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

                                                            

 

 Word: Shrug

• Parts of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: Raise one’s shoulder slightly and momentarily to express doubt, ignorance, or indifference.
• Example: I just shrugged, and I could see that for Jai, an entire day’s worth of anxiety was just melting away.

 

Word: Gash

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: A long deep slash, cut, or wound.
• Example: We would just live with dents and gashes.

 

Word: Placenta

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: A flattened circular organ in the uterus of pregnant eutherian mammals, nourishing and maintaing the fetus through the umblical chord.
• Example: With the Placenta in such distress, the life support for the fetus was giving out. 

 

Word: Riff

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: A short repeated phrase in popular music and Jazz, typically used as an introduction, or refrain in a song.
• Example: I wondered how often she used her “hospital paperwork” riff to ease patients’ anxieties.

 

Phrase: Off the ledge 

• Parts of Speech: 
• Meaning: "Off the ledge" is a figurative phrase that means avoiding a risky or harmful situation. It can also mean taking a risk, making a big decision, or doing something unexpected. 
• Example: Just keep her off the ledge when she gets scared.