit) Noun: an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control From Vocabulary.com: “The origins [...]
