Wednesday, January 17, 2024

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

                                                                


 Word: Prospect

  • Parts of Speech: Noun
  • Meaning: The possibility or likelihood of some future event occurring; a person regarded as likely to succeed
  • Example: She has a good prospect of finding a new job.

 

Word: Implausible

  • Parts of Speech: Adjective
  • Meaning: Not seeming reasonable or probable; failing to convince
  • Example: The prospect of another vacation within the next year seems implausible. 

 

Word: Notion

  • Parts of Speech: Noun
  • Meaning: A conception of or belief about something; an impulse or desire; an individual's object of attention
  • Example: She had a notion that he was hiding something.

 

Word: Hiatus

  • Parts of Speech: Noun
  • Meaning: A pause or gap in a sequence, series, or process
  • Example: Can such a hiatus indeed be achievable?
  • The band is taking a hiatus from touring.

 

Word: Respite

  • Parts of Speech: Noun
  • Meaning: A short period of rest or relief from something difficult or unpleasant
  • Example: In a land far from my cozy home, enjoying a pleasant respite from my usual daily tasks and troubles.
  • The vacation provided a much-needed respite from work.

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