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

                                                                 

 Word: Humanities

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: The humanities are studies about human culture, such as literature, philosophy, and history.
• Example: Studying the humanities gives you general knowledge.
• You probably won’t study humanities at a beauty school.

 

Word: Imply

• Parts of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: Imply means to suggest, express, or show something suggest something without stating it directly.
• Example: To imply is to suggest or to throw out a suggestion; to infer is to conclude or to take a suggestion.
• A friend’s abrupt manner would imply that he is in a foul mood.

 

Word: Transitional

• Parts of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: of or relating to or characterized by a transition.
• Example: “Good. Now look over here at the transitional elements.” - Okay for Now.

 

Word: Synopsis

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: A sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory.
• Example: I mumble a synopsis and then ask if I can be silent to tan - Saints and Misfits.

 

Word: Conventional

• Parts of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: Following accepted customs, Conforming with accepted standards, in accord with.
• Example:  There are other, more conventional ways to achieve this task.

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

                                                                

 

 Word: Mansplaining

• Parts of Speech: Noun (Informal)
• Meaning: Overconfidence + Cluelessness; Implies superiority over others; Talking down to someone; Say something hurtful disguised as a “Joke.”
• The explanation of something by a man, typically to a woman, in a manner regarded as Condescending or Patronizing.
• Example: Your response is classic mansplaining.
• "I will explain it to you later; you don’t understand anything,” Snapped!

 

Word: Applauded

• Parts of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: To applaud is to show approval, encouragement, motivation, or appreciation.
• Example: I applaud your decision to start investing in yourself.

 

Word: Stereotypical

• Parts of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: Describes an action that is oversimplified.
• Lacking spontaneity, originality, individuality, or unimaginative.
• Example: It’s kinda stereotypical we all sit together, but it worked out that way.

 

Word: Envision

• Parts of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: See in one’s mind; imagine, envision, To picture.
• Example: I cannot envision him as the CEO of the company.

 

Word: Infer

• Parts of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: To Infer is to make a well-informed guess.
• When you infer something, you read between the lines.
• Example:  To imply is to suggest or to throw out a suggestion; to infer is to conclude or to take a suggestion