Lexicon Lift: 5 Daily Words (Are you familiar with these? And how do you use these words?)

Word: Liminality

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: Liminality is the quality of being in two places or stages on the verge of transitioning to something new.
• Example: There is a liminality to the brief moment between being fully asleep and being fully awake.

 

Word: Ideation

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: The act of coming up with an idea. The process of forming and relating ideas.
• Example: If you imagine a flying car and think of how to make it, that's ideation. It’s a creative process. 

 

Word: Actualisation

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: Making real or giving the appearance of reality.
• Example: Part of the "actualisation" process, as the regime puts it, is a recent law on foreign investments.

 

Word: Embrace

• Parts of Speech: Noun/Verb
• Meaning: Welcome with open arms, hold, hug and accept completely.
• The act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection).
• Example: Father enveloped his son in an embrace, speaking softly and gently, “Sammy, it’s time to go home. Your mother is waiting."

 

Word: Fringe

• Parts of Speech: Verb/Noun
• Meaning: An ornamental border consisting of short lengths of hanging threads or tassels.
• Provide with a border or edge.
• Example: The paper was thick, and at each torn edge was a fringe of tangled fibers.