Tuesday, December 19, 2023
Lexicon Lift: 5 Daily Words (Are you familiar with these? And how do you use these words?)
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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