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

                                                                 

 Word: Humanities

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: The humanities are studies about human culture, such as literature, philosophy, and history.
• Example: Studying the humanities gives you general knowledge.
• You probably won’t study humanities at a beauty school.

 

Word: Imply

• Parts of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: Imply means to suggest, express, or show something suggest something without stating it directly.
• Example: To imply is to suggest or to throw out a suggestion; to infer is to conclude or to take a suggestion.
• A friend’s abrupt manner would imply that he is in a foul mood.

 

Word: Transitional

• Parts of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: of or relating to or characterized by a transition.
• Example: “Good. Now look over here at the transitional elements.” - Okay for Now.

 

Word: Synopsis

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: A sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory.
• Example: I mumble a synopsis and then ask if I can be silent to tan - Saints and Misfits.

 

Word: Conventional

• Parts of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: Following accepted customs, Conforming with accepted standards, in accord with.
• Example:  There are other, more conventional ways to achieve this task.