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

                                                               

 

 Word: Pragmatism

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: The attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth.
• Example: Maybe it symbolized the balance in my life between aspiration and pragmatism.
• When you practice pragmatism, you accept conditions as they are and make practical decisions. Your head is not in the clouds.

 

Word: Acclimate

• Parts of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: Get used to a specific climate.
• Example:  It turns out that NASA has a plane it uses to help astronauts acclimate to zero gravity.
• When you acclimate yourself to a situation, you become used to it.

Word: Periscope

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: A periscope is a tool to see things that would otherwise be hidden or obstructed.
• Example: I drew a periscope rising above the bedspread in search of enemy ships.

Word: Inevitable

• Parts of Speech: Adjective/Noun
• Meaning: An avoidable event, Invariably occurring or appearing.
• Example: Then came the inevitable eye-roll.
• If something is inevitable, it will definitely happen.

Word: Lurk

• Parts of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: Wait in hiding to attack, Lie in ambush. To lurk is to creep around, hideout, and wait to attack.
• Example: I painted a submarine lurking in a body of water behind the bunk bed.
• It’s hard for us to imagine a world so unsafe, with dangers lurking in every unseen and unplanned corner.

 

 

 

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Word: Barricade

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: Anything that prevents people, animals, or anything from getting through. 
• Example: She kept sneaking upon us, trying to get a peak, but we remained barricaded in our room.

 

Word: Aspiration

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: A cherished desire, The will to succeed.
• Example:  Maybe it was a symbol of the balance in my life between aspiration and pragmatism.
• If your aspiration is to climb Mt.Everest, maybe someday you better start training because it’s a long, hard climb that requires a lot of preparation.

Word: Relent

• Parts of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: Yield or give in, as to influence or pressure; To slow down or soften.
• Example: My mother wasn’t so high on the whole escapade, but she relented pretty quickly when she saw how excited I was.
• The firemen refused to relent; they banged relentlessly on my door until I woke up.

 

Word: Unveil

• Parts of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: Used to uncover or reveal something for the first time.
• Make visible.
• Example: My father sat in the living room, reading the newspaper, patiently waiting for the unveiling.
• A city’s mayor might unveil a new monument by removing an actual veil (cloth covering) from it.

 

Word: Hover

• Parts of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: Linger or remain near a place, hang in the air, fly, or be suspended above.
• Example: My mother hovered in the hallway, completely nervous.
• We don’t have a cafeteria, we eat outside with seagulls hovering overhead.

 

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 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

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Word: Synthesis

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: Synthesis is the act of combining elements to form something new.
• The combination of ideas into something whole.
• Example: They developed a new technology concept based on synthesizing the art of music, drawing, and several other arts.

 

Word: Inducting

• Parts of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: Admit as a member; Induct is what groups do when formally accepting new members.
• Example: There was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy.

 

Word: Resurgence

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: Resurgence means coming back, bringing again into activity and prominence.
• Example: When there is a resurgence of the insect population, the birds are not there to keep their numbers.

 

Word: Lexicogrammatical

• Parts of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: Lexicogrammar is based on the idea that vocabulary and grammar are interdependent
• Example: Lexicogrammar is also called Lexical Grammar, an amalgamation of Lexicon and Grammar.

 

Word: Cognitive

• Parts of Speech: Click Here
• Meaning: Click Here
• Example:  Click Here

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Word: Dialogic

• Parts of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: Relating to or in the form of a dialogue.
• A dialogic is communication presented in the form of dialogue.
• A conversation between two or more persons
• Example: The function of reasoning would be to find and evaluate reasons in dialogic contexts - more plainly, to argue with others.

 

Word: Acquisition

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: Something Acquired; The cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge.
• Example: It is simply a practical and effective one if your goal is the acquisition of new knowledge - The Invention of Science.

 

Word: Foster

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: Helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community; encouragement; aiding the development of something.
• Example: Through her captivating tales, she nurtured a deep appreciation for the beauty of different cultures, fostering a sense of curiosity and empathy within each family member - An Affection Alchemist touch.

 

Word: Pedagogy

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: Profession of a Teacher; The principles and methods of instruction; Activities that impart knowledge or skill.
• Example: Let’s explore ways to utilize familiar pedagogies to approximate the core cultural values associated with music in West African culture - Music and the Child.

 

Word: Premises

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: Land and buildings on it.
• Example:  They were evicted from the premises.

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Word: Acculturation

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: Related to the world culture; The adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture.
• Example: Acculturation is what happens when you live with French people for a while and start going “ooh la la” and eating snails.

 

Word: Remediation

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: Correcting a fault; Act of correcting an error or fault or an evil.
• Example: By the time the architects visited in 2015, the remediation was well underway, and the vision for Powerhouse was clear - New York Times, May 17, 2023.

 

Word: Conceptualise

• Parts of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: have the idea for; conceive.
• Example: I learned that monogamy doesn’t need to be as strict as we conceptualise it growing up - The GuardianSep 25, 2018

 

Word: Integral

• Parts of Speech: Adjective/Noun
• Meaning: Something that is integral is significant or necessary; 
• Example: It’s an integral part of what made the community strong.
• If you are an integral part of the team, it means the team cannot function without you.

