Lexicon Lift: 5 Daily Words (How familiar are you with these, and in what ways do you utilize them?) - December 07, 2023

 Word: toboggan.

• Parts of Speech: Noun/Verb.
• Meaning: A long, narrow sled without runners; boards curve upward in front; move along.
• Example: One man rushed to the top of a snow-covered hill and slid down using a cardboard box as an improvised toboggan.

Word: slicking

• Parts of Speech: Noun.
• Meaning: Slick means smooth or slippery.
• Example: The snow grew heavier in the afternoon in Austin, covering rooftops and slicking roads.

Word: predominantly.

• Parts of Speech: adverb.
• Meaning: To rule; for the most part; dominate; govern.
• Example: Central and Southern France are predominantly wine countries; beer only represents 16 percent of the country's alcoholic drinks market.

Word: doling.

• Parts of Speech: Noun/Verb.
• Meaning: A share of money, food, or clothing that is part of charity.
• Example: The women aren't doling out charity. She pays $3.00 for an hour of Skype time to talk to her husband, who works in Dubai.

Word: Props.

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: Proper Respect.
• Example: I have to give my props to the governor for handling the problem.

 

Lexicon Lift: 5 Daily Words (How familiar are you with these, and in what ways do you utilize them?) - December 06, 2023

   Word: Arc

• Parts of Speech: Noun/Verb.
• Meaning: In Math, Arc is one section of a circle, but in life, you can use it to describe any curved shape.
• Example: Chiron had told me long ago: Immortals arc constrained by ancient rules.

Word: unveiling

• Parts of Speech: Noun.
• Meaning: Putting on the display, the act of beginning something new.
• Example: He attended the unveiling of the statue.

Word: Fiddle

• Parts of Speech: Noun/Verb.
• Meaning: The instrument that has strings. A fiddle is the same instrument as a violin. Manipulate manually in one's mind or imagination. Tries to fix or mend.
• Example: He constantly fiddles with her van on the weekends.

Word: Roused

• Parts of Speech: Verb.
• Meaning: Excited, Awaken, Wake up.
• Example: When someone calls out "rise and shine," they try to rouse you.

Word: Props

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: Proper Respect.
• Example: I have to give my props to the governor for handling the problem.

 

Lexicon Lift: 5 Daily Words (How familiar are you with these, and in what ways do you utilize them?) - December 05, 2023

  Word: Windward

• Parts of Speech: Noun/adverb/adjective.
• Meaning: The direction from which the wind is coming, on the side to the wind.
• They were sailing windward. 
• Example: Have you ever wondered why the windward side of the mountains or large hills receives so much snow than the surrounding areas?

Word: Leeward

• Parts of Speech: adjective/adverb/noun.
• Meaning: The side of something that is sheltered from the wind.
• Toward the wind.
• Example: Conversely, the leeward side often receives less snow due to descending air.

Word: Spotty

• Parts of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: Uneven or inconsistent especially in quality.
• Example: The wireless access in the internet room was spotty.

Word: Exasperating

• Parts of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: Extremely annoying or displeasing.
• Example: The wireless access in the internet room was spotty, which was exasperating because I was still combing the web, looking for the data.

Word: Tinkering

• Parts of Speech: Verb/Noun
• Meaning: Tinker means fixing or messing around about anything, spending time idly, unplanned activities.
• A person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts.
• Example: I kept tinkering, rethinking, and organizing.

 

Lexicon Lift: 5 Daily Words (How familiar are you with these, and in what ways do you utilize them?) - December 04, 2023

 Word: Catalogue

• Parts of Speech: Noun/Verb
• Meaning: A complete list of items, a list of things usually arranged systematically.
• A Catalogue is also spelled as Catalog.
• A book or pamphlet containing an enumeration of things. 
• Example: How exactly do you catalogue your childhood dreams?

Word: Amassed

• Parts of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: Gathered or collected gradually or systematically.
• Means bringing together or assembling.
• It can be a real shock to enter a room and see your amassed friends shouting, "Surprise!"
• Example: I amassed 600 images of my family, along with dozens of off-beat illustrations that could make a point about childhood dreams.

Word: Sabbatical

• Parts of Speech: Noun/Adjective
• Meaning: A period of paid leave granted to a university teacher or other worker for study or travel.
• A leave is taken every seventh year.
• Example: We had bonded years earlier when I did a sabbatical at arts, where she is an executive.

Word: Gallows

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: A structure typically of two uprights and a crosspiece used to hang criminals.
• A gallows is a frame, usually a wood, made up of a horizontal crossbeam from which a noose or rope is suspended.
• Example: Steve and I embraced, hired a car, and drove off together, trading gallows humor.

Word: Overjoyed

• Parts of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: Extremely happy.
• Extremely joyful.
• Example: When my wife brought our meals, I congratulated her on her promotion. "You must be overjoyed," I said.

 

Lexicon Lift: 5 Daily Words (How familiar are you with these, and in what ways do you utilize them?) - December 03, 2023

Word: Resonate

• Parts of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: Be received or understood, evoke emotions.
• Resonate sounds like another verb, Resound, but they have subtly different meanings.
• Resound means to repeat the sound, while Resonate means to expand or amplify. 
• Example: How could I turn this academic talk into something that would resonate with my kids a decade or more up the road?

Word: Discourse

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: An argument, An extended communication dealing with some particular topic, treatment, or discussion.
• This is the type of argument where people exchange ideas, sometimes heated, but it doesn't mean they get into fights or come to blows.
• Example: I had little interest in giving a discourse on, say, my insights into how I coped with the disease.

Word: Bravado

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: A swaggering show of courage.
• Today, the word means almost over-the-top courage but can also mean a false show of bravery.
• Example: Though I have always had a healthy sense of self, I knew this lecture needed more than just bravado.

