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

                                                                       

Word: Barricade

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: Anything that prevents people, animals, or anything from getting through. 
• Example: She kept sneaking upon us, trying to get a peak, but we remained barricaded in our room.

 

Word: Aspiration

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: A cherished desire, The will to succeed.
• Example:  Maybe it was a symbol of the balance in my life between aspiration and pragmatism.
• If your aspiration is to climb Mt.Everest, maybe someday you better start training because it’s a long, hard climb that requires a lot of preparation.

Word: Relent

• Parts of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: Yield or give in, as to influence or pressure; To slow down or soften.
• Example: My mother wasn’t so high on the whole escapade, but she relented pretty quickly when she saw how excited I was.
• The firemen refused to relent; they banged relentlessly on my door until I woke up.

 

Word: Unveil

• Parts of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: Used to uncover or reveal something for the first time.
• Make visible.
• Example: My father sat in the living room, reading the newspaper, patiently waiting for the unveiling.
• A city’s mayor might unveil a new monument by removing an actual veil (cloth covering) from it.

 

Word: Hover

• Parts of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: Linger or remain near a place, hang in the air, fly, or be suspended above.
• Example: My mother hovered in the hallway, completely nervous.
• We don’t have a cafeteria, we eat outside with seagulls hovering overhead.