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:
irresolute
Pronounced: (ih-REZ-oh-loot)
Adjective:
uncertain how to act or proceed
From Vocabulary.com: “Resolute describes certainty. When someone is resolute, things get done: plans are made and carried out. But add the prefix ir to resolute and you get its opposite. An irresolute person isn’t necessarily a slacker — he or she just doesn’t know what to do. Maybe it’s confusion. Maybe it’s a matter of waiting for better information to come along. Either way, if someone is irresolute, you’ll need to be patient — or willing to nudge him or her into action.”
Example:
“When clients are irresolute about a move, it’s important to keep in touch with them without pushing them too hard to act.”