 

Word: Impetus

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: Force behind something, whether it is a boulder rolling down a hill or a person making decision; A force that moves something along.
• Example:  My career needed a fresh impetus; I could contact someone for help. 

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Word: Liminality

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: Liminality is the quality of being in two places or stages on the verge of transitioning to something new.
• Example: There is a liminality to the brief moment between being fully asleep and being fully awake.

 

Word: Ideation

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: The act of coming up with an idea. The process of forming and relating ideas.
• Example: If you imagine a flying car and think of how to make it, that's ideation. It’s a creative process. 

 

Word: Actualisation

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: Making real or giving the appearance of reality.
• Example: Part of the "actualisation" process, as the regime puts it, is a recent law on foreign investments.

 

Word: Embrace

• Parts of Speech: Noun/Verb
• Meaning: Welcome with open arms, hold, hug and accept completely.
• The act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection).
• Example: Father enveloped his son in an embrace, speaking softly and gently, “Sammy, it’s time to go home. Your mother is waiting."

 

Word: Fringe

• Parts of Speech: Verb/Noun
• Meaning: An ornamental border consisting of short lengths of hanging threads or tassels.
• Provide with a border or edge.
• Example: The paper was thick, and at each torn edge was a fringe of tangled fibers.

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 Word: Rubric

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: Evaluation Tool that lists expectations and different levels of quality for a task or test; A rubric is a heading or a category in a chart; A rule or procedure.
• Example: A teacher’s grading rubrics may include participation, quizzes, grading, and papers.

 

Word: Colloquialisms

• Parts of Speech: Noun.
• Meaning: Words or phrases that are not formal or literary but are typically used in ordinary or familiar conversations.
• A saying that expresses something other than the literal meaning of the words.
• Example: Saying, ‘I wasn't born yesterday,’ meaning, You can’t fool me.

 

Word: clichés

• Parts of Speech:  Noun
• Meaning: This refers to a saying or an expression that has been so overused that it has become boring and unoriginal.
• Example: If you have heard an expression a million times, chances are it’s a cliché.

 

Word: Contractions

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: Words formed by combining two or more words and omitting certain sounds represented by apostrophes.
• Decreasing the size of something in size, volume, quantity, or scope.
• Example: Texas's economy has a whopping 10% growth, while the nation’s economy contracted during that period.

 

Word: Abating

• Parts of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: Something that abates becomes fewer or less intense; Make less active or intense.
• Example:  The storm abated.

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 Word: Dashed

• Parts of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: Having gaps or spaces.
• Example: He had high hopes for society, and though his hopes were too often dashed, he remained a raging optimist.
• Men, women, and children seized articles and dashed inside shouting.

 

Word: Contain

• Parts of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: The verb 'contain' has many shades of meaning, but it often describes something that’s held back or held in by something; be capable of holding.
• Example: My Imagination was always pretty hard to contain.

 

Word: Swirling

• Parts of Speech: Verb/Noun
• Meaning: To swirl is to turn in circles or spirals; The shape of something rotating rapidly.
• Example: I felt this urge to splash some of my thoughts swirling in my mind onto the walls of my room.

 

Word: Unconventional

• Parts of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: Bizarre, Eccentric, Flakey, Freakish, Freaky; To be unconventional is to act, dress, speak, or otherwise exist out of the bounds of cultural norms.
• Example: He understood me and my need to express myself in unconventional ways.

 

Word: Escapade

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: A wild and exciting undertaking, Any carefree episode; An escapade is an adventure, tinged with a hint of danger.
• Example:  My mother wasn’t so high on the whole escapade, but she relented quickly when she saw how excited I was.

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Word: Impromptu

• Parts of Speech: Adjective/Adverb/Noun
• Meaning: Done without preparation, planning, or forethought.
• Example: The three men settled in to an impromptu meeting.

 

Word: Cropped up

• Parts of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: Appeared or occurred unexpectedly.
• Crop-up is a verbal phrase that means something or someone appears or happens, usually unexpectedly.
• Example: I’ll be late; something’s cropped up at home.

 

Word: Commemorative

• Parts of Speech: Adjective/Noun
• Meaning: Honoring or preserving the memory of someone or something.
• Anything that is a memorial to someone or something is called a Commemorative.
• Example: We were supposed to study incandescent lamps, but he spent the period telling us about commemorative stamps.

 

Word: Infamy

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: State of being well known for evil things.
• Means being famous for something bad or negative.
• Example: A date which will live in Infamy - F.D.Roosevelt
• Therefore, a prince must not worry about the infamy of being considered cruel when it is a matter of keeping his subjects loyal and united.

 

Word: Ostentatious

• Parts of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: Intended to attract notice and Impress others.
• Often used for displays of crass (lacking sensitivity, refinement, or intelligence) or vulgar sort. 
• Example:  Despite the ostentatious nature of the glass castle, she had to admit that it did look rather beautiful at times.