Word: Quirky

• Parts of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: Informal terms, way-out, off-beat
• Quirky is often used to describe the unconventional traits characterized by peculiar behavior.
• It is also used to describe things that possess an unconventional element, like a quirky strategy or a quirky idea.
• Example: My uniqueness, I realized, came in the specifics of all my dreams - from incredibly meaningful to decidedly quirky.

Word: Epiphany

• Parts of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: A moment of sudden revelation or insight, Divine Manifestation.
• The appearance of a god or a deity.
• Example: I had my Laptop with me in that waiting room, and fueled by this epiphany, I quickly tapped out an email to the lecture organizers.

 

Lexicon Lift: 5 Daily Words (How familiar are you with these, and in what ways do you utilize them?) - December 02, 2023

Fortitude (Noun):

• Courage/Strength of mind in facing adversity.
• Example: "A Son of the Six is a man of faith and fortitude," Father Olufemi went on.

Vanity (Noun):

• Excessive pride in one's appearance or abilities, low table with mirror.
• Having a ridiculous amount of pride, false pride.
• Example: "The Vanity of human accomplishment," the doctor said sadly.

Hazy (Adjective):

• Unclear / Misty.
• Example: The day was hazy, and he couldn't see far ahead.

Habitat (Noun):

• Natural environment of a living being.
• Example: The habitat of Zebra is in the vast open plain.

Yearning (Noun):

• Deep longing / Strong desire/ Prolonged unfulfilled desire.
• Example: They speak of the schools with yearning and bravado; they want desperately to be selected.

Lexicon Lift: 5 Daily Words (How familiar are you with these, and in what ways do you utilize them?) - December 01, 2023

 Confront (Verb):

• To face a situation that makes you uncomfortable or a competition.
• To say something to someone about something they have done that bothers you or oppose.
• Example: When people are rude to you, you should confront them.

Grappling (Noun):

• Hand-to-hand combat, Wrestling, Struggle (The sport of Hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down).
• If you grapple with someone, you take hold of them and struggle with them, as a part of the fight.
• Example: Within moments, both were grappling and rolling on the ground, struggling for dominance.

Slugger (Noun):

• A boxer noted for an ability to deliver hard punches.
• A baseball player who is batting, batsman, batter, or hitter.
• Example: The Sluggers were trying to communicate with me.

Flatly (Adverb):

• Conveying a direct, clear idea firmly, in an unqualified manner.
• Example: "You have a plan," he said flatly, with a scrape of steel on stone (GOT).

Viscerally (Adverb):

• Based on deep feelings and emotional reactions, rather than reason or thought.
• Example: And the smell brought him back so viscerally, to a time when she loved him.

Lexicon Lift: 5 Daily Words (How familiar are you with these, and in what ways do you utilize them?) - Nov 30, 2023

Impart (Verb)

• Pass on, transmit, or bestow, add, bring, contribute, or lend.
• Transmit (knowledge or skills).
• Example: The initial courses imparted the basics of English Grammar.
• Example: 

Abstract (Adjective, Noun)

• Something that is not a material object, a conceptional, idea.
• Exist only in the mind, Separate from embodiment.
• Example: A large abstract painting.
• Example: An abstract of his inaugural address (As a Noun - A summary of the contents of a formal speech, book, or article).

Academia (Noun)

• The academic world, World of Education.
• The environment or community concerned with the pursuit of education or research.
• Example: He spent his working life in academia.
• Example: If you like school, then you might like academia.

Pledge (Noun, Verb)

• Give as security on a loan (V), A solemn promise, a binding commitment to do (N), A pledge is a serious promise made formally.
• Example: You can pledge allegiance to your country.
• Example: You can pledge to keep a promise.

Defer (Verb)

• To put off or delay, bow, submit, give in.
• Hold back to a later time.
• Example: A landlord can defer rent when a tenant requests to postpone rental payments until a later date.
• Example: You may try to defer the inevitable by pushing the snooze button, but eventually you must get up.

Lexicon Lift: 5 Daily Words (How familiar are you with these, and in what ways do you utilize them?)

1. Mull (verb)
• The Verb MULL means to think deeply about something.
• Reflect deeply on a Subject.
• Example: While they speak, audiences can't help but mull the same question.
2. Leery (Adjective)
• Describe someone who is suspicious of a person or a situation.
• Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide.
• Example: She was leery of this whole last-lecture idea.
• Example: If you are leery, it will probably show on your face and in your posture.
3. Oratorical (Adjective)
• Describes the way someone speaks in public.
• Example: I also found myself fantasizing about giving a last lecture that would be the oratorical equivalent of a retiring baseball slugger.
• Example: If you are giving a presentation or a speech, you are using your oratorical skills.
4. Reticence (Noun)
• Remain Silent.
• The Trait of being uncommunicative.
• Example: Given her reticence, I know I had to look honestly at my Motivations.
• Example: As a child, reticence saved him from trouble when his mom asked who ate all the cookies from the jar.
5. Relented (Verb)
• Soften, Succumb, Yield.
• Agree to do or accept something.
• Example: She smiled at me, her dying showman, and finally relented.
• Example: We waited for the storm to relent before we ventured outside.

Lexicon Lift: 5 Daily Words (How Many of them Do you know?)

1. Embrace: 
• To welcome something with open arms.
• Hold. 
• Hug. 
• Accept completely.
• Example: It takes a lot of courage to embrace vulnerability.
2. Logistical: 
• Things you have to carefully plan or Organize.
3. Ruse: 
• An action intended to deceive someone or trick them.
4. Demise: 
• Death of something or someone.
5. Ruminate: 
• Think deeply about something.
• to turn it over and over in your mind.