Category Archives: Vocabularies

Kathy’s Word of the Week (5/7/2018) Weekly Brain Food brought to you by our VP of HR sobriquet Pronunciation: so-bri-quet Definition: a descriptive name or epithet; nickname. As used in a sentence: Baseball player Ty Cobb was also known as … Continue reading →

Kathy’s Word of the Week 4/23/2018 Weekly Brain Food brought to you by our VP of HR sybaritic Pronunciation: syb-a-rit-ic Definition: fond of sensuous luxury; self-indulgent As used in a sentence: She regretted having left her homespun past for this … Continue reading →

Kathy’s Word of the Week (4/2/2018) Weekly Brain Food brought to you by our VP of HR inculcate Pronunciation: in-cul-cate Definition: Teach (someone) an attitude, idea, or habit by persistent instruction. As used in a sentence: They will try to … Continue reading →

Kathy’s Word of the Week (3/19/2018) Weekly Brain Food brought to you by our VP of HR tabula rasa Pronunciation: ta-bu-la ra-sa Definition: An absence of preconceived ideas or predetermined goals; a clean slate As used in a sentence: The … Continue reading →

Kathy’s Word of the Week (3/12/2018) Weekly Brain Food brought to you by our VP of HR capricious Pronunciation: ca-pri-cious Definition: Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior As used in a sentence: Lady luck is a … Continue reading →

Kathy’s Word of the Week (3/5/2018) Weekly Brain Food brought to you by our VP of HR redolent Pronunciation: red-o-lent Definition: Strongly reminiscent or suggestive of something As used in a sentence: Their pubs bear names redolent of the monarchy.

Kathy's Word of the Week (2/12/2018): rejoinder NOUN 1. A reply, especially a sharp or witty one. 'she would have made some cutting rejoinder but none came to mind' 1.1 Law: A defendant's answer to the plaintiff's reply or replication.

Kathy's Word of the Week (2/5/2018): penurious  ADJECTIVE formal  1. Extremely poor; poverty-stricken. ‘a penurious old tramp’ 1.1 Characterized by poverty. ‘penurious years’ 2. Unwilling to spend money; mean. ‘a tight-fisted, penurious boss whose wage scale is well below other bandleaders’