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

                                                                       

 

 

 Word: Coddle

• Parts of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: Cook gently in water that is near boiling.
• Treat with excessive indulgence or pampering.
• Example: It saddens me that many kids nowadays are so coddled.
• While it is okay for parents to coddle or pamper a young child, it’s a little unnerving when they coddle or pamper adult children.

 

Word: Livid

• Parts of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: If you are livid, you are furious, in a black cloud of anger.
• Furiously angry.
• Discolored by coagulation of blood beneath the skin.
• Example: Coach Graham was livid: “Jeez! That’s the most I’ve seen you boys move since this game started!”
• When he turned to practice and discovered his reduction in status, he was livid.

 

Word: Muster

• Parts of Speech: Verb/Noun
• Meaning: Gather or bring together, call to duty, jury duty, a gathering of military personnel for duty.
• Example: I could barely muster a “Yeah.”
• I was too exhausted to muster a clever reply.

 

Word: Conditioning

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: The cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge.
• Example: When coach Graham first got hold of me, I was this wimpy kid with no skills or conditioning.

 

Word: Personnel

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: A group of people willing to obey orders.
• Example:  There is talk of a botched (Careless or carried out badly) investigation and suggestions that a change in personnel may be required..