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

                                                                 

 Word: Bluntness

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: Without sharpness or clearness of edge or point.
• Example: Though Jai wasn’t thrilled with my bluntness and my know-it-all attitude, she said I was the most positive, upbeat person she’d ever met.

 

Word: Rattle

• Parts of Speech: Verb / Noun
• Meaning: Make a very rapid, short series of knocking or tapping sounds.
• Example: We did not leave the reception in a car with cans rattling from the rear bumper.

 

Word: Whisk

• Parts of Speech: Verb / Noun
• Meaning: Move quickly and nimbly.
• Example: Instead, we got into a huge, multicolored hot-air-balloon that whisked us off into the clouds.

 

Word: Beam

• Parts of Speech: Noun / Verb
• Meaning: Have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink.
• Shine, glow, radiate, Ray.
• Example: When we had stepped into the balloon, Jai was beaming.

 

Word: Disconcert

• Parts of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: Cause to lose one’s composure; Cause to feel embarrassment.
• Example:  It didn’t sound like the destruction of the Hindenburg, but it was a little disconcerting.