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

  

 

 Word:  Wary

• Parts of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: Feeling or showing caution about possible dangers or problems.
• Example: I’m a bit of an acquired taste in that sense, and after only one semester, some were still noticeably weary of me.

 

Word: Decree

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: An official order issued by a legal authority.
• Example: I issued that decree mostly because those things have been done in computer games only about a zillion times, and I was looking for original thinking.

 

Word: Stupefy

• Parts of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: Make someone unable to think or feel properly.
• Example: His answer left me stupefied. 

 

Word: Disservice

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: A harmful action.
• Example: I’d only do them a disservice by putting it anywhere.

 

Word: Existential

• Parts of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: Relating to existence.
• Example:  Some of my students created completely unlikely existential worlds populated by lovable 3-D creatures they first dreamed about us kids.

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References

Book: THE LAST LECTURE

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