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

                                                                           

 Word: Culminate

• Parts of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: Describes a high point or a Climactic stage in a process; end.
• Example: The goal of a Major League football team is to have their season culminate in a World Series victory.

 

Word: Conform

• Parts of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: Comply with rules, standards, or laws, to adapt to fit in with new conditions.
• Example: If you travel to a foreign country, you should conform to the local customs and adjust your usual wardrobe to a more modest one.

 

Word: Artisan

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: An Artisan has both the creativity and the skill to make a product.
• Example: Next to the straw market is the woodcarvers’ lane, where local artisans demonstrate their crafts and sell them made of wood.

 

Word: Climactic

• Parts of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: Consisting of or causing a climax
• Example: Slowly and climactically, Powell and Donovan finished a graphic and resounding story (I, Robot).

 

Word: Grizzled

• Parts of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: Having dark heirs mixed with grey or white.
• Example:  Your dad’s grizzled beard might need a trim by the end of your two-week camping trip.