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

                                                                         

 

Word:  Formidable

• Parts of Speech: Adjective / Noun
• Meaning: Inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful, intense, or capable.
• Example: The most formidable brick wall I ever encountered in my life was just five feet, six inches tall, and absolutely beautiful.

 

Word: Adept

• Parts of Speech: Adjective / Noun
• Meaning: Very proficient or skilled at something.
• Example: I was always pretty adept at charging through the brick walls in my academic and professional life.

 

Word: Courtship

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: A period during which a couple develops a romantic relationship.
• Example: I didn’t tell the audience the story about my courtship with my wife.

 

Word: Compulsion

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: The action or state of forcing or being forced to do something.
• Example: I felt no compulsion to settle down.

 

Word: Tenured

• Parts of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: Having or denoting a permanent post, especially as a teacher or a professor.
• Example:  Even as a tenured professor who could afford something better.