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

                                                                    

 Word:  Flatly

• Parts of Speech: Adverb
• Meaning: Showing little interest or emotion.
• Example: “So you’ve got cancer,” he said flatly.

 

Word: Brazen

• Parts of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: Bold and without shame.
• Example: And if by some chance I was the most brazen con man he’d ever stopped, well, he wasn’t taking this any further. 

 

Word: Trot

• Parts of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: Proceed or cause to proceed at a pace faster than a walk, lifting each diagonal pair of legs alternatively.
• Example: As he trotted back to his police car, I had a realization. 

 

Word: Chirp

• Parts of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: Utter a short, sharp, high-pitched sound.
• Example: The machine chirped, beeped and said I owed $16.55, but issued no receipt.

 

Word: Ordeal

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: A painful or horrific experience, especially a protracted one.
• Example: The whole tedious ordeal could have stretched to ten or even fifteen minutes.

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References

Book: The Last Lecture

Word Meanings: Google Search, Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, Apple Lookup.