This word is for those of you who are dealing with the unpleasant.
Abrasive [uh–brey-siv, -ziv] (adj.) :
tending to annoy or cause ill will; overly aggressive.
Example:
“Abrasive comments on my posts will be marked as spam,” she wrote in the bio of her blog.
How would you handle an abrasive follower?
Today’s word is outstanding, so is the photo I added to go with it.
Salient [sey-lee-uhnt, seyl-yuhnt] (adj.):
1. prominent or conspicuous
2. projecting or pointing upward
3. leaping or jumping
Example:
His salient performance on his exams earned him a scholarship to an ivy league university.
Today’s similarly written words have no similarities when it comes to meaning. I used to mix up those two words sometimes.
Impede [im-peed] (verb):
to hinder or obstruct.
Example:
My online window shopping spreeimpeded my work on my graduation.
Impend [im-pend] (verb):
1. to be imminent or about to happen.
2. to threaten or menace.
Example:
I summoned all my energy and focus as the deadline to my graduation project impended.
Today’s word provides an accurate description of my relationship with my graduation project.
Loiter [loi-ter] (verb):
1. linger aimlessly.
2. move in a slow, idle manner.
3. to waste time, or dawdle over work.
Example:
I loitered away my mornings, afternoons, and evenings between snacks, naps, and web browsing, doing everything but the things that needed to be done.
Stay tuned for a lovely poem as a guest post by my cousin Aya Nehme, in a few minutes 🙂
Hello everyone! I hope your week is going well so far. Today, I’m sharing with you my new favorite word.
Guile [gahyl] (noun):
insidious cunning in attaining a goal; artful or crafty deception; duplicity.
Example:
She lured him in, her smile paralyzing his logic. His vanity blocked the thought of her approach being a mere part of her guile .
Hello my friends. If you hate Mondays, today’s word may just be the right one for you!
Shirk [shurk] (verb):
to evade, dodge, ignore (work, duty, responsibility)
Example:
She shirked the file on her table. “This could wait till tomorrow,” she thought.
Hello everyone. I hope you’re all having a fun and responsible weekend. Speaking of responsibility and safety, here’s today’s word.
Unscathed [uhn-skeyth
d] (adj):
unharmed, uninjured.
Example:
While his luck was running scarce, he wondered if he would come out of the next challenge unscathed.
Miscreant [mis-kree-uhnt] (noun):
Villain, depraved person.
(adj.):
Villainous,evil, base behavior.
Example:
The miscreant handed her the bloodred, poisonous apple. “Take a bite,” she said, smiling wickedly.
This is another set of words I commonly confuse. Turns out, they are not only pronounced alike but they are, more or less, antonyms.
Emerge [ih-murj] (verb):
1. to come forth into view or notice.
2. to rise, as from difficulty.
3. to come into existence.
Example:
Little bubbles emerged on the surface of the water. “Someone’s down there,” he yelled, “and he’s breathing.”
Immerge [ih-murj] (verb):
1. to plunge, as into fluid.
2. to disappear by entering into a medium, as the moon into the shadow of the sun.
(Think Immerse)
Example:
Having arrived at a dead end, Sergey caught his breath and immerged himself under the surface of the pond.
Yes, calorie is the unit of measurement of energy in our food. I bet you didn’t know there was an adjective for that!
Calorifacient [kuh-lawr-uh-fey-shuhnt] (adj.):
(of foods) producing heat.
Example:
The intensity of the calorifacient chili pepper was evident on Sara’s sweaty forehead.
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