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

                                                          

 

Word: Collaboratively

• Parts of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: Together with other people.
• Example: When you collaborate, you cooperate or join forces with other people.

 

Word: Clairvoyance

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: Apparent power to perceive things not present to the senses.
• Example: Clairvoyance could be described as the ability to tell the future, read someone’s mind, or communicate with dead people.

 

Word: Telekinesis

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: The power to move something by thinking about it without applying any force.
• Example: We pretended the little boy who walked in with his mom had telekinesis (P.S. I Miss You).

 

Word: Anecdotal

• Parts of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: Consisting of short stories based on someone’s personal experience.
• Example: There is no research supporting this anecdotal approach, but there are numerous studies supporting the efficacy of sound self-help books with scientifically tested techniques to alleviate human suffering (New York TimesAug 22, 2019).

 

Word: Proponents

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: People who support something or persuade people to do something.
• Example:  You might be a proponent of a longer vacation, but your parents might be proponents of a longer year school.

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Source: Google, Webster Dictionary, https://www.vocabulary.com/