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

                                                              

 

 Word: Personified

• Parts of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: To give human characteristics to something that is not human.
• Example: The two of us personified the mix of arts and technology.

 

Word: Divergent

• Parts of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: Differing from Others.
• Example: The result was that students often got the best of our divergent approaches.
• The triplets may look alike, but they have divergent personalities.

 

Word: Chutzpah

• Parts of Speech: Informal Noun
• Meaning: Extreme self-confidence, Impudence, shameless audacity.
• Example: And if you have large ambitions and a measure of chutzpah, you can attempt to do it on a grand scale.

 

Word: Dissertation

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: A long piece of writing on a specific subject, particularly one written for a university degree.
• Example: For her phD dissertation, she built a system called “Storytelling Alice."

 

Word: Peeved

• Parts of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: To be annoyed or irritated.
• Example: I was completely peeved at the camp directors.  

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References

Book: The Last Lecture

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