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

 

                                                                 

Word: Despite

• Parts of Speech: 
• Meaning: Although something happens or exists.
• "Despite" is a preposition that means "regardless of," "even though," or “notwithstanding.”
• Despite is used as a preposition when something happens even though something else might have prevented it.
• Example: I had a lot of fun yesterday despite the fact that the weather was quite bad.

 

Word: Condensed

• Parts of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: Simplified or Shortened. 
• When you condense something, you cut it down and trim it.
• Example: Her feelings condensed.

 

Word: Harvested

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: Gathered (for crops in a field). The harvest is the time when you reap what you sow.
• Example: They gathered a harvest of examples.

 

Word: Spatial

• Parts of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: Relating to the position, shape, and size of the things. 
• Spatial has to do with the distance between things.
• Example: Something to do with balance and equilibrium affecting my spatial orientation (We Are the Ants).

 

Word: “Narrow Down"

• Parts of Speech: 
• Meaning: Make a list smaller by removing things in order to develop a specific focus.
• To reduce the number of options or choices when making a decision.
• Example:  We narrowed the choices down to 10 categories.