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

                                                             

 Word: Peer-review

• Parts of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: Involves a process of approval by experts before publishing.
• Evaluate professionally a colleague’s work.
• Example: I thought they went on peer-review and so on (The Subtle Knife).

 

Word: Manuscripts

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: Pieces of writing that have not been published.
• Handwritten book or document, The form of literary work submitted for publication.
• Example: Samuel Johnson said, “Your manuscript is both good and original, but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.” Harrumph!

 

Word: Glaring

• Parts of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: Obviously very bad, Shining Intensely, Outrageously bad or Reprehensible.
• Example: “Regrets,” they apologized in turn and sat down glaring at each other (The Phantom Tollbooth).

 

Word: Carnival

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: Fair, FunFair, A Traveling show, A large public entertainment with rides and games of skill.
• Example: One of my earliest childhood dreams was to be the coolest guy at any amusement park or carnival I visited.

 

Word: Awe

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: An overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration.
• Example: It was an absolute quest. And once we got there, I was just in awe of the place.