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

                                                                          

 

 Word: Valor

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: Great courage in the face of danger, especially in battle.
• Example: In recognition of this, my dad, then twenty-two years old, was issued the Bronze Star for valor.

 

Word: Vicinity

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: The area near or surrounding a particular place.
• Example: He commenced treating wounded men while shells continued to fall in the immediate vicinity.

 

Word: Relent

• Parts of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: Abandon or mitigate a harsh intention or cruel treatment.
• Example: Presented with the data, I relented.

 

Word: Prognosis

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: The likely course of a disease or ailment.
• Example: At the same time, given my prognosis, Jai says she’s learning to let some of the little stuff slide.

 

Word: Calibrate

• Parts of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: Adjust or correlate the readings of an instrument with those of a standard in order to check the instrument’s accuracy.
• Example:  Dr. Reiss has a gift for helping people to recalibrate their home lives when one spouse has a terminal illness.