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

                                                                               

 

 Word: Innate

• Parts of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: Natural; Present at birth but not necessarily hereditary.
• Example: In this chapter, we will examine the following questions: Is music innate to humans? (Music and the Child).

 

Word: Impulse

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: Sudden strong desires to do something without considering whether it is sensible; An impelling force or strength; The act of applying force suddenly.
• Example: I had to fight an impulse to say, But I need to talk to you (The Secret Life of Bees).

 

Word: Manifest

• Parts of Speech: Adjective/Verb/Noun
• Meaning: Ability to be clearly and easily understood; Reveal its presence or make an appearance; Cleverly revealed to the mind; A custom’s document listing the contents put on a ship or a plane.
• Example: Already the nuns are saying that a miracle was manifested in Therese’s death (Ophelia).

 

Word: Opaque

• Parts of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: Difficult or impossible to see through.
• Example: At first, I didn’t see the soldiers at all—just a giant, swirling mass of insects, so dense it was opaque, about fifty feet down the footpath (Hollow City).

 

Word: Portend

• Parts of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: Providing a sign that something is going to happen; Indicate by signs.
• Example: Portend is a helpful way for authors to foreshadow dark events ahead in their stories.